Articles

November 12, 2018 Ajit Kumar Commentary View: 180

It may be recalled that India's 1999 Draft Nuclear Doctrine had stated that its nuclear forces would be based on a triad of aircraft, mobile land-based missiles and sea-based assets. The summary of the official Nuclear Doctrine of 2003 also mentioned....

Keywords : Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Nuclear Triad , INS Arihant SSBN

Moscow Regional Consultations on Afghanistan: Can India Play a Role?

November 10, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article View: 202

On 9 November 2018, Moscow organised regional consultations on Afghanistan which were attended by the Taliban’s Qatar office and the representatives of the Afghan High Peace Council. This was the first time that the Taliban and the representatives ....

Keywords : Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Taliban-Afghan meeting , Russia’s Afghanistan initiative

Bangladesh Elections: Growing Influence of ‘Hefazat’

November 08, 2018 Abhijit Chakravertty Article View: 243

The announcement on October 26th at a party forum by Sheikh Hasina that the two foremost hard-line fundamentalist groups, viz. the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Hefazat-e-Islam(HeI), should be treated differently, was closely followed by the long del....

Keywords : Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh Islamist hard-line party , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Imran Khan’s China visit: China’s Deafening Silence on Financial Bailout

November 06, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary View: 301

Imran Khan ’s much anticipated China visit took place from 2 to 5 November 2018 in the backdrop of Pakistan's desperate requirement of a financial bailout due to mounting balance of payment crisis, the rising concerns about the unsustainability of....

Keywords : Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s financial state , Imran Khan’s China visit , CPEC woes

West Asia Review, October, 2018

November 06, 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article View: 224

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - Jamal Khashoggi Fiasco Saudi Arabia and its maverick Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called upon themselves the global criticism due to a botched up assassination of an insider-outsider critic in Khashoggi inside their I....

Keywords : West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Syrian conflict , Saudi Arabia , Khashoggi murder

Iran, US Sanctions and Oil

November 06, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Commentary View: 181

US oil and banking sanctions against Iran have gone into effect on 4th November. President Trump announced that these are toughest ever sanctions imposed by the US. The date is symbolic. It is the anniversary of the take over of US Embassy in Tehran ....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , US Sanctions , Iran oil , Energy Security , International Relations and Diplomacy

SAMVAD Series of Conferences - India and Japan Find a Common Language on Shared Values

November 03, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary View: 249

Prime Minister Modi’s official visit to Japan in October 2018 has greatly cemented the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. The two countries are building a relationship on common values rooted in their ancient cultures. The Vision....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Samvad Conferences , Indo-Japan cooperation , Hinduism-Buddhism ideplogy

Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime

November 02, 2018 Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary View: 278

The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a....

Keywords : Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Cybercrime , African Forum 2018

Bhutan Elections 2018: Analysis

November 01, 2018 Medha Bisht Commentary View: 354

It has been a decade since Bhutan started its first innings with procedural democratic reforms. The third round of elections held on October 18, 2018 found its final culmination, with a 71.4 percent voter turnout, and the much anticipated victory of....

Keywords : Bhutan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Bhutan’s external relations , Bhutan elections

India Faces New Political Configurations in the Neighbourhood

October 31, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary View: 707

Many unexpected but important developments are taking place in India’s neighbourhood. New political dispensations with new agendas have emerged in Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan. Besides, one would have to awa....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Neighbourhood relations , India’s Neighbourhood