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January 23, 2019 Vivek Sugandh Article View: 149

Introduction “While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies”, reads the resignation lett....

Keywords : US , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US super power , US Foreign Policy , Trump’s policies

Review of Governor’s Rule in J&K and the Way Forward

January 23, 2019 Abhinav Pandya Article View: 154

After the break-up of the tumultuous political alliance between the PDP-BJP (19th June 2018), Governor’s Rule was imposed in the State for the eight’s time on June 20, 2018. Once again, it seemed that the history has destined to write-off any pos....

Keywords : Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article

Opportunities before India: Chabahar Port and India Ports Global Ltd. - Involvement Portends Extended Cooperation among Iran-India and Afghanistan

January 21, 2019 Gautam Sen Article View: 308

Formal inauguration of India Ports Global Ltd (IPGL) - an Indian private registered company and classified as a Union Government company - operations on 25th December last year, at Shahid Beheshti port at Chabahar in Iran`s Sistan-Balochistan Provinc....

Keywords : West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India-Iran relations , India Ports Global Ltd , Chabahar Shahid Behesti Port

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Changing the Nature of War?

January 18, 2019 Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF Article View: 1179

Introduction The professional military body differentiates between an objective nature and a subjective character of war by drawing upon Clausewitz. Nature of war describes what war is and character of war describes how it is actually fought. Natu....

Keywords : Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Nature and character of war , artificial intelligence

भारत-मोजाम्बिक रिश्तेः बेहतरी की ओर अग्रसर

January 18, 2019 Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Article View: 170

मोजाम्बिक गणराज्य अफ्रीकी महाद्वीप के दक्षिण-पूर्वी भाग में स्थित है। इस देश की आबादी 3 करोड़ ह�....

Keywords : Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Hindi , भारत- मोजाम्बिक संयुक्त आयोग , भारत- मोजाम्बिक संबंध

Swami Vivekananda’s Idea of Service

January 17, 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary View: 228

What is the concept of service? Swami Vivekananda says: “This is the gist of all worship — to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva; and if he sees Shiva only in....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Vivekananda’s ideals , Idea of service

Research and Development Reforms

January 16, 2019 Rajesh Singh Commentary View: 172

Iconic slogans evolve with time, reflecting changing aspirations and needs of society in general and the political leadership in particular. Lal Bahadur Shastri’s famous ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ cry had been tweaked to ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Ja....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Jai Anusandhan , India’s R&D

Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016-Implications for Assam

January 14, 2019 C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary View: 580

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 (CAB) has created a division in Assam along historical fault lines. The differences hark back to the language riots of 1960-61, and then again in 1972, with violent conflicts between the entire Assamese and the Hi....

Keywords : Citizenship Amendment Bill , Assam Accord , Commentary , Governance and Political Studies

CAB 2016: Home Minister Assures Assam on Sharing of Burden

January 14, 2019 Nitin A Gokhale Commentary View: 327

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (CAB) in Lok Sabha mentioned, and rightly so, that the entire country will share the burden of refugees and it will not be Assam’s responsibility alone to give sh....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Opposition to CAB , Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Gandhi and the Question of Racism: The Statue Controversy in Ghana

January 11, 2019 Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Article View: 1054

With the gaining of Independence from the Britishers in 1957, the Gold Coast of Africa came to be known as Ghana with Accra as its capital. The country lies in the western part of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea; bordered by Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina ....

Keywords : Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Ghanian misunderstanding of Gandhi , Gandhi in Africa