Articles

September 22, 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

(This is a modified version of the talk delivered by Mr. Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF at the Panchnad Research Institute recently) I propose to dwell essentially on three issues namely the nature and gravity of this challenge, it....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , CPEC , PLA , COVID-19 , WTO , LAC , Tibet , Galwan valley , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Wang Yi , data theft , Sino-US , Sinkiang

Libya: Turning a New Page?

September 22, 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

After months of stalemate, a cease-fire in Libya was announced on 21st August in parallel statements by the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and the House of Representative (HOR) based in Tobruk. General Haftar however, issued a dism....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Egypt , Turkey , GNA , COVID-19 , Greece , UAE , Gen Haftar , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood Tobruk , UNSecurity Council

भारत के स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों पर स्वामी विवेकानंद का प्रभाव

September 22, 2020 Dr. Arpita Mitra, Research Fellow, VIF Article

भारतीय इतिहासकारों ने देश के इतिहास में स्वामी विवेकानंद के सही स्थान और आधुनिक भारत के निर्मा....

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Hindi , Article , स्वामी विवेकानंद , स्वतंत्रता दिवस , स्वतंत्रता संग्राम , भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन , स्वतंत्रता सेनानी राष्ट्रवादी , महात्मा गांधी , क्रांतिकारी , हेमचंद्र घोष , अरबिंदो घोष , श्री औरबिंद

The Dismal State of Human Rights in Pakistan

September 21, 2020 Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Human Rights in Pakistan remain a vexed issue. The Pakistan state and its security agencies instead of protecting its people remains shamelessly in retreat and have habitually trampled on Human Rights in the name of security, religion and territorial....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Imran Khan , Human Rights , minority rights , Blasphemy

The Indus Water Treaty @ 60: Precariously Poised

September 19, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was signed by India and Pakistan in 1960 after nine years of tortuous negotiations, facilitated by the World Bank. Pakistan was extremely unhappy during the negotiations as it felt that the treaty was unfair to it. Event....

Tags: Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Eastern Rivers , World Bank , Arbitration , IWT , Neutral Expert , terorrism , Western Rivers

National Security Planning

September 18, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

(The following is an updated version of talk delivered by Director, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi to the National Defence College, New Delhi faculty and officers on 17 September 2020) India’s national securit....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , NSA , CDS , Cyber Security , NSAB , Kargil Review Committee , NSCS , HADR , DIA , Spacee , IDS , SPG

Tactically Speaking…

September 17, 2020 Commentary

-A Soldier from the Line of Actual Control* On 29 August 2020, as we had got ready to move, there was a feeling of expectancy. It had little to do with the devious adversary, the breath-taking heights, the extreme of weather or the....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Artillery , PLA , Aircraft , LAC , Armour , Defence brick , Engineers , Gurung hill , Rezang La , Spanggur Tso

Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020: Effective Implementation is the Key

September 16, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Following closely on the heels of Draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020, which was open for comments till 10 Aug 2020, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has formulated another document called Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020, ....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , Defence Procurements , DAP 2020

भारत का वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) और उसके पड़ोसी देश

September 16, 2020 Pratim Ranjan Bose Commentary

नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार ने जुलाई 2017 में जब वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) को लागू किया तब हमारे कुछ छोटे क�....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Hindi , Commentary , जीएसटी। म्यांमार। सार्क। एफटीए। एलडीसी। कारोबारी ढांचा।

China’s Militarisation of South China Sea

September 15, 2020 Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

In September 2015 from the lawns of the White House, Xi Jinping announced that China would not militarise the South China Sea. Five years down the line, the picture is a complete contrast. As on today, China has effectively completed militarising th....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , US , China , South China Sea , Missiles , military , Navy , SCS