Articles

India Denmark Relations: Green Strategic Partnership a Force for Global Good

May 10, 2024 Prof. (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

India and Denmark are natural partners connected by common democratic traditions, strong institutional affinity and historical links of trade relations dating back to 400 years ago. The diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Copenhagen were estab....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , Arctic Policy , Denmark , Green Strategic Partnership , India-Denmark Energy Partnership

Think tanks should conduct deep studies of global trends to enhance the national capacity for surviving Black Swan events

May 10, 2024 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

“Nuclear governance is now facing massive challenges. In the last few years, we have seen that all the arm controls agreements have become dysfunctional. There is rampant nuclear proliferation. For practical purposes, there is hardly any nuclear go....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Article 370 , National Security Council , Russia-Ukraine War , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam G20 , Black Swan events

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s War Aims – A No Go

May 07, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Prime Minister’s War Aims Even before the blood-stains could dry up in the bloody massacre by Hamas, turning the Super Nova Music Festival and other places in Southern Israel into a nightmare of merciless bloodshed, death and wanton de....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Netanyahu’s war aims , Israel Hamas war

Tensions Show in US-China Ties During Blinken’s Visit

May 06, 2024 Jayadeva Ranade Article

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's three day (April 24-26) visit to Shanghai and Beijing was an apparent attempt to arrest the slide in relations and simultaneously make clear the US 'red lines'. Since Biden became US President, Blinken is the s....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , China , Taiwan , CCP , Wang Yi , Blinken , Dong Jun , Janet Yellen

Key Developments and Changes in India’s Approach towards Africa (2014 - 2024)

May 02, 2024 Amb Rajiv Bhatia

Introduction Foreign policy, as an instrument to promote national interest, is a continuing and dynamic – not static – phenomenon, displaying a subtle blend of continuity and change. While the principal interests of a nation such as ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy

Tags : India , Africa , PM Modi , COVID-19 , G20 presidency , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , India- Africa Summit , Voice of Global South Summits

West Asia and the Case of Measured and Controlled Escalation: A Trend in Future Warfare

April 29, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On the night of 13/14 April 2024 Iran launched an unprecedented 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120-130 ballistic missiles against Israel. Iran stated that bombardment was in response to the 01 April 2024 air strike on the Iranian consulate buildi....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Israel , Iran , Air defence , Nuclear Weapons , Ballistic Missile , Iron Dome , Netanyahu , Drones , cruise missile , Future Warfare

The Difficulty with Diaspora

April 22, 2024 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

India possibly can boast of having one of the largest (nearly 35 million) and most successful diaspora across the world from the blue collar to the whitest of the them all. They are mainly Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian origin (PI....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Israel , India , Conflict , Libya , diaspora , Workers

China’s 14th National People’s Congress Session Gives New Direction to PLA

April 19, 2024 Jayadeva Ranade Article

The plenary sessions of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, and the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s version of a parliament, which opened in Beijing’s Great Hall of the Pe....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , NPC , PLA Navy , Xi Jinping , CCP , innovation , Two Sessions , civil military fusion , Intelligent Warfare

Indian Army Chief’s visit to Uzbekistan and prospects of Indo-Uzbek Defence Cooperation

April 16, 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army, General Manoj Pande is on a three-day visit to Uzbekistan from 15-18 April. [1] In the backdrop of a fast-ch....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , Make in India , Afghanistan , defence cooperation , Missiles , terrorist attack , Joint Production , Military Exercise , military medicine

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Down End of the See-Saw

April 15, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise This work attempts to analyse the following premise:- While much seems to be ‘advantage Russia’ at this point in time in the Russo-Ukraine war, the down under-belly of Black Sea is hurting them increasingly. Ukraine is go....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Ukrainian attacks in Black Sea , USVs attack Russian Ships , Black Sea fleet of Russia