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August 06, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On 04 August twin blasts rocked the Beirut skyline shattering the buildings and property around. The sound of the blasts was heard in Cyprus some 200 Kms away. According to the Lebanese authorities 78 people were killed and over 4000 injured and the ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Israel , Iran , Lebanon , Beirut , Hezbollah , INDBATT , UNIFIL

Indonesia and the Growing Influence of Islam

August 06, 2020 Amb Gurjit Singh Article

Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country but is not an Islamic State. It is governed by its doctrine of Pancasila enshrined in the Constitution1. Besides its belief in One God, the Constitution also recognises six religions in Ind....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , democracy , Army , Saudi Arabia , Pakistan ISI , Tableeghi Jamaat , Hizbut Tahrir , Political Islam , Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) , Nahdlatul Ulama , Jemma Islamiyah , Jokowi

EU Budget and Special Economic Package to Fight COVID-19

August 06, 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU adopted a Euro 1.074 trillion dollar budget for a seven-year budget cycle from 1921-27 last month. This was combined with a Euro 750 billion package to assist the Member States to recover from the impact of COVID-19 on their economies.1....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , European Parliament , COVID-19 , R & D , EU Budget , Franco-German cooperation , Germany , Green Budget

Pursuit of ‘Peace’ brings some of the last Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan to India

August 05, 2020 Anwesha Ghosh Article

On 26th July, 11 members of the Hindu and Sikh communities of Afghanistan reached New Delhi after being granted priority visas by the Indian Embassy in Kabul.1 In the light of decades of persecution and the relentless attacks in the recent....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghan Hindus and Sikhs , religious minority , persecution , peace and conflict , asylum seeker , the Citizenship (Amendment) Act- 2019

Assessing India’s Abrogation of article 370, and Kashmir’s Journey Ahead

August 05, 2020 Abhinav Pandya Article

On August 5th, 2019, Modi government nullified the article 370 and scrapped article 35 A, the backbone of article 370. It was indeed a historic moment for India as article 370, in essence, had become a dead weight providing a robust protective shield....

Keywords : Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , governance , ISIS , Turkey , ISI , Article 370 , Ladakh , AQIS , United Jihad Council

सीमा पर चीन का ख़तरनाक रुख : चीन से हो गई चूक

August 05, 2020 Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

पिछले दो महीनों से पूर्वी लद्दाख़ में भारतीय और चीनी सैनिक ख़तरनाक ढंग से आमने-सामने हुए हैं और ....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Hindi , Article , ताइवान , चीन , तिब्बत , एलएसी , लद्दाख , गलवान घाटी , शिजियांग , एअर पॉवर , विस्तारवादी

Press Freedom under Siege in Pakistan

August 04, 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

On July 22, 2020, Pakistani senior journalist Matiullah Jan, known for his critical views of the country’s judiciary and military, was abducted and later released by unidentified persons in Islamabad. The incident has once again focused a spotlight....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , democracy , Imran Khan , Media , military , Press Freedom , Censorship , Hybrid regime , Journalism , Human Rights

Has a Cold War Started between U.S. and China?

August 04, 2020 Amb K P Fabian Article

China-U.S. relations are deteriorating at a rapid pace and some scholars have wondered whether we are witnessing the beginnings of Cold War 2 between the two biggest economies? On 21st July 2020, the U.S. State Department ordered that Chinese C....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , US , China , Taiwan , Trump , Japan , Globalisation , COVID-19 , UN Security Council , Hong Kong , Cold War , Nixon

Pakistan and 05 August- A Year Later

August 04, 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The developments of 05 August 2019 have left a deep scar on the psyche of Pakistan. This was the day when the special provisions granted to J&K in the Indian constitution- Article 370 and Article 35(A) – were revoked. The state was bifurcated into ....

Keywords : Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , ISI , UN , Gilgit-Baltistan , Hurriyat , psyche , post Article 370 phase

Article 370 Fully Integrates J & K with India

August 03, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The revision of Article 370 removed a long festering abscess in our body politic. India had been divided in 1947 but Article 370 blurred a neat division by preventing the full integration of J&K with India. J&K obtained a special status because of th....

Keywords : Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Article 370 , OIC , Article 35 A , Sufi Islam , Hurriyat