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September 10, 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Reports emanating from the Joint Commanders Conference (JCC) held at Lucknow on 04-05 September 2024 suggest that a blueprint for the proposed Integrated Theatre Commands (ITC) has been formulated by the services and presented to the Raksha Mantri (R....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , PLA , Raksha Mantri , Integrated Theatre Commands , Joint Commanders Conference , Joint Logistics Nodes , Theatrisation

Nepal's Trans-Himalayan Dream: A Journey Through High Costs and Higher Stakes

September 09, 2024 Nikhil Sahu Commentary

The Nepal-China ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Tags : Commentary , KP Sharma Oli , BRI in Nepal , Trans Himalayan Railway , Nepal China relation , Nepal Railway , Kyirong to Kathmandu , Chinese loan

Three Years of Taliban Governance: Evaluating Changes and Challenges in Afghanistan

September 06, 2024 Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF Article

Unanticipated but the Taliban have completed their three years in power in Afghanistan since the United States' chaotic withdrawal in August 2021, ending twenty years of conflict in the country. After grand celebrations marked at Kabul’s former US ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Tags : Article , Afghanistan , Islamic Emirate , Three Years in Power

Sri Lanka at the Crossroads: The Presidential Election 2024

September 05, 2024 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction Sri Lanka is gearing up for its first Presidential election after the Island nation was hit by massive economic/political turmoil in 2022. On July 26, the Independent Election Commission of Sri Lanka, after months of sp....

Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka

Tags : Article , Sri Lanka , Sri Lankan economy , Ranil Wickremesinghe , NPP , SLPP , SJB , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Aragalaya , ITAK

The Changing Dynamics of Taliban’s Relations with its Central Asian Neighbours

September 04, 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, overthrowing the democratic government of Afghanistan. It has been three years since their rule, yet they have not gained international recognition. Many assessments have been made regarding how the....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , Taliban , Trans Afghan railway , Qosh tepa Canal. TAPI , Lapis Lazuli Corridor

Prime Minister Modi and the Two Unions

September 03, 2024 Rajesh Singh Commentary

Of late, the Modi government has made a renewed push to further its relationship with two important regional groupings, the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU). While New Delhi has been constantly engaging with several individual member-co....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Russia , European Union , Ukraine , Rwanda , G20 , African Union , South Africa , Uganda , India-Arica Forum Summit

The Traction of India-Singapore Relations

September 02, 2024 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is paying a two-day visit to Singapore on September 4th and 5th on the second leg of his visit after visiting the oil rich Brunei. His visit to these two important Southeast Asian countries is taking place close on the he....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , China , modi , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , Shangri La Dialogue , Narasimha Rao , Singapore , Atal Bihari Vajpayee , Lee Kuan Yew

India and Voice of Global South Summit 3.0

August 30, 2024 Amb Gurjit Singh Commentary

India successfully held the third Voice of Global South Summit (VOGSS) on 17 August. It carried forward the agenda of the previous two summits, which had fed into the G20 process. The VOGSS remains India's initiative and is not held in conjunction....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , India , G20 , Global South , VOGSS

Building Air Bridges of Friendship

August 29, 2024 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has hosted the largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades. Participants in the Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ (Wave Power)-2024 included ten countries as active participant....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Indian Air Force , Tarang Shakti , Air power in regional security , Collective approach to creating deterrence , China air power intimidation , India key role consolidating regional air security

India- Africa Defence Engagement: Towards New Avenues

August 29, 2024 Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

India and African countries have long standing ties in the defence realm. Traditionally, training and capacity building, deployment of Indian troops for United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) missions have been the main pillars of the India Africa defenc....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Article , India , China , Rajnath Singh , Africa , Indian Navy , Narendra Modi , Maritime cooperation , Defence Exports , ITEC , Defence Security