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Reflections on the Defence Budget 2018-19

April 02, 2018 G. Mohan Kumar

The general features of the Defence Budget for 2018-19 are not different from those of the past. With a total outlay of Rs 4,04,365 cr, including Rs 1,08,853 cr towards pension liabilities, the defence outlay is 16.6 percent of the budgeted central g....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : national security , Defence budget , military modernisation , defence financing , Strategic Studies , Defence

Commentary: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Press the Reset Button

March 28, 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan has recently paid a two day State Visit to Dushanbe. His first tour of Tajikistan since coming to power reflects the improving relationship between the two neighboring republics. It also underlines Mirziyoye....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , Uzbekistan-Tajikistan relations , President Mirziyoyev’s visit to Dushanbe

पाकिस्तान- पश्तून आन्दोलन का महत्त्व

March 28, 2018 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

पाकिस्तान की राजधानी इस्लामाबाद ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में कई विरोध और धरना प्रदर्शन देखे है। परन....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Hindi

भारत- सेशल्स की रक्षा कूटनीति हिंदमहासागर में संतुलन का माध्यम

March 27, 2018 Lokesh Kumar

सेशल्‍स 115 द्वीपों के द्वीपसमूह का देश है I भारत और सेशल्स के बीच के समकालीन रिश्‍तों प्राचीन का�....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Hindi , भारत-सेशल्स सम्बन्ध , भारत-सेशल्स सैन्य अभ्यास , International Relations , Indian Ocean Region

Commentary : Xi Secures his Wish List for the ‘New Era’

March 26, 2018 Gunjan Singh Commentary

The past month has witnessed significant political developments in China which have altered the structure of the Chinese domestic political system and may lead to an acute concentration of power and Mao-style personality cult. The developments have a....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China’s 13th NPC , China’s CPPCC , New Era , political developments in China , NPC , Xi , CPC , Chinese Parliament

श्रीलंका-पाकिस्तान संबंध - जनरल बाजवा का दौरा

March 26, 2018 Akash Sahu

पाकिस्तान पारंपरिक रूप से श्रीलंका के साथ द्विपक्षीय समझौते, विशेष तौर पर रक्षा-सम्बन्धी समझौ�....

Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka

Tags : Hindi , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Gen. Bajwa , पाकिस्तान-श्रीलंका सहभागिता , पाकिस्तानी सेनाध्यक्ष का श्रीलंका दौरा

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

March 23, 2018 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

Economic Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security

Commentary: Forging a ‘Korean Nuclear Deal’: The Beginning of a Long Road

March 23, 2018 Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

In an unprecedented development last week, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to hold a summit meeting and discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.1 Mr. K....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , US Summit , De-nuclearisation of North Korea , Korean Nuclear Deal , Donald Trump

Commentary: The Neela Hauz Constructed Wetland System

March 22, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

22nd March is commemorated as ‘World Water Day’. Only two percent of the water on the globe is fresh water. Of this nearly 70 percent is locked in the polar ice sheets and the rest is distributed unevenly. Recycling of waste water is a....

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , World Water Day , Neela Hauz , Constructed Wetland System , CWS , Delhi , Water , Delhi University , Prof CR Babu , The Neela Hauz