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Second Minsk Conference on Eurasian Security: Some Major Takeaways
November 08, 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The II Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, hosted by Belarus from October 31 to November 1, is believed to have highlighted the shifting stance within Eurasia towards a more multipolar world, with an increasing emphasis on autonomy f....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , EU , Russia Ukraine war , multipolarity , Energy imports , Illegal Sanctions
President Muizzu Visit to India amidst Economic Uncertainties: An Analytical Overview
November 07, 2024 Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF Article

On October 10, 2024 President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, accompanied by First Lady Madam Sajidha Mohamed, concluded the five-day state visit to India. The visit conducted by President Muizzu, at the invitation of Indian President Droupadi Murmu, marked the ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives

Tags : Article , defence cooperation , Tourism , Maldivian Economy , India Maldives Relations , Maldives Monetary Authority , MMA , Maldives GDP , President Mohamed Muizzu , Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators , MATATO
Viksit Bharat: Bracing for Strategic Contestations: Political Management of India’s Military Institution
November 06, 2024 Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

It was in the post-1962 period that the shape of India’s indigenous system of national defence began shaping-up – at the intervention of Communist China. That was when after centuries of strategic quarantine from real-politics, free India’s ide....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Military security in Viksit Bharat , curative ventures in military management , blending hoary warrior culture with indigenisation
Uzbekistan’s Pragmatic Engagement with Afghanistan: Significant for the Region
November 05, 2024 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

During a recent visit to Tashkent, I had attended the roundtable on ‘Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan: Openness and Prosperity for Peace’ on 25 October 2024. The speakers were some of the prominent policy makers with long experience of diplomacy and ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , Afghanistan , trade , Gas Fields , railway line , IMU , Amu Darya , Friendship Bridge
From Operation Desert Hawk to Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
November 04, 2024 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

About 59 years ago, in the year 1965, India was experiencing an extreme food shortage across the country. The monsoon had failed badly in the year, and the subsequent droughts had severely impacted food production.....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Ayub Khan , Operation Gibraltar , Indo Pakistani War , 1965 , Operation Desert Hawk , Opre , Battle of Haji Pir Pass , Battle of Asal Uttar
Does India Need a Strategy of Strategies?
October 30, 2024 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

As the India and China have finally reached a deal on patrolling their disputed frontier to end a four-year long military stand-off to pave way for resetting the political and business ties between the Asian giants, there is understandably a sudden s....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , India , China , IOR , Bhagavad Gita , Kautilya , Grand strategy , Raj Dharma , Tejastejasvinamaham
Ganderbal Attack 2024: The Emergence of Pakistan-Sponsored TRF
October 29, 2024 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan has been sponsoring terrorism in Bharat for over the past 30 years to undermine the stability of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (hereafter J&K) and other parts of the country. Post-nullification of Article 370 in 2019, J&K did....

Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Islam , LeT , Bharat , TRF , Ganderbal
A Critical Examination of the SCO Council of Heads of Government Summit in Islamabad
October 28, 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) Summit held in Islamabad has garnered significant attention due to the regional dynamics among member countries, particularly between India and Pakistan, as well ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , CPEC , BRI , Connectivity , Gwadar port , SCO summit , Terrorism and Extremism
India must not lower its guard along LAC with China
October 26, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The continued discussions between the military commanders and diplomats of the two sides resolved most of the issues over the past four-and-a-half years. China’s transgressions over a large frontage along its Line of Actual Control with India in....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , China , LAC , India News , DH Spotlight
Pashtun Qaumi Jirga of the PTM: The Voices of the Pashtuns in Pakistan
October 25, 2024 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction On October 6 this year, the federal government of Pakistan declared the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) as an unlawful (proscribed) organization under Section 11B of the ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Taliban , White Paper , Durand Line , PTI , TTP , Pashtuns , PTM , Pashtun Tahafuz Movement , Pashtun National Jirga , Pashtun Qaumi Jirga , Pashtun National Court , Khyber Jirga , Pakhtunkhwa , Pakhtunkhwa Natural Resources , Pakistan Army/Military , Pashtun Women.
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