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The Leadership Summit will Consolidate the Quad
March 15, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The historic leadership summit of the Quad counties held on 12th March 2021 was a milestone in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue which was set up back in 2007 and revived in 2017. Hosted by US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Mini....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US , Commentary , China , modi , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Biden , Suga , Morrison , Quad summit , Spirit of quad
India’s Cyber Deterrence Against China
March 12, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

Cyber Threats from China: Chinese Offensive Capabilities and Modus Operandi China raised cyber war units way back in 20031. Major objectives of these units has been cyber surveillance, manipulating network data, disseminating p....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security , Article , Cyber Deterrence , Cyber war , Media War , ICT Adaption , Cyber Weapons
सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण के साथ वियतनाम की 13वीं नेशनल पार्टी कांग्रेस का समापन
March 12, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

वैश्विक महामारी कोरोना का अचानक प्रकोप हो जाने से कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ वियतनाम (सीपीवी) की 13वीं....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Hindi , Article , दक्षिण चीन सागर। कोरोना वायरस। गुयेन फु त्रुंग। पार्टी कांग्रेस। प्रणय वर्मा। गुयेन थी नगन। इकोनामी ब्लूप्रिंट। फॉक्स एंड टेक्नोलॉजी को लिमिटेड। सैमसंग इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स को. एंड इंटेल क्रॉप।
Quad Summit: An Opportunity to Define the Contours of the Post Covid Indo-Pacific
March 11, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Indian Prime Minister Modi, US President Biden, Prime Minister Scott Morrisonof Australia and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will hold the first summit level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, on 12 M....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US , Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden
LoC Ceasefire
March 10, 2021 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

As a positive step, on 24-25 February 2021, the Director Generals of the Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). Since 2018, a total of 12,969 incidents of Ceasefire Violations (CFV) by....

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Indian Army , J&K , LoC , Line of Control , Ceasefire , Podcast , DGMO , CeasefireAgreement , JammuandKashmir
The Indo-Pacific: A Pause in the Game
March 10, 2021 Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The State of Play As a Covid-wounded global community steps gingerly into 2021, a year ‘trumpeting’ a change of guard in the US, the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and an ongoing military stand-off between India and Chi....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Article , India , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden , Suga
The Death of a ‘Progressive’ and ‘Secular’ Ancient Indian Historian
March 09, 2021 Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

The death of a retired professor of ancient Indian history of Delhi University and a card-carrying member of the Communist Party of India, D. N Jha, generated a lot interest in the media. The reason of this media attention, which is unusual in view o....

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , communists , DN Jha , ICHR , nationalists , revivalists , secularists
मंगल आया पहुंच में : महिला का परिप्रेक्ष्य
March 09, 2021 Vandana M Kumar Commentary

प्रसिद्ध लेखक एचजी वेल्स का दि वॉर ऑफ दि वर्ल्डस लेख 1897 में ब्रिटेन की पीअर्सन पत्रिका और अमेरिक....

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies , Hindi , Commentary , मंगलयान , मंगल , नंदिनी हरिनाथ , नासा , दृढ़ता , रितु करिदल
Analysing Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance
March 08, 2021 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The US has come out with an Interim National Security Strategic Guidance on 03 March 2021 that will not only form the basis for Biden administration’s National Security Strategy but also would find its reflection in the forthcoming US Budget and es....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , US , China , Trump , NATO , Biden , Forever Wars , modernising military
Crisis Deepens in Nepal Even After Restoration of Parliament
March 08, 2021 Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was engaged more in internal power tussle rather than addressing the issues related to controlling the disease. In such a moment, President Bidya Devi Bhandari, at the recommen....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , China , Nepali Congress , Supreme Court , KP Sharma Oli , Nepal Communist Party , Madhav Kumar Nepal , Pushpa Kumar Dahal
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