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Disentangling the Perceptions of ‘Grey Zone Warfare’!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

One of our most serious problems today is defining what war is. Historically, war and warfare have rigid definitions, and national security and military doctrines, the capabilities and structures are designed to respond to those definitions. Wars wer

February 08, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, LAC, Sun Tzu, no war no peace, Grey Zone warfare
India China Border Dispute Packets of Information to Continuous Spectrum
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak

China Factor: A Seven Decades Old Dispute Debated on Packets of Information
In recent times - especially after the Galwan incident of 15 June 2020, Sino Indian border dispute is the most intensely debated topic in Indian media. The cont

January 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Aksai Chin, Sino-India border disputes, Depsang Plains, Annexation of Tibet, Kongka incident
The Outlook for 2023
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

The year 2022 will go down in history in which the great power rivalries returned with a vengeance. Even as the Covid pandemic lingered on, the world saw a major conflict erupting in Europe, bringing in its wake huge supplychain disruptions, an unpre

December 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Economic Studies, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Pakistan, China, SCO, economy, hybrid war, Terrorism, 2022, G20, health, Gulf, Extreme weather, Russia Ukraine war, Global Agenda, multilateral fora, 2023, Outlook, Trends
Xi Jinping’s Growing Bonhomie with Saudi Arabia: Implications
Prof Rajaram Panda

There is a geopolitical reset centring in the Middle East where the US influence seems to have waned while China’s clout shows sign of growing. This assertion is backed by the development when the Chinese President Xi Jinping after securing an unpr

December 27, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, BRI, MBS, international politics and diplomacy, Khashoggi, oil diplomacy, repositioning global order
Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s Demise Reveals Extent of Discontent in China
Jayadeva Ranade

Recent events have confirmed the considerable subterranean discontent in China. The death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who was handpicked by the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to steer the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country

December 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Protests, CCP, Covid, Tiananmen Square, Jiang Zemin
US-China Tech Rivalry: Pentagon Report on China’s Emerging Technology Strategy
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

On 29 November 2022, the US Department of Defence released the 2022 annual report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” in which “China’s drive to dominate emerging technologies” figure prominent

December 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, India, US, China, artificial intelligence, Indo-Pacific, Internet of Things, PLA, Big Data, semiconductors, Quantum Technologies, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology, Informatised Wars, Made in China 2025
The world according to Washington
P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

US’ drive for a global order in economy and trade comes up against China’s economic interlinkages with the West. At his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali, US President Joe Biden told him that the United States wil

December 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Article, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Chinese President
विश्व समुदाय का चीन पर बढ़ता संदेह
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने मंगलवार को संसद में एक बयान दिया, जिसमें उन्होंने तवांग (अरुणाचल प्

December 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, चीन, एलएसी, अरुणाचल प्रदेश, तवांग, रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह
20वीं पार्टी कांग्रेस के बाद पी एल ए "युद्ध लड़ने और जीतने के युद्ध की तैयारी"
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

बहुप्रतीक्षित चीनी 20वीं राष्ट्रीय पार्टी कांग्रेस हमारे पीछे है और राष्ट्रीय पीपुल्स कांग्र

December 14, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Hindi, Article, चीन, कांग्रेस, तिब्बत, पी एल ए, राष्ट्रपति जिनपिंग
Inapt ‘Perceptions’ and Elusive ‘Peace and Tranquillity’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Dai Bingguo, then State Councillor, Director of the General Offices of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Group of the CCP’s Central Committee and Special Representative (SR) for boundary negotiations with India from 2003 to 2013 had stated

December 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, China, Article, Indian Army, PLA, LAC, WTC, Dai Bingguo, Tawang, Yangtse, Xiaokong
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