Articles

Air Defence Command – Some Salient Aspects

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in his very first meeting after taking over on 01 Jan 2020, has directed Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to prepare a proposal by 30 Jun 2020 for the creation of Air Defence Command (ADC) b....

January 17, 2020 Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Vulnerable Points , Vulnerable Areas , TBA , Integrated Air Command & Control System , CDS , Air Threat , Air Defence Command , Air Defence Battle

Taiwan Elections 2020: Landslide Victory for Tsai Ing-wen

Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Commentary

In the just concluded 15th Presidential Election in Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Tsai Ing-wen has swept the polls with 8, 170, 231 votes (57.1 per cent). She secured the highest number of votes for any candidate since Taiwan....

January 17, 2020 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwan Elections 2020 , One Country Two Systems , India-Taiwan , Cross-Strait

Technology 2019: Another Year of Breakthroughs

Radhika Daga, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Introduction

The world is at the cusp of Fourth Industrial Revolution. 2019 has emphasised on the opportunities and growth from a sound digital economy. Technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Internet of Things (IOT)....

January 17, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , science and technology , Industry 4.0 , Digital India Biotechnology , artificial intelligence

Analysing Iran’s Counter Strikes

Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Iran on 8 January 2020 launched 22 surface-to-surface missiles at two US military bases in Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and one facility in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.¹ The operation called, “Shahid Soleimani” has been....

January 17, 2020 Operation Shahid Soleimani , IRGC , Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) , Kataeb Hezbollah , War Powers Resolution , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

2019 ने रखी 2020 के लिए भारत में मजबूत ई-वाहन नीति की बुनियाद

Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article

भारत में राज्य सरकारों और केंद्रशसित प्रदेशों द्वारा इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों (ई-वाहन) के लिए नीतियां....

January 17, 2020 States' policiesenergyElectric Vehicles , ई-वाहन नीति , Article , Governance and Political Studies

Some Thoughts on the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

As far as I can understand, this act ties up a loose end of the chaos and confusion caused by the Partition of the sub-continent. I clearly remember the day when my parents bundled their children and a widowed mother into an over-crowded railway c....

January 16, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Refugee camps , Partition , Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 , CAA

India`s Chief of Defence Staff: Some Issues to be Resolved

Gautam Sen Commentary

Government of India has created the institution of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as a single point adviser to Raksha Mantri (RM) on all matters concerning the Defence Services of the country and as Secretary of a newly created Department of Military A....

January 16, 2020 DMA , Revenue budget , Capital budget , DOD , Principal Advisor , Acquisition Plans , CDS , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Trump and Iran: Who Lost More?

Amb K P Fabian Article

The media as well as some scholars refer to “Iran-U.S. confrontation” giving the wrong impression that both sides are equally responsible for the genesis of the current crisis in their relations, a crisis that brought the world to the brink of di....

January 16, 2020 JCPOA , Soleimani , Hague Convention , Ukrainian plane crash , Russia , China , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US

Sabrimala Issue and the Law

Rajesh Singh Commentary

All eyes are on the pronouncement of the nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on the Sabarimala issue. The matter is to be heard soon and it is likely that the court will engage itself with the case in a manner that the dispute ends at the earliest.....

January 16, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Supreme Court , Sabrimala Issue , Articles 14 , 25 & 26

West Asia Roundup - December 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract:

Year 2019, in keeping with the ongoing trend of conflicts and hotspots in the region, ended in heightening tensions between US and Iran which does not portend well for 2020. Iraq has been facing series of demonstrations and co....

January 16, 2020 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , Qatar , Islamic Ummah , Iran , Developments in Algeria , Attack on Southern