Articles

Contemporary Land-Centric Operational Environment: Need for Dynamism and Adaptability

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It was half a decade ago, when the ‘strategic community’ commonly opined that conventional wars were passe, and if and when future wars did occur, they would ‘likely to be ambiguous, uncertain, short, swift, lethal, intense, precise, non-linear....

January 09, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , LoC , Military technology , LAC , Drones , Army manpower , Counter terrorism grid

Neighborhood News Digest – 13 November 2023

Afghanistan

Over 6,000 Afghan migrants return from Pakistan in a single day – The Khaama Press

The Ministry of Migrant Affairs of Afghanistan has reported that more than 6,000 Afghan migrants returned to the country in a si....

November 13, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Balochistan , LoC , Taliban , Imran Khan , Unemployment , BRI , Power , World Bank , United Nations , Debt Trap , Diwali , no-confidence motion , Afghan refugees , Afghan currency , Russia aid , Glacier , Sugar import , Airport , Russian Navy Ship , Indian Troops in Maldives , Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) , Sri Lanka-China Relations

Does Absence of ‘War’ Mean Peace, in Indian context?

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A narrow definition of peace is that it is opposite to concept of war, implying where there is no war, there is peace! Again, in a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a non-existence of war and freedom from fear of violence. The proposition ....

August 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , War , CCP , Peace , LoC , LAC , Sun Tzu , Influence Operations

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 July 2023

Afghanistan

Acting Minister Muttaqi to Meet American Officials in Doha – Tolo News

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan M....

July 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Climate Change , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Aung San Suu Kyi , LoC , Taliban , TTP , Nepal Economy , Army Act , Gold Smuggling , Army School , Macron visit , Rupee trade shipment

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 June 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Account For 80% Of Global Illicit Opium Production In 2022: UN Report – NDTV

Afghanistan continued to account for the "majority (80 per cent) of global illicit opium production in 2022," the United Na....

June 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , LoC , Taliban , BRI , Tourism , World Bank , IMF , Shehbaz Sharif , Opium , Manipur Violence , May 9 , Solar Project , Gorkhas , India-SL

Neighborhood News Digest – 26 June 2023

Afghanistan: Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for girls above sixth grade – The Print

Some religious leaders in Parwan province of Afghanistan have called upon the Taliban regime to reopen schools for girls above the sixth gr....

June 26, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , LoC , Taliban , Imran Khan , energy , Violence , IMF , Humanitarian aid , UN , Economic crisis , women rights , Suu Kyi , Aid , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , PM Prachanda , – Afghanistan , Poppy , SL-China , Saudi-Bangladesh

Neighborhood News Digest – 15 May 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban urges Qatar to invest in Afghanistan – The Print

Taliban’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that officials of the Afghan interim government in their meeting with the Qatari delegation who visited Kand....

May 15, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Foreign Minister , Bhutan , Bangladesh , LoC , Imran Khan , Covid , Baluchistan , Jaishankar , BNP , Sri Lanka-India , IMF bailout , Taliban-Qatar , Sections , China border , Pokhara Airport , Bhutan Refugee Scam , Ex-Deputy PM , Nepal protests , Pakistan protests , Pak Military , Sri Lanka-Australia

Jammu and Kashmir: Decoding the Poonch Terrorist Attack

Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Commentary

Background

The February 2021 ceasefire agreement between the Indian and Pakistan armies was a win-win situation for both sides as it ended senseless exchanges of fire and artillery duels that resulted in loss of life and damage to property.....

April 26, 2023 Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , LoC , Poonch attack , Rawalpindi

Vimarsh on China Challenge in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis

On 21 June 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the “China Challenge in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave out introductory remarks and welcomed the speaker Amb Ashok K K....

July 08, 2022 Vimarsh , International Relations and Diplomacy , Xi Jinping , LoC , Line of Actual Control , Ukraine Crisis , India- China

Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The bygone year has been globally geopolitically transformative, with indications of catalysing into a new era. Many of the events are being propelled by the catastrophic pandemic with its birth epicentre at Wuhan, China. The Corona Virus is geopolit....

March 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , QUAD , LoC , Taliban , DGMOs , FMS