Articles

After many decades New Delhi has made a paradigm shift in its Kashmir policy. The new policy serves the dual objectives of dealing with Pakistan by mending the chronic nature of the Kashmir problem by scrapping the controversial Article 370 of the Co....

August 20, 2019 Next step in Kashmir , Integrating Kashmir , Ending Kashmir’s conflict Economy , Article , Governance and Political Studies

पाकिस्तान का संघीय बजट 2019-20 – यथार्थ से परे महत्वाकांक्षाएं

Prateek Joshi Article

राजकोष के लगातार दुरुपयोग पर अंकुश लगाने की अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (आईएमएफ) की शर्तों तथा वि�....

August 20, 2019 पाकिस्तान का बजट , आईएमएफ का शर्त , पाकिस्तानी अर्थव्यवस्था कि चुनौतियों , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Article 370: Abrogation for Progress and Development of Jammu & Kashmir

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The divesting of Art 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution from within its own provisions and by way of Presidential decrees was a stroke of legal genius by PM Modi’s government – these Articles were seen by the rest of India as anachronistic an....

August 19, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Next step in Kashmir , Jammu & Kashmir , Integrated development in Kashmir , Article 370 , Article 35A

5G Infrastructure for Global Digital Economy: US and China in Race to Redefine the World Order

Dr Kamlesh Bajaj Article

5G Key Features

5G is the next generation of wireless technology. ‘Generations’ are technically defined by their data transmission speeds and in encoding methods, or ‘air interfaces’. These promise greater speed (to move more data....

August 16, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , indigenous 5G , India’s 5G policy , 5-G

Shaping Strategies for Space Encounters - An Assessment

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

Brief Premise

This article flows out from the following three developments that took place in the recent past”:-

On 27 Mar 2019, India conducted Mission Shakti, an anti satellite missile test destroying a live satellite in L....

August 14, 2019 Harnessing space , India’s space ventures , India’s satellite assets , Article , Technological and Scientific Studies

दहनशील खाड़ी में संकट

Amb K P Fabian Article

हम खाड़ी संकट को तेज गति से बढ़ता हुआ देख रहे हैं, जिससे यहां जंग छिड़ सकती है। इसका दुष्परिणाम इ�....

August 13, 2019 खाड़ी संकट , होर्मुज के जलडमरूमध्य में नौवहन , अमेरिका-ईरान-ब्रिटेन विवाद , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy

Britain does a ‘Britain’ as Europe Dithers like ‘Europe’

Rajesh Soami Article

The European Union (EU) has been labouring hard to prove that it is serious about carrying more political heft in the world. Statements emanating from Brussels have made all the right noises in this direction. However, it seems that the usual pulls ....

August 12, 2019 Brexit and EU , UK Navy in Persian Gulf , EU unity vs administration , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

From Sanctions to Submarines - Myanmar, July 2019

Jaideep Chanda, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

July 2019 saw Myanmar remain in the news for a number of reasons, some negative and others not so negative. At the end of it all, though it may be a bit early to judge, it seems to be business as usual for the nation. News of the ban on the Myanm....

August 12, 2019 Myanmar , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , West isolating Mynamar , Rohingyia problem , India-Myanmar defence cooperation

The War on Yemen

Amb K P Fabian Article

Saudi Arabia invaded its neighbour Yemen in March 2015. The assessment then in Riyadh was that after a few weeks of aerial bombing, the Houthis will surrender and Hadi, the President who escaped to Riyadh from imprisonment at his residence by the Hou....

August 09, 2019 Saudi-Yemen War , Conflict in Middle East , Houthi-Saudi conflict , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia