Articles

5G Technology: Transformational Synthesis for Armed Forces

Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Veteran) Article

Technological superiority has always been the main battle winning factor all through the history of warfare. With no matching weaponry in the Indian arsenal, Bharat, with all the requisite structures of a strong nationality, buckled in face of artill....

June 24, 2019 Transition to 5G , Military connotations of 5G , Indigenous 5G , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Pakistan: Another Judicial Crisis in the Making?

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

In 2007 President Musharraf had tried to brow beat the then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Iftikhar Chaudhry to desist from hearing cases of ‘enforced disappearances’ in Balochistan. This had led to a nation-wide movement of lawyers and ultim....

June 21, 2019 Judicial crisis in Pakistan , case against Pakistan Supreme Court Judge , curb on judicial independence , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

जल-शक्ति

Rajesh Singh Article

जल-शक्ति नाम से सर्वथा नये मंत्रालय गठन प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के नेतृत्व में दूसरी बार गठ....

June 21, 2019 प्रदूषित जलापूर्ति , गंभीर पेयजल संकट , स्वच्छ गंगा मिशन , भाजपा के चुनावी वादे , Article , Governance and Political Studies

Modi Government 2.0: Sure Footed Firmness vis-a-vis Pakistan

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

India, following the re-election of the Modi Government, is to be commended for its sure footed firmness in its dealings with Pakistan. Pakistan's repeated feelers for a resumption of talks have been rebuffed on the eminently legitimate ground th....

June 19, 2019 Pakistan’s anti-Indian DNA , Pakistan a terror factory , India’s new Pakistan policy , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism

Contextualising the US-Iran Tensions

Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

The recent stand-off between Iran and the United States (US) is rooted in US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 8 May 2018, arguing that Iran was violating the spirit of the deal by ....

June 18, 2019 US-Iran confrontation , withdrawal fro JCPOA , India’s oil imports , Chabahar Port , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध, ईरान की प्रतिक्रिया और तेल की बिगड़ती स्थिति

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

राष्ट्रपति हसन रूहानी ने 8 जुलाई को राष्ट्रीय टेलीविजन पर अपने भाषण में ऐलान किया कि ईरान परमाण�....

June 18, 2019 ईरान तेल पर अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध , ईरान तेल निर्यात , ईरानी अर्थव्यवस्था पर संकट , कच्चे तेल का आयात , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy

Minorities

Rajesh Singh Article

The Modi government has created a flutter by its recent outreach to the minority community. It has announced scholarships to five crore students over the next five years, with a substantial number of them being girls; extended help to madrassas to eq....

June 18, 2019 Defining term ‘minority’ , Preservation of minority rights , Government’s minority outreach , Article , Governance and Political Studies

Al Qaida Affiliate AGuH Leader Zakir Musa Killed in J&K - What Lies Ahead?

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

On 23 May 2019, while all the prime time news channels in India were intensely pre-occupied with news and analysis of the Parliamentary Election 2019, a few of them found time and space to flash a piece of a very significant security related news fro....

June 17, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Radicalisation in Kashmir , Islamist terror in Kashmir , End of terrorist Musa

Has ‘Sab ka Saath ..’ Ended the Political Trick of ‘Divide and Rule’?

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry”, - T S Eliot

Politics in ‘New India’

Interactions with the masses indicate a rediscovery o....

June 14, 2019 Uplift of minorities , Dividing society in name of democracy , Citizen vs voter , Article , Governance and Political Studies