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Saudi Arabia Drone Attack: Sign of Changing Character of Hybrid War

Introduction

The Houthi militants carried out an audacious "large-scale" attack with 10 drones targeting Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais.¹ Even in the past Houthi rebels had attacked Saudi Arabia but the preci....

October 01, 2019 Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Drones as new weapons , Drones a threat to global stability , Dangers of drone attack

The Attack on Saudi Oil: What Next?

Amb K P Fabian Article

The world learnt with tremendous shock, surprise, and a degree of distress about the attack on Saudi oil facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais, bringing down the Saudi oil giant Aramco’s oil production by 5.7 million barrels a day. The attack occurred o....

September 30, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , oil supply crisis , Iran-Houthi-Saudi tangle , Attack on Saudi oil , West Asia

Notes from the Sub-continent

Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Article

Overview

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we offer a mix of foreign and domestic policy issues. Starting with Bangladesh, we look at its response to Ind....

September 27, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Sri Lanka elections , Sino-Nepal visit , Pakistan’s Kashmir cry , Assam NRC

Post August 5, the Many Truths of Kashmir

Bashir Assad Article

Post the abrogation of Article 370, with restrictions in Kashmir - clampdown on communication channels through mobile and internet services - the information coming out through media outlets cannot be the depiction of the complete truth of the situat....

September 27, 2019 Kashmir situation , Media in Kashmir , Militant diktats in Kashmir , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

तालियां! - जम्मू-कश्मीर अब सचमुच भारत का हिस्सा है

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM Article

तेजतर्रार हमला, सर्जिकल अभियान और अचंभा शब्दों का इस्तमाल सैन्य अभियानों में सबसे अधिक किया जा....

September 27, 2019 70 साल समस्या , अनुच्छेद 370 और 35ए , पाकिस्तानी छद्म युद्ध , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Counter-Terrorism Framework of the United Nations and India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation¹

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

Due to lack of an internationally accepted definition, terrorism continues to haunt every nation in the World. The perspective of terrorism differs from a nation to nation; therefore, every country has its own definition and ....

September 26, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Terrorist , Radicalisation , India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation , De-radicalisation , Counter-terrorism

The Expanding Chinese Smartphone Market in India

Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article

The recent news of ‘One Plus’ investing Rs.1,000 crore in Hyderabad for research and development which would focus India-centric features while also working on globally standard features¹ is a testament to the fact that global companie....

September 25, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Smartphone market , Smartphone investments , Chinese manufacturing companies

Impact of Attack on Saudi Aramco Facilities on India

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

The Scenario

On 14 September 2019, an attack by drones was launched on the Saudi Aramco oil pro-cessing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The Houthi movement in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. The atta....

September 25, 2019 Energy Security , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Saudi oil facilities attacked , petroleum prices , Conflict in Middle East

China’s Xiaokang (well-off) Border Defence Villages in the Tibet Autonomous Region

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Since the 19th Party Congress in October 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping has signalled that extra attention would be paid by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to building a more comprehensive security structure in the Tibet Autonomous R....

September 24, 2019 Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China

Way Forward in India-China Relations after the Amendment of Article 370

Rajesh Soami Article

News has emerged that the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will not be visiting India on the 22nd of this month as had previously been scheduled. The request for the change of dates has ostensibly been made by the Indian side. Wang Yi is the Chinese ....

September 24, 2019 Sino-India relations , China’s India-averse policies , China’s meddling on Kashmir issue , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China