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Influences and Performance of Intelligence: Assessment of Intelligence Inputs in 2020 Ladakh Military Standoff
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

‘The further one looks back, the further he looks ahead’ Historically, military might alone served as the primary instrument of national power and for securing national interests. Later diplomacy, economic power, science and technology ....

February 03, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Tibet , Article , UAV , Aksai Chin , Ladakh , ISR , Pangong Tso , intelligence gaps , PLA Tibet
Military Seizes back Power in Myanmar: Some Responses and Implications
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In a rather worrying development in India’s neighbourhood Myanmar, in an early morning coup on 1 February the military seized control of the government, detained State Counsellor and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Ky....

February 03, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , Aung San Suu Kyi , Joe Biden , Rohingya , NLD , Barack Obama , Charles Michel , Toshimitsu Motegi , coup , General Min Aung Hlaing , USDP
Air Defence Command – some salient points and imperatives
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Air Defence Command (ADC) is going to be a reality sooner than later. This article looks at certain salient points related to the ADC and lays out certain imperatives that lie ahead for the decision-makers to make ADC a success.

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February 02, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air Defence Command , ADC , Integrated Air Defence Command , India’s Air Defence Command
Pakistan- An Uncertain Road Ahead
Aakriti Vinayak Article

2020 was an unpredictable year. It was a year of everything and nothing! Covid-19 crisis turned the world upside down. There was a strange paranoia that gripped the world. It was catastrophic and exhausting, unsettling and unimaginable. However, for....

February 01, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , foreign policy , Neighbourhood studies , COVID-19 , minorities , 2020 , Economic crisis , PDM , locusts attack
India-China Line of Actual Control: Increasingly Fuzzier…
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Though comparisons are odious, Line of Control (LOC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) are chalk and cheese! The Karachi Agreement of 1949 delineated the Ceasefire Line (CFL), following directional paths in the absence of clear landmarks, by demarcati....

January 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LoC , Aksai Chin , LAC , Pangong Tso , salami slicing , Simla Convention , Scarborough Shoal
Future of Tokyo Olympics Uncertain
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Yoshihide Suga government in Japan is in a fix. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in six months from now on 23 July but in the wake of surging pandemic, there is increasing clamour both from the public and the opposition parties....

January 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Vaccines , Budget , Toshihide Suga , Kazuo Shii , Yukio Edano , Japanese Communist Party , Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , draft bill
नई भू-राजनीति : 2021 में भारतीय विदेश नीति की चुनौतियां
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

कोविड-19 ने वैश्विक राजनीतिक और आर्थिक संतुलन को फिर से तेज कर दिया है, जो पिछले दो दशकों से चली आ र....

January 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , आसियान। एक्ट ईस्ट। यूएनएससी। क्वाड। न्यू कोल्ड वार। इंडो-पैसिफिक। बीआरआई। ईयू। कोविड-19। नेबरहुड फर्स्ट। मल्टीलेटरलिज्म।एलएसी। बाइडेन। मध्य-पूर्व। शी जिनपिंग का चीन।
The Pitfalls of the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Jeff M. Smith Article

On December 30, leaders from Brussels and Beijing reached terms on a new China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). After seven years of negotiations, the deal will reportedly grant the EU enhanced market access in China, in sectors such a....

January 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , India-EU Relations , China-EU investment treaty , China-EU relations , Transatlantic China , Transatlantic cooperation , U.S.-Europe relations
What does Eighth Party Congress of North Korea Reveal?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
North Korea held the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party (WPK) after a gap of four and half years. It started on 5 January and lasted for unusually prolonged eight days until 12 January. The previous Congresses were held ....

January 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , sanctions , Kim Jong-un , Ballistic Missiles , Coronavirus , summits , Eighth Party Congress , SLBM , Kim Il-sung , Kim-Jong-Il , Jeo Biden
Annual Review of Islamic State and Al Qaeda: What is on the Horizon in 2021?
Soumya Awasthi Article

Background
The past year began with a pathological threat for the world which was detrimental not only for public health, politics, and economics but also for global security. The keywords for the year 2020 were COVID-19, geopolitical rea....

January 21, 2021 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , West Africa , Iran , Islamic State , ISIS , IS , Al Qaeda
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