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Why Securing the Information Domain has become an Urgent Necessity for India?
Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was conducted in India in October this year. It was led by the External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, on India’s behalf, where he emphasized the increasing usa....

December 05, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , Militancy , Information Warfare , Social Media , United Nations , Jamaat-e-Islami , Counter-Terrorism Committee , Influence Operations
Why is Early Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan Significant?
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Background
The incumbent President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won by a landslide in an early presidential election on November 20, 2022. He was reelected because the Kazakh people trusted him and supported a fair g....

December 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Kazakhstan , Tokayev , Snap Elections , January Protests , Constitutional reforms , Observers , Exit polls , political opposition
Pakistan: The Appointment of the New COAS and the End of the Long March
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan government announced the appointment of General Asim Munir as the new Army chief on Friday. General Sahir Shamshad Mirza was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The army chief’s appointment is always watched with eno....

November 30, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , economy , ISI , Imran Khan , PTI , Gen Bajwa , Long March , Shehbaz Sharif , Asim Munir
नेपाली चुनाव: लोकतंत्र का लंगड़ा नृत्य
Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

नेपाल में पिछले रविवार, 20 नवंबर को नेपाली संसद तथा सात राज्यों की विधानसभाओं के लिए चुनाव संपन्....

November 28, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , भारत , चीन , शेरबहादुर देउबा , नेपाली कांग्रेस , कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ़ नेपाल (यूनिफाइड माओइस्ट लेनिनिस्ट) , पुष्पकमल दहल
Security Challenges along Indo-Nepal Border Regions
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

Nepal holds a crucial role in India’s security not merely on account of its size, natural resources and population, but more so due to its November 21, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , Nepal , Border , infiltration , surveillance , Militants , Armed Police Force , SSB

भारत को मिली अध्यक्षता से उम्मीदें
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

अंतरराष्ट्रीय कूटनीति के लिहाज से जी-20 का बाली शिखर सम्मेलन भारत के लिए काफी अहम रहा। प्रधानमं....

November 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी , जी-20 , बाली शिखर सम्मेलन , वसुधैव कुटुंबकम् , विश्व-व्यवस्था
India’s Preparedness in the Digital Milieu
The Cyber Task Force, VIF Commentary

On 04 August 2022, the Cyber Task Force members reviewed some significant developments in India’s digital domain, including Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), FinTech, Blockchain activities, Non-Personal Data (NPD), a proposal for a new Telegraph....

November 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , India , China , Russia , 5G , Digital Currency , Cyber , Data Protection , Telecom , PDP
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing and CPEC
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited China on November 1-2, 2022. Shehbaz Sharif was amongst the first foreign leaders received by Xi Jin Ping soon after the latter got himself an unprecedented third term in office. This was projected in Pakistani med....

November 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , China , CPEC , Gwadar , BLA , debt restructuring
Presidential elections in Brazil: Is Pink Tide Engulfing Latin America Again?
Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

Last Sunday, the much- awaited results of the presidential election in Brazil were announced. As expected, the two- time president from 2002 to 2010- Luis Inacio Lula da Silva- defeated his arch rival and the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the run off a....

November 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , Latin America , Bolsonaro , Lula , Brazil elections , UNCTAD , West
The China-Xinjiang-Central Asia Triangle: A Relationship beyond Economics and Religion
Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

Over 50 countries in a joint statement condemned China’s alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang on 31st October, 2022. Yet again, none of the Muslim-majority countries from Central Asia which share both religious and ethnic ties with Xinjiang ....

November 03, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Commentary , Central Asia , Terrorism , separatism , Radical Islam , Security , energy , Xinjiang , Human Rights
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