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Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: March 2021
Naval Jagota , Senior Fellow, VIF

In March six experts group discussions and one joint discussion with the Prospect Foundation were organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation through webinar on events and topics affecting India’s interests from the neighbourhood, West As....

April 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , India-China relations , Iran’s Internal Political Dynamics , India-EU FTA
Russia-Pakistan Relationship is a Red Herring
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s visit to India on 5-6 April 2021 was devoted to the preparation for President Putin’s visit to India later this year for the regular summit with Prime Minister Modi. Undoubtedly, India Russia relations are de....

April 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Russia , Commentary , Pakistan , China , Russia , QUAD , Act Far East , Asian NATO , Lavrov
Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

The bygone year has been globally geopolitically transformative, with indications of catalysing into a new era. Many of the events are being propelled by the catastrophic pandemic with its birth epicentre at Wuhan, China. The Corona Virus is geopolit....

March 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , QUAD , LoC , Taliban , DGMOs , FMS
Internet Lockdowns: Is There Any Other Way Out?
Abhinav Pandya Article

India's internet revolution is fast transforming its political, social, cultural, and technological landscape. One of the most critical factors that ensured the landslide victory of PM Modi with his razor-sharp and a straight-forward nationalist dis....

March 23, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , IB , Social Media , OGWs , DGISPR , foreign terrorists
Book Review: “Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control” by Dinkar P Srivastava, Harper Collins Publishers Feb 2021, pp. 304, MRP Rs. 699
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

“Forgotten Kashmir” while touching upon Pakistan’s invasion of Kashmir and the issue of self determination in the context of the people of Kashmir is mainly focussed on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) inclusive of both so called Azad Kashmir a....

March 19, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Gilgit , Baltistan , Ibrahim Khan , Maharaja , Major Brown , Northern Areas , NWFP , UNCIP resolutions
Jammu and Kashmir: Reaction to the Abrogation of Article 370
Abhinav Pandya Article

There is no dearth of intellectuals and strategic experts deliberating on the post-370 Kashmir and the emerging trends in militancy. In the intellectual milieu, overwhelmingly dominated by Kashmir-centric militancy, often, Jammu never gets its due at....

March 19, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , Security Forces , ISI , Article 370 , Jamaat-I-Islami , Roshni scheme
Afghanistan: Status of Doha Agreement and the Way Forward
Amb Amar Sinha Article

To mark one year of the Doha Agreement between the US and the Taliban, signed on 29 February 2020 in Doha, the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with a prominent Kabul based think tank, Afghans Institute for Strategic St....

March 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , NATO , Shia , ANDSF , Doha Agreement , Hanafi , US options
Can Biden Bring Peace to Afghanistan?
Amb Ashok Sajjanhar Article

The Joseph Biden administration declared on 23rd January, 2021, within a few days of coming to power that it will reassess the agreement reached by Donald Trump with the Taliban in February 2020. It stated that the US proposed to review whether the m....

February 16, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Trump , Taliban , Al Qaeda , Peace Deal , Ghani government , Biden
Pakistan- An Uncertain Road Ahead
Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF 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
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: December 2020
Naval Jagota , Senior Fellow, VIF

In December four expert group discussions and one conference on Taiwan were organized by the Vivekananda International Foundation through webinar on events and topics extending from India’s neighbourhood to West Asia to China. Each of the members o....

January 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , China , Indo-Pacific , West Asia , Afghanistan peace process , COVID-19 pandemic , Neighbourhood , India-Taiwan Relations , Biden Administration , Pakistan in West Asia , Biden Presidency
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