Articles

Kabul to Pahalgam: A Journey of Pain and Loss

Kashmir, often dubbed as "heaven on earth," is soaked in blood as terrorists killed 26 innocent tourists in Pahalgam. Hearing this news, devastated me. I can innately relate to the families who were subjected to the horror of losing their loved ones....

May 02, 2025 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , India , Pakistan , War , Afghanistan , Kashmir , religion

War And The New World Order

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

We enter 2025 with two wars entering their final phase, but with no realistic basis for a long-term peace settlement. They have also ensured that global empathy has been totally diverted from other human tragedies, notably in Africa. We are also e....

January 10, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Palestine , War , Geopolitics , Cold War , Ukraine-Russia , Israel's War On Gaza

The Story of Indian Warfare

On September 9, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Vimarsh on 'The Story of Indian Warfare' by Col. Ajay Singh (Retd). He is the recipient of the Rabindranath Tagore International Award for Art and Literature 2021 and t....

September 17, 2024 Vimarsh , War , Alexander , Mahabharata , Indian Warfare , Marathas

How Real is the Possibility of India-China and India-Pakistan Conflict in 2024

Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The “Annual Threat Assessment Report” released by the US Directorate of National Intelligence on 11th March is being widely discussed these days as it has warned that the escalation of tension between India and China in one theatre and India and ....

March 21, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , China , War , US Intelligence Report

Chilling Geostrategic Environment: An era of ‘Authoritarian Conflict Management’

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Are we getting close to a global confrontation or are these fears grossly exaggerated? Lately, the French President had spoken of sending ground troops to Ukraine, there are reports of 12 CIA bases in Ukraine, and 50 British troops (SAG) are in Ukrai....

March 12, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Russia , War , Myanmar , Nuclear , NATO , Ukraine , Gaza , Hamas , Sahel region

Climate Change & Environmental Degradation: Impacts of War in Afghanistan

Dr Anchita Borthakur Article

Introduction

In the beginning of this month (February 2024) a three-day international conference on climate change was organized by the Nangarhar University situated in Jalalabad, the capital city of the eastern Nangarhar province of Afgh....

February 29, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , War , Afghanistan , Climate Change , environmental degradation , Drought , Landmines , Military Burn Pits , War Induced Deforestation , Karez System , Napalm

Does Absence of ‘War’ Mean Peace, in Indian context?

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A narrow definition of peace is that it is opposite to concept of war, implying where there is no war, there is peace! Again, in a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a non-existence of war and freedom from fear of violence. The proposition ....

August 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , War , CCP , Peace , LoC , LAC , Sun Tzu , Influence Operations

War and peace in Ukraine one year on

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia, Ukraine and NATO are locked into inflexible positions that do not permit compromise sans loss of face. Four days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden undertook an arduous journey to ....

February 24, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , War , Ukraine , Russian invasion

Overview of Geopolitics in 2022 and Looking at 2023

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Year 2022 saw the organizing principles of the international system become more fragmented even with facade of multilateral summitry. Despite US unipolar moment receding, China’s ascendancy has yet to translate into US decline. With absence of ....

January 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Russia , War , Xi Jinping , trade , Ukraine , Joe Bidden , Biden , Abe , multipolarity , Geo economics

Lessons of Ukraine War, and Applicability on India

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Since it began, the Russia-Ukraine has thrown up an overabundance of geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic lessons. It is humbling to note that the lessons of 2021 were in total variance with those of 2022. India has learnt significant geostra....

January 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , War , Peace , Ukraine , Lessons , strategic ambiguity , economic interdependence