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Multilateralism Digest : January 2023 - Issue 1

INDIA IN THE UN

India participates in UNSC open debate

India participated in the UNSC open debate on ‘the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security: the Rule of Law a....

February 21, 2023 SCO , BRICS , World Bank , Counter terrorism , IMF , AIIB , Peacekeeping , G20 presidency , Multilateralism Digest , India in UN

Killing of al-Zawahiri: U.S. Counter-terrorism Operations, Future of Al Qaeda and Implications for Taliban, Pakistan, other Stakeholders and India

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… al-Zawahiri’s killing could be the beginning of a new road instead of its end, depending on how the Taliban evolves from here ... Taliban is caught between devil and deep-sea ... There is enormous pressures from international community ... Will....

December 21, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Taliban , Al Qaeda , Monograph , Counter terrorism , al-Zawahiri , Stakeholders , US intelligence operation , Taliban rule

The significance of the First Meeting of India-Central Asia NSAs

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Introduction

On December 6, 2022, the National Security Advisors/Secretaries (NSAs) of India and Central Asian countries met for the first time in Delhi. The meeting was hosted by India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and attended ....

December 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , INSTC , Afghanistan , Radicalism , Chabahar , Terror Financing , Counter terrorism , Connectivity

VIF-RIAC Round Table on “Keeping Track of the Ukraine Crisis; New Phase and Progressing Strategic Implications”

The Russian International Affairs Council and Vivekananda International Foundation jointly organised an online Round Table on the Ukraine Crisis and its implications on October 13, 2022. The Round Table was jointly chaired by Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Dir....

November 25, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Russia , Central Asia , Counter terrorism , Ukraine Crisis

Singapore delegation’s visit

On 16 November 2022, the delegation of Singapore from the Ministry of Defence visited the Vivekananda International Foundation to interact on the issues of counter-terrorism and cyber security. Ouyang Zi Qi, Counter Terrorism analyst, Tan Kian Jui, S....

November 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Islamic State , Taliban , Counter terrorism

India-Africa Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“We are very conscious of the expanding threats posed by radicalism, fundamentalism, and terrorism to African societies. These have been the subject of our contemporary agenda of cooperation.”

- Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minster....

October 31, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Islamic State , Africa , Terrorism , ISIS , Al Qaeda , Counter terrorism , France , Somalia , Mali , Nigeria , Al Qaida , JNIM , DRC

Global Terrorism Trends in 2021 & Projections for 2022

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

संधिविग्रहयोस्तुल्यायां वृद्धौ संधिमुपेयात्।

[Translation: If there is an equal benefit in peace or war, he (the king) should choose peace.] ....

April 12, 2022 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Israel , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Terrorism , Iraq , ISIS , Syria , West Asia , Counter terrorism , America , Sub Saharan Africa , Al Qaida

Terrorism Studies (National): Review of 2021 & Projections for 2022

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Despite the outbreak of the China-origin coronavirus aka COVID-19 in late 2019 and the continuation of this fatal virus spread globally in 2020, the year 2021 has witnessed the continuation in the terrorism-related incidents, linked directly or indir....

January 14, 2022 Terrorism , Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Islamic State , J&K , ISIS , LWE , Punjab , Counter terrorism , AlQaeda , Srinagar

Drone Terror in India: A Challenge to Deter

Saumya Joshi Article

Introduction

Presently, drones have become an integral part of military’s arsenal for superpowers, while for others it is just a work in progress. From Yemeni soil against the Saudi oil installations to eliminating a high-ranking servin....

July 16, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , UNSC , FATF , Indian Air Force , Jammu , DRDO , Counter terrorism , Drone Terror Attack , Kaluchak Massacre 2002 , Anti-Drone system , Pakistan Sponsored Terrorism