Articles

Following the two informal summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Wuhan (2018) and Chennai (2019) the important question that is being asked within the academic circles in China is what could be the possible template....

December 16, 2019 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , trade imbalance , Terrorism , SR talks , RCEP , QUAD , Kashmir , Informal Summit , Indo-Pacific , Belt and Road , Aksai Chin

Kashmir: The Climb Ahead

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

“Don’t hit at all if it is honourably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft”, - Theodore Roosevelt

A State of Complexities

At the time of India’s independence, the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was, by the ver....

November 14, 2019 Mainstreaming challenges in Kashmir , Kashmir imperatives , Article 370 , Kashmir , Article , Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies

Kashmir - A New Chapter Begins

… the recent decisions of abrogation of Article 370 along with Article 35A, and bifurcation of the State … are indeed historic and will help the State and its people, chart out for itself/themselves a new future of peace, progress and integratio....

August 09, 2019 modi , Kashmir , Chapter Begins , Article 370 , Article 35A

A Social and Psychological Approach to Conflict Management in Jammu and Kashmir

Brig Narender Kumar

People of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) region practiced Hinduism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism at the time when Islam entered the Kashmir Valley. One aspect that remained constant in Kashmir was that in spite of the arrival of foreign Sufi Saints such ....

April 17, 2018 technology , Kashmir , Counter-terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

कश्मीर – सामने आया नया मौका

C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने एक बड़ा कदम उठाते हुए 23 अक्टूबर, 2017 को ऐलान किया कि भारत सरकार न�....

December 05, 2017 POK , केंद्र सरकार प्रतिनिधि , कश्मीर राजनीतिक प्रक्रिया , Kashmir , Pakistan , India , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

जम्मू कश्मीर: विशेष प्रतिनिधि के लिए आसान नहीं होगी राह

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

खुफिया ब्यूरो के पूर्व निदेशक श्री दिनेश्वर शर्मा को सरकार ने कश्मीर के लोगों की “जायज इच्छाओं....

November 24, 2017 Jammu , Rajnath Singh , जम्मू कश्मीर , Pakistn , POK , India , Kashmir , Indian Army , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Key to Conflict Management in Kashmir is People, Politics and Perception

Brig Narender Kumar

Violence is a type of backwardness and it is enormously powerful tool to coerce the communally fractured population to revolt against the state. But sustaining the uprising would need psychological mentoring and shaping of the perception of the peopl....

November 06, 2017 hybrid war , Pakistan strategies , Kashmiri culture , Jammu , Kashmir , India , Pakistan , 360 , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

अनुच्छेद 35ए पर कड़वाहट भरी रस्साकशी

Rajesh Singh

पिछले कुछ महीनों और वर्षों में जम्मू-कश्मीर में की कहानी कश्मीर घाटी में नियमित अशांति, सीमा पा�....

September 15, 2017 संविधान अनुच्छेद 35ए , जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्य , Article 35A , Jammu , Pakistan , Kashmir , India , J&K , Governance and Political Studies

Secure Cognitive Domain for Conflict Management in Jammu and Kashmir

Brig Narender Kumar

When conflict becomes violent, the effect on human wellbeing is disastrous. Negative outcome of armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir is not confined to the collateral damage but has triggered collapse of social and cultural institutions. Employment of....

July 20, 2017 separatism , Kashmir , cognitive solution , Jammu & Kashmir , national security , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Human Shield: Army’s Young Leaders are Confronted with Unusual Situations Daily in Kashmir

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The incident at Budgam must be seen in the correct context. Using a hostage as a human shield is neither part of the army’s SOP, nor is it ever likely to be encouraged or repeated. But, have armchair strategists and promoters of human rights (fo....

April 26, 2017 Kashmir , Budgam , Major Beetul Gogoi , Kashmir Valley , Jammu and Kashmir , election , stone pelting , rescue , Media Studies