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There is a perception in India that when an average Indian goes to watch a movie s/he wants to escape from the realities of life and enjoy a simple story that generally has a happy ending and is full of comedy, action and thrills etc. To an extent t....

March 30, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir , genocide , Terror , Pandits

Pakistan’s National Security Policy 2022-26: Some New Elements but No Shift on India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Imran Khan government has produced the country’s first ever National Security Policy (NSP) document that outlines Pakistan’s approach to national security and provides guidance to the government departments. A public version of the document h....

January 17, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , Kashmir , National Security policy , Geoeconomics

POK: Election or Selection?

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

POK underwent the 11th general election on 25th July. The outcome held no surprise. It is invariably the party in power in Islamabad, which wins the election in the territory. The outgoing regime of Raja Farouk Haider was elected when PML (N) of Nawa....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Kashmir , POK , Imran Khan , PTI , Islamabad , PML (N) , PPP

Buddha in Gandhara by Sunita Dwivedi; Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2020, 295pp.

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

‘Buddha in Gandhara’ is the fourth book by Sunita Dwivedi. She is a Silk Road traveller and has a keen interest in uncovering Buddhist heritage across India Subcontinent. This book presents an account of the ancient Buddhist cities of Gandhara�....

July 08, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Kashmir , Book Reviews , Philosophy , Buddhist , Gandhara , Buddha , Greco-Roman , Buddhas Dhamma

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

LoC Ceasefire

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

As a positive step, on 24-25 February 2021, the Director Generals of the Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). Since 2018, a total of 12,969 incidents of Ceasefire Violations (CFV) by....

March 10, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Indian Army , J&K , LoC , Line of Control , Ceasefire , Podcast , DGMO , CeasefireAgreement , JammuandKashmir

Decoding the Turkey-Pakistan alliance

Over the years, Turkey-Pakistan relations have stood the precarious nature of global politics as well as the turbulence of their domestic politics. Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has received uncritical support of Turkey irrespective of who is ....

January 08, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , FATF , Kashmir , Economic , Soft Power , Turkey , military , Political

Pulwama Charge Sheet: Lessons for Future

Abhinav Pandya Article

On Aug 25, 2020, NIA (National Investigation Agency) filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama fidayeen attack in Jammu court, after 16 months of rigorous and intensive investigation (The Print, Aug. 25, 2020). NIA's charge sheet, a bulky document....

September 09, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , NIA , Jihad , Pulwama , Jaish-e-Muhammad , Masood Azhar , Balakot