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Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The media was in frenzy post the drone attack on Jammu Air Force Station on the night of 26/27 Jun 2021. The volcano of breaking news and minute-to-minute reporting was trying to show us the face of danger that awaits us from the little monsters cal....

July 14, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Drone attack , Drone threat , Threat from UAS , Drone countermeasures , Drone threat and countermeasures , Jammu drone attack.

BIMSTEC: The Need for Ocean Governance

Ruwanthi Jayasekara

As the largest bay in the world, the bay of Bengal holds pivotal importance for the countries surrounding it. During the 4th submit of BIMSTEC, countries discussed the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change, and how the Himalayan ....

July 14, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Blue Economy , Bay of Bengal , Podcast , Ocean governance , Mountain economy , Militarisation of seas

The Institutionalisation of BIMSTEC

Amb Shambhu Ram Simkhada

BIMSTEC connects two regions-South Asia and Southeast Asia. It was created to fill the gaps left by the dysfunctionality of SAARC. In the current geopolitics, it is important for it to be functional and institutionalised. Dr. Sreeradha Datta has take....

July 13, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , regional cooperation , BIMSTEC , Podcast , Institutionalisation

What Recent Meetings Tell us About the Emerging World Order

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The G7 summit meeting on 11 June, followed by the North Atlantic Council meeting (14 June), Russia-US summit (16 June) and the extension of the Russia-China Friendship Treaty for the next five years (28 June) give us important pointers to the shape o....

July 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , G7 Summit , North Atlantic Council , Putin-Biden Summit , Russia-China Friendship Treaty

कोलंबो पोर्ट सिटी परियोजना एवं भारतीय सरोकार

Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

निकटस्थ पड़ोसी के रूप में भारत और श्रीलंका दोनों ही अपने व्यापक द्विपक्षीय संबंधों का लाभ उठात....

July 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Sri Lanka , Article , चीन। श्रीलंका। निवेश। पोर्ट। सुरक्षा चिंताएं।

Swami Vivekananda and National Development

Vivekananda International Foundation organised a panel discussion on Jan 11, 2021 to commemorate the 158th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The eminent speakers invited to the panel were Swami Shuddhidananda, Adhyaksha, Advaita Ashrama (branch....

July 12, 2021 Conference , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , Education , Vedanta , Humanity , National Development , Significance of Atman

Myanmar Round Up: June 2021

According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a non-profit venture that tracks conflict, some 58 defence forces have been formed across the country. The announcement of the ceasefire by the military was mere eyewash as the ....

July 12, 2021 Protests , sanctions , COVID-19 , refugees , United Nations , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , ASEAN role , civilwar , NUG

West Asia – Review- June, 2021

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As the US decided to withdraw some of its defence equipment like Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia and some other countries, it conducted Falcon Claws 4 joint exercises with Saudi land forces. It also retaliated a....

July 12, 2021 West Asia Round Up , Ebrahim Raisi , Naftali Bennet , Isaac Herzog , Peace Talks in Sudan , Qatar-Saudi Arabia Ties

Taiwan Needs World’s Support to Defend its Sovereignty

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Like the South China Sea, the Taiwan Straits is another flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific region. Both have the China factor where it is flexing its military muscle. While in the South China Sea, it is in conflict with some other Asian countries which m....

July 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , BRI , Joe Biden , Mao Zedong , Taiwan Straits , THAAD , Peter Dutton , flashpoint , ‘One-China Policy’ , Chang Kai-shek , TAEPIE Act , A2/AD capabilities , Pacific Command , Aegis Ashore.

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