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Shooting the ‘Messenger’: How India is tackling the Weaponisation of Social Media
Tejusvi Shukla Article

A recent publication of a distorted map of India by Twitter (under its career section “Tweep Live”) sparked a huge controversy.1 After severe backlash, the map was hurriedly taken down, but FIRs have been lodged against Twitter India c....

July 08, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Hybrid Warfare , Information Warfare , 5G , Twitter , Facebook , Telegram , Psychological warfare , Social Media Weaponization , Narratives , Cartographic Agression , Clubhouse
Buddha in Gandhara by Sunita Dwivedi; Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2020, 295pp.
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, 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
The Divergences in the Gulf Have Their Own Dynamic
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

West Asia has an unusual knack of keeping the watchers and analysts on feet most of the times. On the one hand ongoing conflicts and hotspots in Yemen, Libya, Syria and Iraq keep one frustrated. And on the other simmering cinders of the Arab Spring k....

July 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , US , Iran , JCPOA , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , OPEC , UAE , MBS
India-Central Asia Relations: Issues and Prospects
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Despite close historical and cultural connection that India shared with Central Asian region, the bilateral relations have remained below the potential. The key reason is the lack of connectivity. However, in 2015, with PM Modi’s visit to this regi....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Russia , INSTC , Central Asia , trade , Energy Security , Chabahar , BRI , Oil and Gas , Connectivity , Podcast
Pakistan remains under the scrutiny of FATF
Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Amidst the changing regional and geopolitical dynamics, Pakistan remains mired in complexities and uncertainties. It continues to remain under the scrutiny of the terror-financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and is under immense press....

July 07, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , FATF , Terrorism , Terror Financing , Grey List
Japan’s Four-day Workweek Proposal Unlikely to Work
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan and Japanese are known for their famously workaholic corporate culture. There are cases in which companies have forced employees to put extra hours, thereby driving some to commit suicide and giving rise to the word karoshi or “death from ove....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , karoshi , four-day workweek , Womenomics , OECD , top-down system , corporate culture , Microsoft
BIMSTEC in a Changing World
Amb Hemayet Uddin

In the current geopolitics, the Indo-Pacific region has gained significance. Within this, BIMSTEC as a sub-regional organisation has an imminent place, as it connects two regions-South Asia and Southeast Asia. Dr. Sreeradha Datta has taken the initia....

July 06, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Podcast , Region , Regional identity
Cape Town Water Crisis of 2018: Lessons we can learn from it

A serious water crisis plagued the city of Cape Town in early 2018 to the point that it was on the verge of becoming the first modern global city to run out of water. However, the city never reached to that point because of the strict measures introd....

July 06, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , water security , Water crisis , Drought , Day Zero , Water Police , Water Management Devices , Cape Town
‘Great Rejuvenation’ of the Chinese Nation to Continue: Xi’s Message at the CCP Centenary Celebrations
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th birth anniversary. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a much anticipated speech on the occasion. Being a centenary speech, it had obvious political significance. It sums up the state of affair....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Xi , CCP , PLA , Party Congress , Centenary , China rejuvenation
Origin and Growth of Sino Pak Nexus against India: Suggested Tenets of Indian Response
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

An Assertive and Proactive India
The Surgical Strike in Uri Sector (20161, Doklam standoff (2017)2 and air strike in Balakot3 have portrayed an assertive and proactive Indian response to the Chinese and Paki....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Belt and Road Initiative , Aksai Chin , Sino Pakistan Nexus
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