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Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh: Geopolitical Implications

The geostrategic sensitive region of region of Nagorno-Karabakh lies at an intersection of political, ethnic and religious borders of Iran, Turkey, Russia and Georgia. On September 27, 2020 the war broke out with Azerbaijan launching an offensive re....

March 23, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Iran , Turkey , Monograph , Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict , Nagorno-Karabakh

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

भारत की वैक्सीन मैत्री-चुभन के जरिये एक अनोखी मित्रता

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

यह जाना-माना तथ्य है कि भारत अपने वैश्विक दृष्टिकोण और विदेश नीति में “साझेदारी” और “देखभाल” क�....

March 23, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , नेपाल। भूटान। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी। बांग्लादेश। सार्क। कोविड-19। वैक्सीन। कोविशिल्ड। संयुक्त राष्ट्र शांति रक्षक

Redeeming Libya

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Smooth and peaceful transition of power from an internationally recognised government (GNA) of Fayez Al-Sarraj to locally and internationally recognised interim Government of National Unity (GNU) headed by PM Abd Alhamid Dabaiba (Dbeibeh) and three ....

March 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Berlin Process , Gen Haftar , Dbeibah , GNU

Significance of Blinken’s and Austin’s Visits to Seoul and Tokyo

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No sooner than the first virtual summit of the four Quad leaders discussed the regional issues and underlined the importance of rules of law and free and open Indo-Pacific, the Joe Biden administration sent his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and D....

March 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Climate Change , summits , Military Exercises , Taiwan Strait , East and South China Sea , North Korea’s nuclear issue , 2+2 talks , comfort women issue , burden-sharing , institutional mechanism , weaponisation , island-building , China’s new Coast Guard Law , fishing vessels.

Use of Airpower in ‘No War No Peace’ Scenario

Air Marshal Anil Khosla, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd)

15 March 2021 A ceasefire along the LOC came into being between India and Pakistan on 25 February coinciding with the second anniversary of airstrike by India at Balakot in response to the suicide bombing attack on a police convoy in Pulwama, Kas....

March 22, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Air Power , Podcast , No War No Peace Scenario , Balakot Airstrike , Pulwama Terrorist Attack

A Strategic Shift in the UK’s View of India is Welcome

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

(This is a modified version of the Director, VIF’s remarks at the VIF-IISS Webinar on “Implications of the UK Integrated Review for India” held on 19 March 2021) The Integrated review and its implications for bilateral relations W....

March 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Integrated Review , India-Pacific

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