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Prof R Vaidyanathan, Caste as Social Capital, Westland Books, 2019, Chennai, PP. 131
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Prof Vaidyanathan’s book, Caste as Social Capital, challenges several myths relating to the working of the caste system in India. Noting that while caste is commonly identified with oppression and discrimination, he points out that it also h....

April 15, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Politics , Book Reviews , Caste as Social Capital , Caste system , Marwaris , Sindhis , Patels , Bohras , Kutchis , Social institution
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Current Perspective
14 February 2019 was a clear day for movement of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. It was after a long spell of road closure that the highway was opened. Viewing the frequent road closures, there was a need to mo....

April 15, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Proxy war under nuclear backing , Pakistan’s TNWs , Response to Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric
Future of Kazakhstan after Nazarbayev: An Assessment
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In a historic announcement on 19 March 2019, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev declared his resignation through a state television message. He stated that this decision was not easy, but he wanted to pave the way for the young generation o....

April 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Presidential succession in Kazakhstan , Kazakhstan Presidential election
Jammu and Kashmir Security Review 2018 -What lies ahead?

… continuing Pakistani support to the militants groups, terrorism in the Kashmir Valley is unlikely vanish anytime soon … however the support system to anti-India activities in the Valley is being continuously degraded … welfare and development....

April 15, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism in Kashmir , Pakistan’s terror war , India’s counter-terrorism
The New Southbound Policy and India-Taiwan Relations
Dr Teshu Singh

… India-Taiwan relations are no more under the radar and have the potential to grow further … Governments of India and Taiwan aim to facilitate Taiwanese investments … economic engagement and people-to-people contact remain the basis of the rel....

April 12, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , New Southbound Policy , India Taiwan Relations
पश्चिम एशिया राउंड अप फरवरी 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

सऊदी शहजादे मोहम्मद बिन सलमान की एशिया की धुरी
शहजादे मोहम्मद बिन सलाम की लोकप्रियता सऊदी ....

April 12, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , ईरान , सीरिया , सऊदी अरब , इस्लामी सहयोग संगठन
Limitations of Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” Strategy on North Korea
Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

On 30 November 2018, the Japanese agencies spotted the North Korean vessels engaged in offshore ship-to-ship transfers with foreign vessels conducting illegal activities on the consecutive days.1 The offshore couplings is among the scores ....

April 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , North Korea sanctions , North Korea economic downturn , DPRK denuclearisation
Hypersonic Weapons - An Analysis
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 14 Mar 2019, Moscow's State controlled news agency TASS reported that Russia is getting ready to launch the Zircon Hypersonic Missile from a naval vessel. The Missile will have a capability of flying at Mach 8 (9878.4 Km per hour) and will be simp....

April 10, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Hypersonic weapons , Development of hypersonic missiles
West Asia Round-up: March 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract
President Trump continues to surprise the world as far as the foreign policy domain is concerned especially with regard to West Asia. After his Jerusalem Salvo and the proposal in making “Deal of the Century” for the Middle....

April 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Golan Heights , Kurdish rebellion , India at the OIC
Is Colonisation of Space Imminent?

… India, with its well-developed space programme, must claim her rightful place and plan for space exploration, space station … by involvement of the private sector and co-operation with like-minded nations like Japan and Israel … (She should) ....

April 10, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , India’s space exploration , space technology , space and mankind , National Space Society
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