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Left Wing Extremism – A Brief Security Review

Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is widely recognised as one of the most serious security threats in post-independence India. Apart from that, it is also a politico-socio-economic challenge. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had described the LWE as �....

July 26, 2017 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , LWE , Naxal , Counter-insurgency , BSF , CRPF , chhattisgarh , Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Resilient Democracy of India

RNP Singh

India, the largest democracy of the world, has come out successful in conduct in elections all through the last 70 years of its independence. The Indian democracy in spite of being often referred as new democracy, its political system and political p....

July 24, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Indian democracy , elections , Babri Masjid , Lok Sabha , Election Commission , Election Commissioner , Democracy of India

जीएसटी की विशेषताओं पर नजर

Rajesh Singh

देश में वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) लागू होने की अहमियत को कई तरीके से समझा जा सकता है। चूंकि जीएसट....

July 22, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , GST , De-monetisation , opposition parties , जीएसटी , 30 June

Doklam Crisis: Road to Settlement

Amb Ashok K Kantha, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

(Ambassador Ashok K Kantha was India’s envoy to China before the current incumbent took over from him. Retiring from the Indian Foreign Service last year, presently he is the Director of Institute of Chinese Studies and a Distinguished Fellow at t....

July 21, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Doklam , stand-off , China-Bhutan border negotiations

Secure Cognitive Domain for Conflict Management in Jammu and Kashmir

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

When conflict becomes violent, the effect on human wellbeing is disastrous. Negative outcome of armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir is not confined to the collateral damage but has triggered collapse of social and cultural institutions. Employment of....

July 20, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir , national security , Kashmir , separatism , cognitive solution

Discussion on ‘India and the North West Indian Ocean Region: Bridging the Gulf

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 14 Jul 2017 organised a two-part Round Table Discussion with a panel of eminent maritime security and foreign policy experts, including Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Ad....

July 19, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , Indian Ocean Region , Bridging the Gulf , IOR , Middle East

एशिया-अफ्रीका वृद्धि गलियारा: क्या इससे पलटेगी बाजी?

Dr Neha Sinha

एएजीसी दृष्टि पत्र – उत्पत्ति और इसके निर्माण के पीछे की संस्थाएं? अफ्रीकी विकास बैंक (अ....

July 18, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Energy Security , एशिया-अफ्रीका , विकास परियोजना , अर्थव्यवस्था

भारत और एससीओ अस्ताना सम्मेलन और उसके बाद

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

शांघाई सहयोग संगठन (एससीओ) में 2005 से ही पर्यवेक्षक की भूमिका निभा रहे भारत को जून में आयोजित अस्त�....

July 14, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , India , SCO , एससीओ , अस्ताना , सम्मेलन , सदस्यता , Astana Summit

दृष्टि से परे: प्रधानमंत्री की यात्रा

Anushree Ghisad

अंतरराष्ट्रीय वेसक दिवस के उद्घाटन के लिए भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री की दो दिन (11-12 मई) की श्रीलंका यात�....

July 11, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , अंतरराष्ट्रीय वेसक दिवस , Prime Minister’s Lanka Visit , Tamil

Joint Military Operations against Daesh in Southern Philippines

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Pertinent Issues Terror as a tool has been used through the ages to achieve political and military objectives. Currently it is often described as Fourth Generation Warfare. Broadly it is an asymmetric tool that is normally used....

July 10, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , Daesh , Philippines , Marawi