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The Coast Guard Action on 31st December 2014: Need for Consensus on National Security
Dr M N Buch (late)

Two small vessels, probably trawlers, slipped out of Keti Bandar, a small fishing port near Karachi and headed towards the Indo-Pak maritime border. The radio communications between these vessels and people on shore were intercepted by NTRO, which p....

March 16, 2015 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security
Visit by a US Congressional Delegation

A five-member bipartisan US Congressional delegation, led by Ed Royce Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited the VIF on 10 March 2015 for an interaction with faculty members and other strategic experts on the dynamics of evolving In....

March 13, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , Indo-US partnership , Indo-US defence cooperation , Ed Royce , US Congressional Delegation , US investment
Joint VIF-RUSI-CICIR Conference on Afghanistan

A trilateral conference on the theme of “China, India, UK and Afghanistan- A partnership for Stability” was organized at the VIF premises from 02 to 05 March 2015. The main objective of the deliberations was to find ways and means of cooperation ....

March 13, 2015 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , CICIR , RUSI , India’s approach
Modi’s Visit and Importance of Indian Ocean Region
Anushree Ghisad

According to Will Durant, discovery of agriculture and invention of printing press are two breakthroughs which have fashioned and transformed the course of history. Modern historians believe that another invention which drastically altered the course....

March 09, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Sri Lankan President’s Visit: A New Chapter in Bilateral Relations
Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Newly elected President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to India from Feb 15-18 had justifiably raised hopes and expectations, both in Colombo and in New Delhi, of a major‘course correction’ that could mark the onset of a new, vigorou....

February 27, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
Defence Budget 2015-16: Urgent Action is needed to Boost Modernisation
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

While inaugurating the biennial air show Aero-India 2015 at Bengaluru on February 18th, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India did not like being labelled the world’s largest importer of weapons systems. With less than ten days left for the ....

February 25, 2015 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Seminar on India-Europe Relations

VIF, in collaboration with the Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS), Germany, held a seminar titled ‘Contemporary India-Europe Relations: Prospects and Issues’ on 16 February 2015. Participants to the conference, a mix of diplomatic, securit....

February 24, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Germany , Maritime Silk Road , India-Europe Relations , Af-Pak conundrum
Expectations from the Union Budget 2015-16
N K Singh

It is said that no success is final, nor failure fatal- it is the courage to continue that counts. The Delhi electoral outcome has rekindled a fresh debate on the preferred model of development. Apart from other factors, some analysts argue tha....

February 24, 2015 Economic Studies
Will India’s Latest Gamble on Pakistan Yield Results?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Going by past experience, India’s latest initiative to engage Pakistan will not deliver the results it expects. The Government cancelled the Foreign Secretary level talks in August last year because the Pakistani High Commissioner in Delhi chose to....

February 23, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
India-Iran Relations: Prospects and Challenges
Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

India’s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran over the last few years have been marked by various hurdles. These pertained to the unresolved payment imbroglio for the import of Iranian crude oil; inability to streamline trade between the two ....

February 19, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , West Asia
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