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The Complexities of Tribal Land Rights and Conflict in Manipur: Issues and Recommendations

Abstract Land is at the center of most conflicts in Northeast India because of its importance in the life of the people of the region, particularly its tribal communities. Manipur, the Land of Jewels, has been besieged with confli....

June 07, 2017 North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , Manipur , Tribal Land Rights , Land of Jewels
लाल बत्ती से छुटकारा - वीआईपी संस्कृति की समाप्ति
Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

प्रसिद्ध यूनानी विचारक अरस्तू ने कहा था, “शुरुआत अच्छी हो तो सफलता मिलती ही है।” केंद्रीय मंत्�....

June 06, 2017 Media Studies , लाल बत्ती , वीआईपी , कुप्रथा , VIP Culture , Lal Batti
Asia- Africa Growth Corridor: Can It Be a Game Changer?
Dr Neha Sinha

AAGC Vision Document - Origin and Institutions behind its Creation? Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) supported by Japan and India was unveiled on 24th May, 2017 during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfD....

June 05, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , Japan , OBOR , Asia , AAGC , African Development Bank
Small Wars are National Wars: Need Potent Force to Secure India from Threat Within
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

Sun Tzu said, “Great results can be achieved with small forces provided those leading them are skilled at war.” It becomes easy for a “small and skilled to fight big and leaderless crowd.” Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is expanding at a rapid....

June 05, 2017 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Maoists , Counter-insurgency , CRPF
Missing Factors in India’s Policy towards Pakistan
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Many in India often wonder why don’t we have better relations with Pakistan and how long will we keep on bickering and fighting. Many also point to the perils of a miscalculation given that the two countries are nuclear weapons states. The most fam....

June 03, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Terrorism , India’s Policy , Ayub Khan
अन्त्योदय की कसौटी पर सरकार के तीन वर्ष
Shiwanand Dwivedi

भाजपानीत केंद्र सरकार के तीन वर्ष पूरे हो चुके हैं. आज से ठीक तीन वर्ष पूर्व 26 मई 2014 को प्रधानमंत्�....

June 02, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , अर्थव्यवस्था , सरकार के काम , लोक कल्याण , रोजगार
North Korea: Unravelling the Hermit Kingdom

North Korea has been the focus of increasing international interest of late. Much of it has been owing to its burgeoning nuclear weapons programme, which has been described by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as having entered a ‘new p....

June 01, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , North Korea , US , Hermit Kingdom , International Atomic Energy Agency
KPS Gill: Tribute to a Supercop
Prakash Singh

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill has been hailed as one of the most successful fighters against terrorism. He vanquished what was one of the most lethal and one of the most devastating terrorist movements in the history of the world. He has also been criticized....

May 31, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , CRPF , KPS Gill , Supercop , Punjab , JF Ribeiro , Governor
Revision of Japanese Constitution: The Article 9 Dilemma
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

“Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international dispute....

May 31, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Constitution , Japan , self-defence , Article 9 Dilemma , Revision of Japanese , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Interaction with H.E. Mr Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India

In the run up to Indian Prime Minister Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s much-awaited visit to Israel, the VIF hosted, on May 18, 2017, H.E. Mr. Daniel Carmon, Israel’s Ambassador to India, for a bilateral discussion on issues of mutual interest....

May 31, 2017 Interaction , Israel , India-Israel Relations , Daniel Carmon
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