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Ladakh Youth Delegation at VIF

A youth delegation from Ladakh visited VIF on October 9, 2014. Addressing the delegates, Lt Gen (Retd) R K Sawhney, Distinguished Fellow, VIF, urged them to preserve their rich heritage and culture. Citing his experience in Lhasa, Tibet, Lt Gen Sawhn....

October 14, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Tibet , Ladakh Youth Delegation , Chinese incursions in Ladakh
India-US Ties: Opportunities and Challenges
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was undoubtedly a great personal success. President Barack Obama, following the personal gestures made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Modi and those made by the latter to Chinese President Xi....

October 14, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
India-US Relations – the Road Ahead
Dr Harinder Sekhon

The recently held Modi-Obama summit has been subjected to varied assessments both in India and the United States. Official communiqués describe the meeting as “extraordinarily successful,” one that has re-energised the strategic partnership betw....

October 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Afghanistan: Political Compromise, Security Challenge and Economic Constraint
Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

After a keenly contested Presidential election, the result of which came under a serious cloud when Dr Ashraf Ghani Ahmedzai surprised the odds-on favourite Dr Abdullah Abdullah by crossing the half-way mark, it looked as though the all-important pol....

October 09, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
India in the Asia-Pacific under New Management
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

It has been a busy September for India’s external relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has travelled to Japan, and has welcomed the Australian Prime Minister and the Chinese President in India. He has also travelled to the US, on a very high-pr....

October 09, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
The J&K Flood Disaster : Overcoming Effects on The Security Paradigm
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In 2005, one of the major considerations for the inauguration of the Karvan-e-Aman, the Srinagar- Muzaffarabad Bus Service, was the projection of a contrast which was expected to be perceived by the POK travellers between the standard of development ....

October 06, 2014 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies
Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf: GCC, Gulf Union or Something Else?
Col Rajeev Agarwal

The West Asian region has been in turmoil for over three years now. What started off as a local incident in Tunisia in December 2010 engulfed the entire region of North Africa and West Asia in what has been popularly termed as ‘Arab Spring’. Thre....

October 01, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
RTD on China-India Ties Post Xi Visit

A six-member delegation from China, led by former Ambassador Lu Fengding, visited VIF on 25 Sep, 2014 for an interaction which sought to assess the outcome of Chinese President Mr Xi Jinping’s recent visit to India. Other members of the delegation ....

September 30, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Sino-Indian Border , China-India Ties , Post President Xi’s visit
VIF Book launch: “Decoding India’s Defence procurement: An Analysis of Defence Procurement Procedure 2013”

On 12 September 2014, General Shankar Roychowdhury, PVSM, ADC (Retd), former Chief of the Army Staff and Member of Parliament released the book ‘Decoding India’s Defence procurement: An Analysis of Defence Procurement Procedure 2013’ edited by ....

September 26, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Book Discussions , DPP , Decoding India’s Defence procurement , Defence Procurement Procedure 2013 , Defence Offset Management
Progress and Challenges Related to the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal
Dr Vijay K. Sazawal

Introduction This paper seeks to address factors that led to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, initial expectations, how those expectations evolved over time, policy drivers that keep the two parties from reaching a rapid closure on the issue....

September 24, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Nuclear and Disarmament , US , Energy Security
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