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Interaction with Mr. Michel Miraillet, Director Strategic Affair, Govt. of France

As part of what could be described as an exercise in Track 1.5 diplomacy, Mr. Michel Miraillet, Director Strategic Affairs in France’s Ministry of Defence, held wide-ranging and intense interaction with the VIF’s battery of policy experts on Marc....

March 06, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , NATO , UN Security Council , France , Strategic affair
Nehruvian Rate of Growth
Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran

India unveiled its new pan-India Consumer Price Index (CPI) in February 2012. With the release of the index figures for January, it is possible to compute annual inflation rates based on the new all-India CPI. The headline inflation rate based on thi....

March 05, 2012 Economic Studies
The Iran Dilemma
Amb Kanwal Sibal

US policy towards Iran constitutes a big diplomatic headache for India. Iran cast a shadow even on the negotiations with the US on the nuclear deal. The US legislation enabling cooperation with India’s civilian nuclear sector gratuitously called fo....

March 05, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy
Counterfeit Currency: Threat to India’s Internal Security
Dr M N Buch (late)

It took everyone by surprise when the Nayak Committee, appointed to assess the menace of fake currency, estimated the total amount of fake currency in circulation in India at about Rs 1,69,000 crore as of 2000 (in other words, eight per million were....

March 05, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies
Resumption of India Pakistan Back Channel Talks: An Uncalled for Move
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

It is understood that the India-Pakistan back channel talks have been reactivated and are underway. It may be recalled that this back channel was initiated at the beginning of the UPA regime in 2004 and was in operation all along until its disruption....

March 05, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
NCTC - How Arrogance can Defeat Co-Operation
Dr A Surya Prakash

The Union Government’s move to establish the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) with the power to undertake search and seizure operations and to arrest persons who plan and execute terrorist acts, has raised the hackles of over a dozen chief ....

March 05, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
Trilateral Summit and The Afghan Endgame
Sushant Sareen

Notwithstanding all the tall talk of closer cooperation between them, the third Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan which was held in Islamabad in the third week of February was for all intents and purposes more an exercise in diploma....

March 01, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan
Strategic Connotations: Development of Hambantota Port
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Hambantota port is situated approximately 10 nautical miles from one of the busiest shipping lanes, in southern Sri Lanka. About 200 cargo vessels use it every day and it can handle vessels up to 100, 000 DWT. The Sri Lankan government hopes to bene....

February 29, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
From Non-State to Inter-State Security Threats in Asia’s Maritime Domain: The Case of China and India

Full Paper in pdf format is available here....

February 29, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , South China Sea , Maritime domain , Inter-State Security
A Vibrant Indian Military Industrial Complex for Self Reliance
Radhakrishna Rao

According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), today India is world’s largest arms importer with country’s spending on defence hovering between 2.3% and 3% of GDP. While India’s massive spending on import of weapons and ....

February 29, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Self Reliance , Public Private Partnership
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