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AUKUS’s Nuclear Submarine Pact: Implications
March 20 , 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda
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Two strategic groupings – the Quad and AUKUS – are in the news that has caught world’s attention. While the Quad has been for been in existence for some time now, AUKUS is a recent construct. When in September 2021, Australia, the UK and the US announced AUKUS, a new security partnership with the objective to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable there were murmurs in certain quarters in Japan and India that as two members of the Quad grouping, neither were consulted before its announcement.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : AUKUS , defence spending , Nuclear submarine deal , South China Sea , Strategic competition , Taiwan , USS Virginia

India’s Internal Security Challenges
March 17 , 2023 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 1387
(The following is an updated version of Director’s talk on Internal Security given at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington on 06 Mar 2023) Introduction In the holistic concept of national security, internal security is an extremely important part of the country’s overall national security matrix.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : CAPFs , Drone FICN , infiltration , Khalistan , Left Wing insurgency , MAC , NATGRID , NIA , Northeast insurgency , NTRO , PFI

Self-Styled ‘Bhindranwale 2.0’: A Troubling Element in Punjab
March 17 , 2023 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 2193
ਹਿੰਦੂ ਤੁਰਕ ਕੋਊ ਰਾਫਜੀ ਇਮਾਮ ਸਾਫੀ, ਮਾਨਸ ਕੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਸਬੈ ਏਕੈ ਪਹਿਚਾਨਬੋ ॥ [Quote bySri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj, Tenth Sikh Guru] [English translation: “Someone is Hindu and someone a Muslim, then someone is Shia, and someone a Sunni, Recognise the whole of Human race as One.”]

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Bharat India Punjab Ajnala AmritsarPakistan Khalistan Amritpal Singh Bhindranwale Extremism Panjab Sikhi Sikh Terrorism Instagram Facebook

Could the Reaper Have Been Saved – An Analysis
March 16 , 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)
Commentary Views: 1333
The Incident
According to "Defense One," two Russian SU-27 aircraft intercepted a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Reaper , Russia , SU 27 , UAV , US

Has Singapore Changed its Stance on Ukraine?
March 16 , 2023 Amruta Karambelkar
Commentary Views: 1217
On 8th of March 2023, Singapore’s minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam delivered the keynote address on the occasion of one year of the Russia-Ukraine war at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. His speech took a critical view of the West which merits attention. It led some wondering if the speech marks a shift in Singapore’s position on the Ukraine war. This commentary will offer an explanation if it is so.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia , Singapore , Ukraine , US

The “One District One Product” Experiment
March 15 , 2023 Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF
India Positive Views: 999
The state government of Uttar Pradesh is working diligently to grow the state's economy to $1 trillion and boost its share of India's GDP from the current 8% to 15–16%. The "One District One Product (ODOP)" programme was one crucial programme that was introduced in 2018 to achieve this goal. ODOP seeks to revitalise the economy by fostering regional development by utilising local talent, resources, and expertise.

Economic Studies

Tags : economy , India Positive , Japan , ODOP , regional development , Uttar Pradesh

India Impacted by the Great Geopolitical Churn
March 15 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 1443
Any attempt towards predicting the emerging world order is more likely to be incorrect. The geopolitical churn is so immense and future so fundamentally incomprehensible that it will be well served to desist from dire prognostications. The era is cause for intense introspection, with geopolitical tensions stemming from several factors, like the US-China rivalry, pandemic, trade wars, military activities and wars, climate change and the like. Five issues need specific consideration.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Covid , defence budgets , economy , G20 , India , Oil , Russia , sanctions , Ukraine , US

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