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Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Review of Year 2019 and Projections for 2020
January 22 , 2020 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF
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The year 2019 had significant developments in global terrorism. The review covers the important activities of terrorism and counter-terrorism (CT) around the globe. There have been ongoing conflicts in ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : Afghanistan , al-Qaeda , al-Qaida , Counter-terrorism , India , IslamicState , national security , Pakistan , Srilanka , Terrorism , UnitedKingdom

Year Review: Pakistan in 2019
January 22 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Commentary Views: 3107
The year 2019 brought optimism as well as trials for Pakistan in equal measure. In 2019, Pakistan under Prime Minister Imran Khan was occupied in confronting numerable challenges at the domestic as well...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan , Army , economy , foreign policy , India , Pakistan , Saudi , US

Constitutional Changes in Russia! What is Cooking?
January 21 , 2020 Rajesh Soami
Commentary Views: 4210
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his entire government resigned on January 15th after a televised speech by President Putin to the federal assembly wherein he proposed sweeping changes to the constitu...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : democracy , Medvedev , Putin , Yeltsin

Key Developments in Africa in 2019
January 21 , 2020 Dr Neha Sinha
Article Views: 3877
The year 2019 bore witness to multiple developments which dotted the continent and may lead to not only an impact in the immediate times but also have far-reaching impact on the society and polity of Af...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Africa , Cooperation , election , India , Power , Terrorism , Visits

सुलेमानी की हत्या: आगे क्या?
January 21 , 2020 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3060
चूंकि कासिम सुलेमानी गुप्त तरीके से काम करने के लिए बनाई गई रणनीतिक सेना के कमांडर होने के नाते सार्वजनिक मंच से दूर ही रहते थे, इसलिए ज्यादातर लोगों को इस बात का भान तक नहीं था कि ईरान के पदक्रम में वह...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अमेरिका , आईएसआईएस , ईरान , सुलेमानी

Geopolitics of Trans–Caspian Gas Pipeline
January 20 , 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 64871
Introduction Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) is designed to export natural gas from resource-rich Turkmenistan and to a certain amount from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan by putting an underwater pipeline i...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Azerbaijan , Caspian Sea , European Union , Geopolitics , Iran , Natural Gas , Pipeline , Russia , Turkmenistan

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