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The Killing of Abu Bakral-Baghdadi: Implications
October 30 , 2019 Amb K P Fabian
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On 27th October President Trump of the United States announced the killing of Al Baghdadi and claimed that his was a bigger achievement than that of a similar capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, be...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : end of Baghdadi , IS terror lives

Amid Economic Woes, Pak Government Reports Revamping - A Review
October 30 , 2019 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 3601
Despite all odds…

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Pakistan’s high expenditure on defence , Pakistan’s military modernisation

एक्ट फार ईस्ट नीति: भारत की विदेश नीति में नया अंग
October 25 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 2526
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादीमिर पुतिन के न्योते पर 4-5 सितंबर 2019 को ईस्टर्न इकनॉमिक फोरम की पांचवीं बैठक के मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में व्लादीवोस्तोक गए। व्लादीवोस्तोक में 20वीं भारत-...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi

Iraq Protests and the Problem of Ethno-Sectarian Balancing
October 25 , 2019 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 6826
Iraq has been witnessing widespread protests that began in Baghdad on 1 October 2019 and spread throughout the state to express frustration about the deteriorating economic situation, corruption, unempl...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : governance failures in Iraq , Iraqi peoples’ woes

The New EU Guidelines on 5G: Some Lessons for India
October 23 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2964
In September 2019, the European Union (EU) came up with a set of guidelines1 for the introduction of 5G communication technologies in the member countries. The guidelines are considered essential for se...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : cyber security in EU , India’s cyber security needs

The day paradise was lost
October 22 , 2019 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 2613
It is vital to sensitise people, especially the Kashmiri youth, who may not be aware of the history of the event and of the brutality their forefathers were subjected to at the hands of Pakistan. Silenc...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Scholars Outreach

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