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देश चलाने का जनादेश
May 28 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) ने 2019 के लोकसभा चुनावों में तमाम चुनौतियों से जूझते हुए 300 से ज्यादा सीटें हासिल कीं और 2014 से भी बेहतर प्रदर्शन किया। बेहद नकारात्मक मोदी-विरोधी अभियान चलाने वाली विपक्षी...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , भाजपा को जनादेश , मोदी 2.0 , “विजयी भारत” का लक्ष्य

Modi Formula for New India
May 27 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2885
In his speeches, given after the election results were out, Prime Minister Modi has dwelt at length on the concept of New India. He said that while 2014-19 was devoted to denting poverty, the second ter...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : A New India , Goals of new government , Modi’s India vision

Burkina Faso to Indonesia : ‘Glocal’ Jihad of Brand ISIS
May 24 , 2019 Dr Uddipan Mukherjee
Article Views: 7130
It’s not just the spread of capital, goods and services which go in tandem with globalisation. The spread of terror is also a part of multifarious activities that globalisation proliferates. Information is one instrument which facilitates dissemination of the ideology and social media platform through the internet.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : caliph of terror , ISIS’ global jihad , spread of radicalization

A Mandate for Governance
May 24 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 6540
Against all the odds, the BJP bettered it's 2014 record by winning over 300 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The opposition parties, who ran a highly negative anti-Modi campaign, are in disarray....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : focus of Modi 2.0 , governance challenges ahead , Second Modi government

Algeria - Hankering for Democracy
May 21 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4122
It seems that time for long imposed dictatorships is on the decline. This is more so in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where consequent to public protests and virulent demonstrations the well-entrenched strongmen had to submit and exit.

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Algeria’s democratic demands , people’s revolution in Algeria

The Sri Lanka Attacks and the Threat Within
May 21 , 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee
Commentary Views: 3928
The Easter Sunday carnage in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250 people1 last month caught many by surprise2. The island nation had been enjoying a period of relative peace and stability since the civil war came to an end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers a decade ago.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : IS jihadi international , Islamic Radicalisation , Sri Lanka terror attack

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