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India Keeps Australia out of the Malabar Exercise - Again
May 8 , 2018 Asha Sundaramurthy
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Published in The Diplomat on 8th May 2018.

VIF Scholars Outreach, International Relations and Diplomacy

Why S-400 Will Make Sense Despite (Un)Likelihood of US Sanctions
May 8 , 2018 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Commentary Views: 3783
The open source is abuzz with the news that India and Russia are close to finalising the deal for the purchase of S-400 System despite the threat of US sanctions1.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air defence , S-400

Significance of Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti-2018’
May 7 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 5313
The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a massive pan-India Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti 2018’ from 08-22 Apr 2018 involving practically the entire operational and logistic component of the IAF. What is the si...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Exercise Gagan Shakti , Indian Air Force

Commentary: Modi-Xi Informal Summit: Striving to Achieve Equilibrium
May 4 , 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2338
The informal summit between Modi and Xi has taken place at an appropriate time when one looks at both the global and regional situation as also at the domestic situations in both the countries. While th...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

हिन्द-प्रशांत भू-राजनीती में ताइवान की भूमिका
May 4 , 2018 Dr Teshu Singh
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नवीन दक्षिण-बाध्य नीति जनवरी 2016 में ताइवान डेमोक्रेटिक प्रोग्रेसिव पार्टी (डीपीपी) की नेता, साईं इंग वेन ने कुल मतों का 56 प्रतिशत हाँसिल करते हुए देश की पहली महिला राष्ट्रपति होने का दर्जा प्राप्त कि...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अमेरिका-ताइवान सहभागिता , ताइवान , दक्षिण-बाध्य नीति

Commentary: Exploring India-Russia cultural linkages at 70
May 3 , 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra
Commentary Views: 3958
The historic city of Saint Petersburg was recently the venue for the Third Conference of Indologists organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Since 2015, the ICCR has been organizi...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Conference of Indologists , ICCR , India-Russia cultural linkages , Indo-Russian ties

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