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Twin Bombings in the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Group is “Back in Game”
September 1 , 2020 Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF
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In the 2019 Global Terrorism Index report published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Philippines moved up a rank at ninth (9th) position among top 10 countries impacted by the act of terrorism.
Tags : Abu Sayyaf Group , Al Qaeda , ASG , Islamic State , Islamist , Jolo , Mindanao , Philippines , Suicide Bombings , Sulu , Terrorism , Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy
Where is India Nepal Political Connectivity?
August 31 , 2020 Sangeeta Thapliyal
Article Views: 2360
One wonders what happened to the close political connectivity between India and Nepal. There was a time when political leaders could pick up phone and call their counterparts without any formality. The relations that were forged with shared ideological underpinnings seem to have lost that common purpose by the passage of time. The marvelous shared political history between the two countries is confined to textbooks now.
Tags : anti-Indianism , BP Koirala , China , CPN Singh , Indian leaders , Nepali Congress , Panchayat rule , PM Oli , Nepal , Neighbourhood Studies
Will RCEP Miss India?
August 31 , 2020 Amb Gurjit Singh
Article Views: 2109
Vietnam has taken over from Thailand as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020. Its theme at its opening summit in June is ‘Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN’1. Thailand is the country coordinator for India and will be followed by Singapore from 2021 till 2024. These two countries currently channel India ASEAN relations. Vietnam hopes to conclude the RCEP during its second summit in November which traditionally coincides with the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the Asean-India Summit. Vietnam hopes to be a bridge for India to return to RCEP. Is this an indication that RCEP misses India?
Tags : ASEAN , Australia , CEPAs , China , Covid , FTAs , India , Japan , RCEP , regional value chains , TPP , International Relations and Diplomacy
जम्मू-कश्मीर – जंग कम, अमन ज्यादा: 5 अगस्त 2019 के फैसलों के बाद के साल पर नजर
August 31 , 2020 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 2000
भारत ने पूर्ववर्ती जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्य को संविधान से मिला विशेष दर्जा खत्म करने के 5 अगस्त 2019 के अपने फैसलों से पूरी दुनिया को और शायद खुद को भी हैरत में डाल दिया। इस फैसले का एक साल पूरा होने पर यह समझने के लिए कि तब से अभी तक क्या बदला है और हालात आगे कैसे होने वाले हैं, जम्मू-कश्मीर में 30 साल से भी ज्यादा समय से चल रहे पाकिस्तान प्रायोजित छद्म युद्ध की गहरी जानकारी जरूरी है।
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , COVID-19 , Hindi , अनुच्छेद 370 और 35 ए शिमला समझौता , अलगाववाद , ओवर ग्राउंड वर्कर्स , कश्मीर हाइब्रिड युद्ध , नेटवर्क ISPR , पाकिस्तान , सूचना वारफेयर , Jammu & Kashmir
Denigrating Prime Minister Modi’s Policies in Foreign Journals to Serve Domestic Political Purpose
August 29 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Article Views: 4470
The Modi government is under attack in influential international media by people of repute in India who ignore the consequences of this for the country’s image abroad. Playing politics at home is one thing, but playing politics abroad with a view to bringing pressure on the government internally is another. Deep seated prejudices against India in political, media and civil society circles in the West have always been a challenge for Indian diplomacy.
Tags : Act East , ASEAN , China , COVID-19 , indopacific , International Solar Alliance , Multilateralism , Neighbourhood First , QUAD , RCEP , Trumpian , Ultra nationalism , WTO , International Relations and Diplomacy
Designing a Foundation for Indian Innovative Ecosystem
August 28 , 2020 Praveen Menon
Article Views: 2066
Back in 2016, Elon Musk the billionaire Tesla & SpaceX CEO announced that Tesla’s Model 3 would be built in a new fully automated factory. In the most ambitious attempt at automation, Tesla floundered with severe bottlenecks and was plagued with “production hell” recording the worst ever quarterly loss in 2017. The world witnessed an audacious failed attempt at doing away with human intervention which will catch imagination time and again and serve as a target for future innovators. Musk famously tweeted that “Excessive automation was a mistake.
Tags : AI , Economics , Ecosystem , Education System , Higher Education , IIM , IIT , innovation , Innovator , Invention , Manufacturing , New Education Policy , Research , Science , Science & Technology , Scientist , Tech companies , Technological progress , Technological and Scientific Studies , Media Studies
Countering the Dragon: A Perspective on Strategic Space Capabilities
August 27 , 2020 Pushpinder Bath, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2373
Background
The successive standoffs between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have highlighted the requirement of enhancing our strategic space capabilities. Space assets are primary facilitators of a country’s strategic surveillance needs.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , ASAT , C4ISR , China , Defence Space Agency , IRNSS , Kargil Review Committee , NCW , Strategic Space , Defence
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