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Peshawar Bombing likely to Heighten Stress in Pakistan-Taliban Relations
Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan in August 2021 was seen as a strategic victory for Pakistan. But the initial euphoria considerably withered away in the course of the following months, by the general drift in the Pakistan-Taliban relations. Two fac....

February 06, 2023 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Article, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Durand Line, TTP, Afghan Taliban, Peshawar bombing, terrorist attack
Pompeo’s Balakot Claim and the Need to Adopt a Nuanced Understanding of Indo-Pak Deterrence Relationship
Dhritiman Mukherjee Article

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claim that India and Pakistan were on the brink of a nuclear war after India conducted the Balakot airstrike in February 2019 has rekindled fears over the fragile state of deterrence relationship be....

February 03, 2023 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Crises, nuclear deterrence, stability, neutrality, Mediation
Fumio Kishida’s Five-nation Tour: An Assessment
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

After adopting a path-breaking measure to rearm Japan in December 2022 in the wake of North Korean threat and China’s belligerence, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida undertook a six-day, five nation tour starting with 8 January 2023 that took ....

February 02, 2023 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Taiwan Straits, Fumio Kishida, NPT Review Conference, Defense build-up, G-7 summit, Reciprocal Access Agreement, Indo-Pacific paradigm
The Unbroken Guru-Sishya tradition and The Continuity of Bharatvarsha
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Bharatvarsh, the nation that is today Bharat, has an antiquity dating back to the Vedic period -- at least 3500 years before. There is no land and people on this earth who have been aligned like Bharatvarsh and Bharatiyas. Their alignment has an anti....

February 01, 2023 VIF Alerts, Historical and Civilisational Studies, Article, Swami Vivekananda, Indian Civilisation, Upanishad, Guru Sishya tradition, Bharatvarsha, Purana, Sanatan
The Promise and Peril of Africa in 2023
Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

As the year 2022 ended, here is a brief recap of what happened in Africa over the past year. Most African countries were still battling to recover from the pandemic when the year began. However, a series of disruptions, such as supply shortages and s....

February 01, 2023 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, democracy, Climate Change, Africa, election, COVID-19, AfCFTA, Military Coup, Scramble for Africa, Islamist terrorism, Horn of Africa, COP27, Sahel
Geopolitics of Cyber Attribution
Divyanshu Jindal Article

Abstract With the world witnessing a full-scale offensive as a part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict it now seems inevitable that all future conflicts will have a cyber component. As nations worldwide prepare to develop their capabilities and chalk ....

January 31, 2023 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, Geopolitics, Cyberspace, espionage, Cyber, cyberattack, Attribution, Cyberwarfare
Bangladesh in 2022: Year-End Review and Way Forward
Dr Anil Kumar, Research Associate, VIF Article

The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was threatening the world at the beginning of 2022, and the impact was more severe in developing countries like Bangladesh. The pandemic impacted overall growth and dented the economy to a great extent. Most ....

January 30, 2023 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Bangladesh, Article, India, democracy, economy, Development, election, Bangladesh, Security, Infrastructure
US Critical and Emerging Technology Strategy
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

As a part of the wider modernisation agenda, the US Department of State announced on 3rd January 2023 the establishment of a new Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology. The purpose of establishing this office is to bring add....

January 30, 2023 VIF Alerts, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, India, US, China, Russia, AI, 14th Five Year Plan, Special Envoy, semiconductor, NSS, Made in China 2025, NDS, Entity List, CET, Chips and Science Act, Export Control, NSIB, iCET
From the Global South to G20, with despair and concern
P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

India at 75 is not what it was during the Cold War, striving to preserve autonomy of national action between two hostile politico-military blocs. Those blocs are gone. At the World Economic Forum in Davos recently, captains of industry and helmspe....

January 29, 2023 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, World economic forum, WEF
India China Border Dispute Packets of Information to Continuous Spectrum
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

China Factor: A Seven Decades Old Dispute Debated on Packets of Information In recent times - especially after the Galwan incident of 15 June 2020, Sino Indian border dispute is the most intensely debated topic in Indian media. The contents and ....

January 27, 2023 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Aksai Chin, Sino-India border disputes, Depsang Plains, Annexation of Tibet, Kongka incident
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