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Pak UAV Capability - Poised for a Revamp
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM,AVSM,VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This article attempts to trace the evolution of the Pakistan’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capability over the years and analyses the impact of the proposed sale of 48 Chinese Wing Loong II armed drones to Pakistan. March 10, 2016 VIF Alerts, Article, Pakistan UAV, Pakistan’s UCAV arsenal

Colonial Legacy: An Impediment to Regional Integration in South Asia
Ajay Pratap Singh Article

Introduction
South Asia was earlier as identified as Indian Sub-continent. Generally, it was identified as ‘India’ under the British Empire. 94 percent of what territorially constitutes South Asia today was governed by the British (Gu....

September 14, 2017 VIF Alerts, Historical and Civilisational Studies, Article, colonial legacy in South Asia, problems of South Asian integration
दोराहे पर वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्थाः क्या डिजिटलीकरण है आगे की राह
Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF Article

मौजूदा वैश्विक राजनीतिक उथल-पुथल की कड़ियां अब सुस्त पड़ती वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था से जुड़ती जा ....

November 04, 2016 VIF Alerts, Economic Studies, Hindi, Article, वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था, आर्थिक असमानता, डिजिटलीकरण पर ध्यान
Indus Water Treaty: New Realities and a Way Ahead
Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Introduction
Ever since the Prime Minister of India Sri Narendra Modi, while chairing a review meeting on Indus Water Treaty-1960 (IWT), reportedly made that famous statement post the Uri terrorist attack on 16 Sep 2016, that ‘blood an....

March 14, 2014 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Indus Water Treaty options, India’s water management
Systemic Decline of the American Power?
Vivek Sugandh Article

Introduction
“While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies”, reads the resigna....

June 19, 2017 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Article, US Foreign Policy, Trump’s policies, US super power
Review of Governor’s Rule in J&K and the Way Forward
Abhinav Pandya Article

After the break-up of the tumultuous political alliance between the PDP-BJP (19th June 2018), Governor’s Rule was imposed in the State for the eight’s time on June 20, 2018. Once again, it seemed that the history has destined to write-off any pos....

September 12, 2016 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article
Opportunities before India: Chabahar Port and India Ports Global Ltd. - Involvement Portends Extended Cooperation among Iran-India and Afghanistan
Gautam Sen Article

Formal inauguration of India Ports Global Ltd (IPGL) - an Indian private registered company and classified as a Union Government company - operations on 25th December last year, at Shahid Beheshti port at Chabahar in Iran`s Sistan-Balochis....

April 19, 2016 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, India Ports Global Ltd, Chabahar Shahid Behesti Port, India-Iran relations
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Changing the Nature of War?
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF Article

Introduction
The professional military body differentiates between an objective nature and a subjective character of war by drawing upon Clausewitz. Nature of war describes what war is and character of war describes how it is actually fou....

March 24, 2018 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, artificial intelligence, Nature and character of war
भारत-मोजाम्बिक रिश्तेः बेहतरी की ओर अग्रसर
Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

मोजाम्बिक गणराज्य अफ्रीकी महाद्वीप के दक्षिण-पूर्वी भाग में स्थित है। इस देश की आबादी 3 करोड़ ह....

November 08, 2016 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Hindi, Article, भारत- मोजाम्बिक संबंध, भारत- मोजाम्बिक संयुक्त आयोग
Gandhi and the Question of Racism: The Statue Controversy in Ghana
Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

With the gaining of Independence from the Britishers in 1957, the Gold Coast of Africa came to be known as Ghana with Accra as its capital. The country lies in the western part of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea; bordered by Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina ....

November 08, 2016 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, Gandhi in Africa, Ghanian misunderstanding of Gandhi
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