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The Middle East and the Israeli Gains – Bridging the Diplomatic Divide
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Gloom in Middle East
The Middle East has been wrenching and reeling under an unprecedented pressure during the last decade. In recent times, this has been further accentuated by self-inflicted goals and self-defeating regional diplomatic ....

February 14, 2018 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Khashoggi Affair, Saudi Regime, Israel-Qatar Diplomacy
Moscow Regional Consultations on Afghanistan: Can India Play a Role?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On 9 November 2018, Moscow organised regional consultations on Afghanistan which were attended by the Taliban’s Qatar office and the representatives of the Afghan High Peace Council. This was the first time that the Taliban and the representatives ....

October 03, 2017 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan, Article, Taliban-Afghan meeting, Russia’s Afghanistan initiative
Bangladesh Elections: Growing Influence of ‘Hefazat’
Abhijit Chakravertty Article

The announcement on October 26th at a party forum by Sheikh Hasina that the two foremost hard-line fundamentalist groups, viz. the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Hefazat-e-Islam(HeI), should be treated differently, was closely followed by t....

May 18, 2018 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Bangladesh, Article, Bangladesh elections, Bangladesh Islamist hard-line party
West Asia Review, October, 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - Jamal Khashoggi Fiasco
Saudi Arabia and its maverick Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called upon themselves the global criticism due to a botched up assassination of an insider-outsider critic in Khashoggi insid....

February 14, 2018 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder, Syrian conflict
Artillery Today
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Introduction
The Indian Artillery has ever been performing creditably during war and peace. Its motto ‘Sarvatra’ signifies its employment in all operations including Low Intensity Conflicts. Artillery is actively involved in surveilla....

April 08, 2013 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Artillery modernisation, Artillery indigenisation
इमरान खान के नया पाकिस्तान के लिए विदेश नीति की चुनौतियां
Ankit Singh, Young Professional, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान ने इमरान खान की कप्तानी में नई राजनीतिक पारी शुरू की है; इमरान खान नया पाकिस्तान के अप....

June 26, 2018 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Hindi, Article, इमरान खान नया पाकिस्तान, पाकिस्तान की विदेश नीति
Strategic Policy Group - Evolution of Integrated National Security Structure
Ramanand Garge, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In a significant decision that could have major implications for India’s over all approach to national security, the Government of India, through a notification (October 8, 2018), announced reconstitution of the Strategic Policy Group (SPG) of the ....

February 02, 2015 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article
पाकिस्तान से रद्द हुई वार्ता के निहितार्थ
Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

इमरान खान के नेतृत्व में पाकिस्तान अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर कूटनीतिक कदमों को लेकर कुछ बढ़त हासि....

February 11, 2010 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Hindi, Article, भारत पाकिस्तान वार्ता, पाकिस्तान का दुष्प्रचार
Defence Cooperation: India-Russia Strategic Partnership in Recess
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Article

The wide ranging agreements signed during President Vladimir Putin’s trip to New Delhi for the annual summit meeting with Prime Minister Narender Modi on October 4-5, 2018, and the bonhomie on display (warm hugs, long handshakes and plenty of smile....

October 22, 2012 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Indo-Russia partnership, Indo-Russian defence cooperation
Brexit: Implications for the United Kingdom and European Union Economy
Hennashka Israni, Young Professional, VIF Article

Introduction
The 23rd of June 2016, saw the United Kingdom (UK) participate in a referendum as regards to its membership in the European Union (EU). A relatively narrow margin of 52 per cent of the votes tipped the balance in favour of th....

June 26, 2018 VIF Alerts, Economic Studies, Article, Brexit, UK-EU Economics
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