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Employment of Hybrid Warfare in Recent Agitations
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

In the 21st century, waging conventional wars has become passé. New variations like Low Intensity wars, Information Wars and Hybrid War, have emerged. Hybrid warfare is a planned, clandestine initiative launched by an interested party against th....

February 05, 2021 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Hybrid Warfare, Propaganda, Misinformation, Psychological operations, Shaheen Bagh, Kisan agitations
किस तरह सुगा जापान की नीतियों को रूस की तरफ मोड़ रहे हैं ?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

शिंजो अबे के प्रधानमंत्री पद से सहसा इस्तीफा देने के बाद योशिहिदे सुगा जापान के प्रधानमंत्री ब....

February 05, 2021 VIF Alerts, Hindi, Article, नार्दन टेरिटोरिज। शिंजो अबे। योशिहिदे सुगा। व्लादिमीर पुतिन। होक्काइडो। 1956 संयुक्त घोषणापत्र। टेरिटोरियल डिस्पुट। क्रीमिया। इतरूप। कुनाशीर। शिकोतन और हबोमाई
From Mask to Vaccine Diplomacy: A Critical Year Ahead for China
Dr Teshu Singh Article

The year 2020 will go down in the history of China as an “extraordinary year”. The passing year started with the onslaught of coronavirus throughout China and eventually it spread to the world. (The virus had started spreading since November 2019....

February 04, 2021 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, NPC, CPC, Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping, Taiwan, WHO, COVID19, Hong Kong, Dual Circulation, Mask Diplomacy, Vaccine Diplomacy, Xiaokang, Health Silk Road
Influences and Performance of Intelligence: Assessment of Intelligence Inputs in 2020 Ladakh Military Standoff
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

‘The further one looks back, the further he looks ahead’ Historically, military might alone served as the primary instrument of national power and for securing national interests. Later diplomacy, economic power, science and technology (S&T), ....

February 03, 2021 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Tibet, Article, UAV, Aksai Chin, Ladakh, ISR, Pangong Tso, intelligence gaps, PLA Tibet
Military Seizes back Power in Myanmar: Some Responses and Implications
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In a rather worrying development in India’s neighbourhood Myanmar, in an early morning coup on 1 February the military seized control of the government, detained State Counsellor and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Ky....

February 03, 2021 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, ASEAN, Tatmadaw, Aung San Suu Kyi, Joe Biden, Rohingya, NLD, Barack Obama, Charles Michel, Toshimitsu Motegi, coup, General Min Aung Hlaing, USDP
Air Defence Command – some salient points and imperatives
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Air Defence Command (ADC) is going to be a reality sooner than later. This article looks at certain salient points related to the ADC and lays out certain imperatives that lie ahead for the decision-makers to make ADC a success. National Level Dec....

February 02, 2021 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Air Defence Command, ADC, Integrated Air Defence Command, India’s Air Defence Command
Pakistan- An Uncertain Road Ahead
Aakriti Vinayak Article

2020 was an unpredictable year. It was a year of everything and nothing! Covid-19 crisis turned the world upside down. There was a strange paranoia that gripped the world. It was catastrophic and exhausting, unsettling and unimaginable. However, for....

February 01, 2021 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Pakistan, foreign policy, Neighbourhood studies, COVID-19, minorities, 2020, Economic crisis, PDM, locusts attack
India-China Line of Actual Control: Increasingly Fuzzier…
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Though comparisons are odious, Line of Control (LOC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) are chalk and cheese! The Karachi Agreement of 1949 delineated the Ceasefire Line (CFL), following directional paths in the absence of clear landmarks, by demarcati....

January 29, 2021 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, LoC, Aksai Chin, LAC, Pangong Tso, salami slicing, Simla Convention, Scarborough Shoal
Future of Tokyo Olympics Uncertain
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Yoshihide Suga government in Japan is in a fix. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in six months from now on 23 July but in the wake of surging pandemic, there is increasing clamour both from the public and the opposition parties....

January 27, 2021 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, COVID-19, Pandemic, Tokyo Olympics, Vaccines, Budget, Toshihide Suga, Kazuo Shii, Yukio Edano, Japanese Communist Party, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, draft bill
नई भू-राजनीति : 2021 में भारतीय विदेश नीति की चुनौतियां
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

कोविड-19 ने वैश्विक राजनीतिक और आर्थिक संतुलन को फिर से तेज कर दिया है, जो पिछले दो दशकों से चली आ र....

January 25, 2021 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, आसियान। एक्ट ईस्ट। यूएनएससी। क्वाड। न्यू कोल्ड वार। इंडो-पैसिफिक। बीआरआई। ईयू। कोविड-19। नेबरहुड फर्स्ट। मल्टीलेटरलिज्म।एलएसी। बाइडेन। मध्य-पूर्व। शी जिनपिंग का चीन।
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