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Suicide Attack in Kashmir - Rejuvenation amongst Terrorist Organisations of the World Post-Legitimising the Taliban
February 15, 2019 Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The suicide bombing attack on the CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir on 14 Feb 19 is possibly one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country in recent times. The casualty figures being quoted by various news channels and newspapers vary from 39 to 4....

Keywords : Jammu & Kashmir , Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , US withdrawal from Afghanistan , Terror attack in Kashmir , of Taliban
US Withdrawal and Afghanistan’s Future
February 15, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Commentary

President Trump in his State of the Union address on February 6th said “Great nations do not fight endless wars.” He added that America will accelerate negotiations for a political settlement.1 The formal announcement will e....

Keywords : US-Taliban talks , US withdrawal from Afghanistan , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy
Step up Japan-India Strategic Cooperation
February 14, 2019 Yoshiko Sakurai Commentary

In early February, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and India’s Vivekananda International Foundation held a workshop titled “India-Japan Partnership in an Uncertain Era” in New Delhi. Before the workshop, the JINF delegation held m....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Japan-India Strategic Cooperation , India-Japan Partnership
‘Outlawed’ Digital Silk Road
February 13, 2019 Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

China’s President Xi in his opening speech at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing in May 2017 had called for a “digital silk road” which intended to provide a space for Chinese tech companies to expand their activities in countries who are part ....

Keywords : Huawei case , telecom malpractice , Commentary , Technological and Scientific Studies
The Indian Science Congress and its Relevance
February 13, 2019 Rajesh Singh Commentary

At the annual Indian Science Congress (ISC) conference in January 2015, a paper co-authored by two academics claimed that aircraft had not only been manufactured during the Vedic period but also that these planes were far superior to the ones we have....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India’s maths and science , Indian Science Congress
United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a Religious Roll
February 13, 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Arab Spring in its nearly eight years of existence continues to guide the pan-Arab leaders to be more attentive to the democratic, socio-economic and religious needs of their constituents even if the far reaching reforms are gradual in coming. Sa....

Keywords : West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Indo-UAE relations , Benign rule in UAE
Keep CBI Out of Politics-But Only If It Suits Me!
February 11, 2019 C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Even before the country’s top investigating agency, the CBI could start recovering from the ‘CBI vs CBI’ episode involving its top two functionaries -in fact the new Director Rishi Kumar Shukla was yet to assume charge - the agency got engulfed....

Keywords : Politics and corruption , Sharda Scam , : CBI in Kolkata , Commentary , Governance and Political Studies
The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement after one Year: Killing of Arman Luni
February 11, 2019 Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

In yet another instance of the state-directed intimidation, the death of a senior Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) activist Arman Loni on 2nd February has sparked protests across Pakistan's Pashtun belt. Loni was killed after the police attacked a pea....

Keywords : Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s intimidation of Pashtuns , Balochistan atrocities
दक्षिण चीन सागर में 2019 में होने वाले घटनाक्रम का अनुमान
February 06, 2019 Amb Yogendra Kumar Commentary

यदि 2019 की बात करें तो दक्षिण चीन सागर सुलगते हुए पलीते की तरह है, जो बिना चेतावनी के किसी भी समय फट ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Hindi , दक्षिण चीन सागर , चीनी सैन्यीकरण , Indo-Pacific
Afghan Talks - Talking Peace without the People?
February 04, 2019 Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, tweeted at the end of six-day long peace talks with Taliban in Qatar that discussions have made “significant progress”. According to the media reports, the two sides ....

Keywords : Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , US-Taliban talks , Afghan peace process
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