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India’s Defence Budget 2023-24
February 07, 2023 Laxman Kumar Behera Commentary

Presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 before the Parliament on February 01, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 5.94 lakh crore—about US$72 billion—to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). While allocating the new budget for the MoD, th....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Army , Air Force , Revenue budget , Navy , capital expenditure defence budget
India and Egypt – Finding Strategic Convergence
January 23, 2023 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

As the global churn is yet to spring some sense of stability New Delhi has been in an overdrive to identify and nurture key partnerships across geographies since its strategic autonomy and consistent principled policies in international discourse hav....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , Egypt , Muslim Brotherhood , President Sisi , UAE , G 20 , Delhi declaration
Nuclear Weapons for South Korea: Implications
January 19, 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

A concerning trend is unfolding in the Korean Peninsula and larger East Asia wherein fresh talks in South Korea of revisiting the nuclear options are being openly articulated. This is precisely being triggered by North Korea’s relentless surge in n....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Tactical Nuclear Weapons , Nuclear Weapons , International sanctions , summit diplomacy , Extended deterrence , 1953 armistice , disarmament talks , Gallup opinion survey
नेपाल की वाम सरकार पर चीन का दबाव
January 18, 2023 Dr Rishi Gupta Commentary

चीनी दबाव
नेपाल में हाल ही में वाम गठबंधन की सरकार के बनते ही पड़ोसी मुल्क चीन ने नेपाल में अप....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Hindi , Commentary , India , China , Nepal , South Asia , BRI , Neighbourhood , Prachanda , Trans-Himalayan Connectivity
India: Mother of Democracy @G20
January 17, 2023 Dr Hitashi Lomash Commentary

India is a country of 1.3 billion people, and the value of democracy and rule of law is embedded in its culture. The country has been a champion of democracy and the rule of law at every international forum. At the G20 Summit in Osaka last year, Prim....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India , democracy , G20 , civilizational roots , Nyayasutras , public opinion , public reasoning
The Elusive Golden Mean in PSB Privatization Goal
January 13, 2023 Praveen Menon Commentary

US President Harry Truman entangled in an array of economic views had famously asked for a “one-armed economist”.[1] A team of economists pronouncing “On the one hand, ....

Keywords : Economic Studies , Commentary , Economics , Indian Economy , Reserve Bank of India , Banking sector , Public Sector Banks , Nationalisation
Resurgence of Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) in Pakistan
January 11, 2023 Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Pakistan and Afghanistan relations are on a boil. In the past few months while there has been simmering tensions on the Durand Line, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) threat has grown exponentially. On November 28, 2022, the TTP ended the indefinite ceasef....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , economy , FATA , Terrorism , TTP , Afghan Taliban
Pakistan: Bhutto Legacy
December 21, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in his outburst against India at the UN Security Council mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is dead. He forgot to mention that Osama died after enjoying a safe haven in Pakistan for a decade. Earlier, the....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , UN , Osama Bin Laden , Ahmediyas , Bilawal Bhutto , JUI
The significance of the First Meeting of India-Central Asia NSAs
December 15, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Introduction
On December 6, 2022, the National Security Advisors/Secretaries (NSAs) of India and Central Asian countries met for the first time in Delhi. The meeting was hosted by India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and attended ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , INSTC , Afghanistan , Radicalism , Chabahar , Terror Financing , Counter terrorism , Connectivity
Indo-Russian Relations in the Changing Geopolitical Environment
December 12, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Geopolitical Environment
India-Russia relations have stood the test of time for several decades. But they are under considerable pressure now due to the ongoing multi-dimensional global crisis, which has impacted the two countries diff....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , Russia , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Economic , Ukraine , military , Geopolitical environment
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