VIF Books

Opportunities for India in a Changing World

We are living in an era of extraordinarily fast paced change. The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down and deepened political, economic and social uncertainties. The post-World War order set up in 1945 by the Western countries is...

October 7, 2021

Tags:Civilisation, COVID-19 pandemic, India, technology, International Relations and Diplomacy

AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT: A Vibrant and Strong India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Neither development without self-pride nor self-pride without development are desirable. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for Aatmanirbhar Bharat or a self-reliant India on 12 May 2020 goes beyond mere economic self-reliance. The COVID-19...

September 2, 2021

Tags:Aatmanirbhar Bharat, COVID-19 pandemic, Narendra Modi, Governance and Political Studies

BIMSTEC: The Journey and The Way Ahead

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a sub-regional organisation straddling five member states from South Asia and two from Southeast Asia. In the larger context of the global...

August 31, 2021

Tags:Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, COVID-19 pandemic, Free Trade Agreement, Indo-Pacific, Neighbourhood Studies

Irrawaddy Imperatives: Reviewing India’s Myanmar Strategy

Jaideep Chanda

Myanmar, the Golden Land, has for ages been the last frontier, steeped in mysticism and mystery. However, knowledge about Myanmar remains woefully inadequate in most spheres including Indian academia, media and in some cases, even foreign policy...

August 31, 2021

Tags:ASEAN, India’s Myanmar strategy, Irrawaddy, Irrawaddy Imperatives, Northeast, Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Act East Policy and Northeast India

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF

India’s Act East Policy hinges on the development of the eight Northeast states with a view to achieving the foreign policy objective of enhancing ties with neighbouring countries. This book examines large infrastructure development across the...

February 7, 2021

Tags:Act East Policy, Bangladesh, India’s Act East Policy, Myanmar, Northeast, Neighbourhood Studies

Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: Maritime and Naval Operations

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Commercial and military operations at sea and ashore across the globe are in the throes of technological and organisational transformation led by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies. These are impacting every aspect of the...

February 7, 2021

Tags:4IR technologies, Industrial Revolution, Maritime, Military operations, Naval Operations, Defence, Technological and Scientific Studies

Pakistan Insights 2020

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Following the success Pakistan Insights 2019 that was based on discussions held in the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) of the Vivekananda International Foundation, it was decided to continue with the Insight series, making it an annual feature....

December 15, 2020

Tags:Afghan peace process, COVID-19, Indo-Pak relations, Pakistan Insights, POK, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Durand Line: Did India Fail Frontier Gandhi?

RNP Singh, Senior Fellow, VIF

‘You have thrown us to the wolves!’ these words by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan will continue to haunt the nation for decades to come. In the story of India’s freedom struggle, he was one of the bravest. A martyr. Yet he and his Pakhtun brothers were...

October 28, 2020

Tags:Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Betrayal, Congress, Durand Line, Freedom, Frontier Gandhi, Gandhi, Pakhtun, Wolf, Governance and Political Studies

Jammu and Kashmir: A Compendium

Aarushi Suri

Jyoti Kumar

Over the last seventy years, Jammu & Kashmir has seen political machinations, violence, cross-border terrorism, instability and economic stagnation. On August 5, 2019, the Indian Government decided to amend Article 370 of the Indian...

October 22, 2020

Tags:National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 370, Indian Constitution, Pakistan, radicalization, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir

Changing Character of Hybrid Warfare: The Threat to India

Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM

India’s security dilemmas are complex, with two hostile powers on its frontiers and a large number of internal fault lines which are vulnerable and have been exploited by the adversaries in the past. The Indian Army Doctrine of 2018 defines ‘the...

August 29, 2020

Tags:National Security and Strategic Studies, hybrid war, Hybrid Warfare, Indian military, India’s security, Defence