Articles

Overview of Geopolitics in 2022 and Looking at 2023

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Year 2022 saw the organizing principles of the international system become more fragmented even with facade of multilateral summitry. Despite US unipolar moment receding, China’s ascendancy has yet to translate into US decline. With absence of ....

January 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Russia , War , Xi Jinping , trade , Ukraine , Joe Bidden , Biden , Abe , multipolarity , Geo economics

Lessons of Ukraine War, and Applicability on India

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Since it began, the Russia-Ukraine has thrown up an overabundance of geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic lessons. It is humbling to note that the lessons of 2021 were in total variance with those of 2022. India has learnt significant geostra....

January 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , War , Peace , Ukraine , Lessons , strategic ambiguity , economic interdependence

Indo-Russian Relations in the Changing Geopolitical Environment

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....

December 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , Russia , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Economic , Ukraine , military , Geopolitical environment

Russia’s Ukraine War and the Concept of Balance of Power since Congress of Vienna

Abhishek Das Article

Prologue

From Congress of Vienna to the beginning of the First World War; Europe survived for nearly a century without a major war like the one it saw ended with the Battle of Waterloo or the one it would see starting in 1914. During this....

December 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War , Crimea , balance of power , Great Wars

China: Daily Scan, November 16, 2022

China's ex-senior provincial legislator prosecuted: Xinhuanet

November 15, 2022

A public prosecution has been initiated against Sun Guoxiang, a former senior legislator of northeast China's Liaoning Province, over suspected brib....

November 16, 2022 Ukraine , COVID-19 , WTO , G20 summit , China Daily Digest , TikTok , Guangzhou , Bali

Political Control on Use of Combat Power

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia-Ukraine War 2022 is emphasizing on a time-worn question: what is the balance between political control and military operational expertise in deciding military strategy? Consequent to the attack on Kerch Bridge, Russia struck with high-p....

October 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Ukraine , Infrastructure , Military Strategy , Kerch Bridge , missile attack , political control

Stopping the Third World War

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

The noted scientist Albert Einstein was quite puzzled when he was asked about the horrifying and dreadful impact of the World War 3 (WW3). He is on record to have....

October 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , World war , Ukraine , Albert Einstein , civilian infrastructure , peacebuilders

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - October 14, 2022

Afghanistan

Uzbekistan President Suggests Forming Intl Group to Coordinate with Kabul: Tolo News

Speaking at the 6th CICA Summit Astana 2022, the president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, suggested the establishment of an i....

October 14, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , economy , Afghanistan , Climate Change , sanctions , Ukraine , military , Human Rights , Floods , Connectivity

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - October 13, 2022

Afghanistan

Imposing Sanctions Does Not Benefit Kabul, Washington: Islamic Emirate: Tolo News

The Islamic Emirate reacted to the new sanctions imposed by the US on the members of the Islamic Emirate, saying that such sanctions....

October 13, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , economy , Afghanistan , sanctions , UNHRC , Ukraine , military , Human Rights , Floods , Connectivity

Ukraine-Russia War: Lessons for Future of War

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Debates about the future of war are as old as war itself. Currently, it is normal to reflect on future wars by highlighting the over-arching importance of artificial intelligence, space, quantum computing, block-chain technologies, robotics, and the ....

October 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , India , Russia , Air Force , Artillery , Missiles , Ukraine , ISR , MANPADS , close air support , HIMARS , precision munitions , rockets