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China’s Belt and Road Initiative: India Must Stay Out
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Article

Furthering China’s Grand Strategy Leaders from almost 30 countries gathered in Beijing this week to endorse President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative, now called ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The p....

May 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , POK , OBOR , China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Visit of Delegation from Peking University, China

Mr Liu Xianjing, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Center (ICC) for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), led a delegation from Peking University (China) to visit the VIF. The visit was aimed furthering the bilate....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , POK , Terrorism , CPEC , Af-Pak region , Peking University
VIF-Sichuan University Dialogue on Sino-Indian Relations

Asix-member delegation from Chengdu-based Sichuan University (China), led by Yang Wenwu, Senior Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of South Asian Studies (Sichuan University), and comprising Mr. Zhen Bo, Assistant Director, Institute of South A....

April 20, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , POK , CPEC , Sichuan University , Maritime Silk Route
Review Essay: ‘Deadly Impasse: Indo-Pakistani Relations at the Dawn of a New Century’, Dr Sumit Ganguly
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The terrorist attack at an army camp in Uri in mid-September 2016 was followed by several surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) by the Special Forces of the Indian Army. Since then, India-Pakistan relations have deteriorated steadily and ....

December 01, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , POK , Indian Army , LoC , Ballistic Missile , Surgical Strikes , Book Reviews , SAARC summit , India-Pakistan
China’s Stance towards Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Recent Developments
Dr Teshu Singh

Background Given its geo-strategic location, China has been keenly interested in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) for long. The Chinese plan, to use Pakistan card against India dates back to the 1950’s when Zhou En Lai suggested....

November 28, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , China , Kashmir , POK , OBOR , CPEC , Gwadar , Karakoram Highway , NDRC , National Development Reform Commission , Zarb-e-Azb , XUAR in China
The 'Chief' Among Our Worries
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

While India remains obsessed with counting or changing its notes and coins, Pakistan appears to be moving quietly towards changing its Army Chief. That is a big event in that country considering the kind of power the Chief wields. Yet,....

November 28, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Nawaz Sharif , Syed Ata Hasnain , Gen Raheel Sharif , Army Chief , Pakistan Army Chief , General Kayani , Royal College of Defence Studies , Musharaf , Qamar Ahmad Bajwa
India’s New Pre-Emptive Action and Equivalent Retaliation (PAER) Strategy
Ashish Sirsikar

Most people see India’s recent surgical strikes as retaliation and an avenging of the Uri terror attack. While there is some truth in this, it is not the complete truth. India has been sufferingacts of terror for two and a half decad....

October 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , POK , Surgical Strikes
India's Pakistan Policy: On The Right Track
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The developments of the last few weeks, culminating in the highly successful surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army across the LoC in the wee hours of 29 September 2016, constitute a defining moment as they mark a definitive shift in India's P....

October 05, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , POK , LoC , Surgical Strikes , India's Pakistan , Policy
Surgical Strikes and More
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The surgical strikes by the Indian army on the launch pads along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K for infiltrating terrorists into India is a long-awaited step with major implications for the future. For 55 years India has not crossed the LoC in J&K ....

October 02, 2016 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , LeT , Surgical Strikes , Line of Control
VIF Director's Message on the Surgical Strikes
General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

Bravo India! At the outset, we will like to convey our compliments to the Modi Government for the most befitting and unambiguous message by India to Pakistan that the continuing acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Pakistan deep State throu....

September 30, 2016 Pakistan , POK , LoC , LeT , Surgical Strikes , jihadist
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