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Decoding the Turkey-Pakistan alliance
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF

Over the years, Turkey-Pakistan relations have stood the precarious nature of global politics as well as the turbulence of their domestic politics. Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has received uncritical support of Turkey irrespective of who...

January 8, 2021 Download
Tags: Economic, FATF, Kashmir, military, Pakistan, Political, Soft Power, Turkey, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies
Post Covid-19 World Order: An Overview
Heena Samant, Research Assistant, VIF

The COVID-19 pandemic has been described to be the greatest challenge for the world since the Great Depression and the Second World War. No country and its people had anticipated that they would have to deal with a crisis of such a large scale....

November 9, 2020 Download
Tags: China, COVID-19, Covid-19 Crisis, European Union, Pandemic, Post Covid-19 World Order, WHO, World War II, International Relations and Diplomacy
U.S –China Trade and Technology De-Coupling : A Brief on Tariffs, IPO’s and Frauds
Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF

Preamble

The Trump administration has engaged in an intense competition with China on trade and technology. Until Donald Trump was elected, the U.S had a massive trade deficit with China, while Chinese tech giants were capturing the...

October 6, 2020 Download
Tags: American Stock Markets, China, Chinese IPO, De-coupling, Donald Trump, US, US China Trade, WTO, International Relations and Diplomacy
Climate Change in The Himalayas : Its Impact on India’s National Security
Heena Samant, Research Assistant, VIF

Human-induced climate change has led to unprecedented changes in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Similarly, the Himalayan and its surrounding mountain ranges, also known as the ‘Third Pole’ is experiencing drastic changes due to global warming...

July 9, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Atmospheric warming, Climate Change, Climate Change, Himalaya, Himalayan Glaciers
Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?
Abhinav Pandya
C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

India’s historic move on August 5, 2019, heralded a new era in Jammu and Kashmir, a state which witnessed an uncertain political status and 30 years of Pak-sponsored Jihadist militancy. Before the abrogation of article 370, the normal life had...

June 26, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Al Qaeda, Article 370, Big Outreach, IS, Kashmir, Pakistan, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir
Power behind Arrogance: Assessment of China’s Air and Missile Arsenal
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Going backwards from recent acts of Chinese belligerence and barbaric conduct in Galwan (sic) totally divorced from all ethos of soldiering, into events of the recent past, a pattern emerges. A pattern of Chinese aggressiveness, arrogance and...

June 23, 2020 Download
Tags: Air and missile threat from China, Chinese Air Power, Chinese Missile Power, Line of Actual Control, South China Sea, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
A Guide to India-Australia Relations
Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF

For the first time in India’s diplomatic history a summit was held on a virtual platform. On 4th June 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a range of issues with his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. This summit is...

June 22, 2020 Download
Tags: Australia, China, COVID-19, India, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, International Relations, Maritime Security, QUAD, Terrorism
Locust Invasion in India
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF

It has been a double whammy. As the nation is reeling under the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, India has to fight another menace: locust invasion. Massive swarms of desert locusts have devoured crops across seven states of western and central...

June 17, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, COVID-19 pandemic, Desert Locust, Locust, Swarms Moved
Swarm Drones: Attacker’s Delight, Defender’s Nightmare
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Ever since the emergence of the unmanned phenomenon, the warfare has never been the same. Starting from their very humble beginnings of giving the war-fighter the marginally incremental capability to ‘look around the corner and over the hill’ the...

May 28, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Growing Lethality, SWARM, Swarm Drones, SWARM Task Sheet, UAS, Warfare
Pakistan: Nuclear Deterrence and Ideology
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The nuclear age coincided with the advent of the Cold War. The concept of deterrence evolved in the background of ideological divide. However, both sides kept nuclear deterrence insulated from ideological considerations. This pragmatism was born...

March 16, 2020 Download
Tags: Cold War, Helsinki Accord, Pakistan Nuclear Deterrence, Pakistan’s nuclear policy, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies
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