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Diplomatic Isolation of Qatar: Causes and Consequences
Manpreet Sohanpal

Recently, three of Qatar’s most powerful neighbours decided to severe ties with the gas-rich country. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt announced to severe all– sea, land, air, diplomatic – linkages with Qatar. This i....

July 05, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Iran , Terrorism , Qatar , GCC , Saudi Arabia
Attacks in the United Kingdom and the Wider Implications
Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The string of recent attacks in the United Kingdom (UK), in less than three months, has once again brought to the fore the vulnerability, not only of the UK, but of the international community at large, arising from the activities of rabid terrorist ....

June 28, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Terrorism , Daesh , ISIS , United Kingdom , Manchester
Missing Factors in India’s Policy towards Pakistan
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Many in India often wonder why don’t we have better relations with Pakistan and how long will we keep on bickering and fighting. Many also point to the perils of a miscalculation given that the two countries are nuclear weapons states. The most fam....

June 03, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Terrorism , India’s Policy , Ayub Khan
KPS Gill: Tribute to a Supercop
Prakash Singh

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill has been hailed as one of the most successful fighters against terrorism. He vanquished what was one of the most lethal and one of the most devastating terrorist movements in the history of the world. He has also been criticized....

May 31, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , CRPF , KPS Gill , Supercop , Punjab , JF Ribeiro , Governor
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
Caliphate is Almost Doomed but Problems and the Ideas Remain
Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The anti-Daesh military campaign for the liberation of Mosul in Iraq, which was kick-started in October last year, showed some significant advancement, beginning with the recapture of the town’s eastern neighbourhood by late January this year. With....

May 02, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Terrorism , Daesh , Islamist radicalisation
Pakistan: Evolving Dynamics
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Notion of Pakistan Faiz Ahmad Faiz, expressed his disillusionment with the partition in his famous verse:

Ye daghdaghujala, ye shab-gazidasahar Vointizarthajis-ka, ye vosahar to nahin, Ye vosahar to nahinjiskiarzulekar Cha....

March 11, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Terrorism , Development , Balochistan , Mohajir
Twelve Essays on Terrorism: A VIF Analysis Edited by Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Hardcover: 260 pages Publisher: Pentagon Press; First Edition edition (2017) ISBN-10: 8182749425 ISBN-13: 978-8182749429 Online Available at ....

February 28, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Radicalisation , Terrorism , ISIS , Book Published , Maoist insurgency , international terrorism , North-East India , Anti-Terror Laws
Pakistan Needs Tough Handling
Amb Kanwal Sibal

No Indian government so far has found an answer to our unique Pakistan problem. Pakistan was a product of deep divisions - of land, people and religion - accompanied by bloodshed, ethnic cleansing and refugee flows. India’s secular, multi-religious....

February 24, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Terrorism , India’s options
Terror Financing and The Global CTF Regime
C D Sahay

How do Terrorists Finance their Operations and Supply their Funds?

Finance and movement of funds are crucial to any terrorist organisation. Regular sources of finance are as important as ideology and the ready supply o....

January 27, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , Terror Financing , Global CTF Regime , Funds
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