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'Strategic Scan of India's Neighbourhood: Focus on Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives'

July 24, 2026 | Article | Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF | Views: 249

(Given below is the presentation made by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director to the participants of 50th Higher Air Command Course (HACC) organised by the College of Aerospace Warfare Secunderabad, 20 July 2026)..

Neighbourhood Studies
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NATO summit in Ankara: Is Europe Moving Beyond Strategic Autonomy

July 24, 2026 | Article | Dr Gaurav Dutta, Associate Fellow, VIF | Views: 1670

The 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Ankara from 7 to 8 July marked an important point in Europe's evolving security identity. The summit came at a critical juncture amidst doubt...

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Who Gained from the NATO Ankara Summit: An Assessment

July 22, 2026 | Article | Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF | Views: 14968

On July 7-8, 2026, the two-day NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye, was held at a particularly tumultuous time for the organisation. This followed the United States and Israel's months-long war on Iran, US President Donald Trump's habitual denigrations of allies...

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Vanuatu-Australia Nakamal Agreement: Strategic Competition in the Pacific

July 21, 2026 | Article | Ashish Kumar Yadav, Associate Fellow, VIF | Views: 1056

The Nakamal agreement, signed on June 29 2026, between Australia and Vanuatu, marks a new beginning in the relationship. This agreement is more than a development agreement. It has established a fram...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy
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The Return of Industrial Statecraft in Geopolitics and Warfare

July 21, 2026 | Commentary | Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF | Views: 1212

As numerous regional conflicts continue unabated, the characterization of contemporary geopolitics as "Cold War 2.0" is increasingly giving way to comparisons with the strategic mistrust that preceded t...

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