Varija Maini Writes : The peace agreement was reached after an 18 months long on-and-off negotiations that began in late 2018 and finally terminated in end Feb 2020. There are several reasons for the delay of this agreement.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: FUTURE OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN AFGHANISTAN
Ms Naireen Khan writes: Even with the U.S government and the Taliban signing a troop withdrawal agreement to pave the way to end a 19-year-old war, peace remains elusive for the Afghan people.
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON INDIA’S CNP AND INTERNAL SECURITY: REPORT ON THE WEB DISCUSSION OF 13th MAY 2020
USI organised a Web Discussion on the topic “Impact of COVID-19 on India’s CNP and Internal Security”, on 13th May 2020. The keynote address was given by Maj Gen BK Sharma, AVSM, SM and Bar (Retd) Director, USI and the moderator for the event was Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd) Head CS3, USI. The main speakers were Shri Jitesh Khosla IAS (Retd) and Shri Jayanto N Choudhary IPS (Retd).
THE US-TALIBAN DEAL & THE PERPETUAL AFGHAN CONUNDRUM: OPTIONS FOR INDIA
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retired) Writes :On the 29 February 2020, the USA and Taliban signed the much-delayed deal in Doha, Qatar, named as ‘The Agreement to Bring Peace to Afghanistan’. It has since found much traction only in the media as the Peace Deal, but on ground things have spiralled from bad to worse,
CDS: GETTING THE PRIORITIES RIGHT
Lt General Rajiv Bhalla, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, (Retd) Writes:The announcement of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by Prime Minster Modi in the course of his Independence Day address to the nation, which came after a long gap post the recommendation by the Group of Ministers (GOM) in their Report in May 2001, provided immense solace to the Armed Forces fraternity.
INDIA-JAPAN SPECIAL STRATEGIC AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP’: STEERING AHEAD POST-COVID COOPERATION
Gitanjali Sinha Roy Writes:India and Japan are termed as ‘quasi-allies’ as both are concerned about the Chinese maritime aggressiveness in the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean Regions, and its rising military capabilities. Therefore, both countries have aimed to strengthen their strategic relations.