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June 26, 2024: Golden Jubilee of the Blackest Day
June 26 , 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 35
Three generations of Indians who grew later remained illiterates about the very fact of Emergency and about how Constitution ceased to exist and autocracy was institutionalised by it.

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Constitution , Emergency , Indira Gandhi

Muizzu’s Unfavourable Diplomatic Moves
June 26 , 2024 Dr Sachin Tiwari
Commentary Views: 84
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s warm relations with China has caught the attention of the public not only in India but also abroad. The recent advances by him to court China have come at the time o...

Maldives, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Belt and Road Initiative , China , democracy , India , Indian Ocean , Indo-Pacific , Maldives , Neighborhood

How Critical are the Critical Minerals for Central Asia?
June 25 , 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 68
Why are Critical Minerals Important?
Critical minerals, with their unique and irreplaceable properties, are vital to modern technologies, industries, and national security. Their designation as critical stems from these properties but also from the potential risks that any disruptions in their supply chain could pose

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : BRI , C5+1 , China , clean energy , critical minerals , Green energy , Rare Earth Minerals , US-Central Asia

To Redefine War in Indian Context is Mandatory
June 24 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 77
In 1942 Quincy Wright wrote in A Study of War, that to different people war may have different meanings. While Brittanica Encyclopaedia states that war, in the popular sense, is a conflict between polit...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : China , Clausewitz , Conflict , India , Kargil , Ladakh , NCW , PLA , Russia Ukraine war

Major Shift in India’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Over the Last 10 Years: A Layman Understanding
June 21 , 2024 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 164
Although terrorism has yet to find a universally acceptable definition and continues to be contexed with insurgency and militancy, we in India go by a generic description. Terror is associated with acts...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy

Tags : Counter Insurgency , Counter terrorism , democracy , elections , Indian Army , infiltration , J&K , JKP , Multi Agency Centre , Over Ground Workers , Pakistan , State MAC

Combat Casualty Management is a Low-Cost Force Multiplier: Lessons from Ukraine War
June 20 , 2024 Air Vice Marshal A. Agarwal, VSM
Article Views: 159
Executive Summary
The idea of war with an advanced adversary, or worse, a two front war is daunting, needing every bit of ingenuity that one can muster. Force multipliers are one such, employed to overcome the difficulties against a numerically superior adversary.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Change in battlefield , Combat casualty management , Force multiplier , Medical care , morale , Russia Ukraine war

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