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War Against Terrorism: Whole of the Nation Approach
June 24 , 2025 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 30
Prelude The environment these days (as seen through the electronic media) is so charged up with matters military that ‘A’ stands for Akash (the surface to air missile) and ‘Z’ for ZU23 (air defence gun)...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : Balakot , Pahalgam , surgical strike , Terrorism , Vision 2047

The Significance of the Fourth India-Central Asia Dialogue
June 23 , 2025 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 64
The long-pending India-Central Asia dialogue could not be convened at a more relevant time than now. India has taken a decisive yet measured strike on cross-border terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan in ...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chabahar , DPI , INSTC , Medical Tourism , OP Sindoor , Pahalgam , Rare Earth Minerals , Terrorism

Pakistan’s Growing Baloch Problem
June 20 , 2025 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 102
The Baloch people must have followed with interest and some level of satis-faction the successful Operation Sindoor launched by India on Pakistani soil. While Balochistan has for long agitated against t...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Balochistan , Bashir Zaib , Brahumdagh Bugti , Gwadar , Mir Yar Baloch , Naela Quadri Baloch

A Nexus of Pakistan’s Hybrid Warfare and Terror Sponsorship
June 20 , 2025 Anushka Saraswat
Article Views: 100
Operation Sindoor marks a pivotal shift in India’s national security doctrine, comprising a strong, carefully calibrated, and lawful response to Pakistan’s State sponsorship of terrorism. Pakistan’s cro...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Aid Laundering Diplomacy , Hybrid Warfare , India’s National Security Doctrine , International Law on Terrorism , State-Sponsored Terrorism , Terrorist Financing , Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Op Sindoor: Some Thoughts on Ground Based Air Defence
June 19 , 2025 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 108
Air and air defence warfare played up prominently during Op Sindoor. Stories about hordes of drones being unleashed by the adversary and their downing by our air defence warriors hogged most of the head...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Drone and drone warfare , Ground Based Air Defence , OP Sindoor

Re-establishing India’s Information Dominance
June 19 , 2025 Lt Gen (retd) Shokin Chauhan
Article Views: 116
On a serene spring day in Kashmir’s Pahalgam Valley—April 22, 2025—the world witnessed two converging catastrophes. The first was the physical horror of a terrorist massacre: twenty six unarmed pilgrims...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : India , information dominance , narrative machine , Pahalgam Attack , Pakistan , Strategic Communication

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