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India’s Defence Budget 2023-24
Laxman Kumar Behera

Presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 before the Parliament on February 01, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 5.94 lakh crore—about US$72 billion—to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). While allocating the new budget for the MoD, th

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, Army, Air Force, Revenue budget, Navy, capital expenditure defence budget
IAF’s Revised Doctrine 2022: An Overview
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Indian Air Force has very recently published the third iteration of its Doctrine, a document which forges the close connect between India’s national security and its air power. Few are probably aware that the IAF has also been elevated to the t

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Air defence, Indian Air Force, SAGAR, doctrine, Air space, joint planning, no war no peace, space assets
Geopolitics of Cyber Attribution
Divyanshu Jindal

Abstract
With the world witnessing a full-scale offensive as a part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict it now seems inevitable that all future conflicts will have a cyber component. As nations worldwide prepa

January 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, Geopolitics, Cyberspace, espionage, Cyber, cyberattack, Attribution, Cyberwarfare
Terrorism and Extremism Trends in Bharat: Review of 2022 and Prognosis for 2023
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् | आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || [Transla

January 16, 2023 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Jammu, Terrorism, J&K, insurgency, Daesh, ISIS, LWE, Naxal, Punjab, Taliban, ISI, IslamicState, PFI, Northeast, Extremism, Maoist, Bharat, AlQaida, Khalistan, Islamic, Kanhaiya
Climate Change: A Review of 2022 and Projections for 2023
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Over the past year, the impact of climate change has escalated significantly. The threats emanating from this existential crisis are increasingly multifaceted and interlocking in nature and continue to test the capability of states and governments to

January 12, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Article, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, COP27, Extreme weather events, Climate Tipping Points, COP28, Carbon bombs, Climate attribution, Loss and Damage Fund
Contemplating Deterrence by ‘Integrated Missile and Rocket Force’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

“Sorry to keep you waiting. I’m here! Dongfeng Express at your service!” is what Peoples Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) wrote in February 2019, in its first post on Sina Weibo, the Chinese Twitter. PLARF took the name “Dongfen

January 11, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Artillery, BrahMos, SSM, Prithvi, PLARF, deterrence, IMRF, Pralay, SFC
Defence Procurement & Production: A Feel of Fresh Air as the New Year Dawns
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Premise
A few days into the New Year and thinking of the year gone by, one gets a feel of ‘fresh air’ in the entire stance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and their attitude towards the entire gamut of defence procurement. A resurgent

January 09, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Pralay missile, Simulators for armed forces
COP 27 and its Outcomes
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

In this VIF podcast, PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow and Heena Samant , Research Assistant at VIF discuss COP 27 and its outcomes. The episode is conversational and flags both the positive as well as negative outcomes of COP 27 which took place from

December 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, agriculture, Water, Security, climate emergency, Podcast, Lifestyle, mitigation, adaptation, livelihoods
The Kashmir Files: Much Ado about Honesty
Rajesh Singh

The furore over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s condemnation of The Kashmir Files may have died down, but it does recall to memory the case of yet another controversial film, Kissa Kursi Ka. Of course, there is hardly any comparison b

December 26, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Supreme Court, Bollywood, Kashmir Files, Kissa Kursi Ka, Lapid
Inapt ‘Perceptions’ and Elusive ‘Peace and Tranquillity’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Dai Bingguo, then State Councillor, Director of the General Offices of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Group of the CCP’s Central Committee and Special Representative (SR) for boundary negotiations with India from 2003 to 2013 had stated

December 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, China, Article, Indian Army, PLA, LAC, WTC, Dai Bingguo, Tawang, Yangtse, Xiaokong
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