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Kargil After 25 Years: Assessing Technological Impact on India’s Armed Forces
Pankaj Phanase

The Kargil war of 1999 was not just a conflict between two traditional rivals but a major direct confrontation between two nuclear powers that had defied global norms by conducting nuclear tests. This saga was catalysed by technological achievements,

August 22, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, Israel, technology, surveillance, Intelligence, Kargil War
Indian Army’s Transformation: The Dilemma between Qualitative and Quantitative Transition
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

A lot has been written of Indian Military’s ongoing modernisation and transformation, both terms used interchangeably. Truth is these terms differ in their purpose and impact, magnitude and scope. Military modernisation refers to acquisitions of m

July 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, PLA, Army Modernisation, ISR, Satellite, EW, military transformation, Operational readiness, system destruction
India’s Climate Policy
Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 1990s were a time of global change. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Francis Fukuyama arguing in The End of History and the Last Man that western liberal democracy had triumphed and there was to be nothing thereafter in the developmental

July 15, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies, Climate Change, Climate Change, Development, Environment, mitigation, adaptation, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, India's Climate Policy, Determinants and Evolution
Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (Engli

July 11, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, India, Pakistan, US, China, economy, technology, Terrorism, Japan, AI, Political, Bharat, Cyber, ML, Deepfake, Unreal, GAN, Neural, Defence Security
The Rise And Rise Of Ajit Doval
Nitin A Gokhale

The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), in its 25th year, continues to grow in size and importance. Led by India’s longest-serving National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, the NSCS, which directly functions as part of the Prime Ministe

July 06, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article
Delivering on Agnipath's Promise: Creating Pathways within and Beyond Military Service
Col (Dr) DPK Pillay

India's approach to soldier recruitment has undergone significant transformations since the British Raj to adapt to changing security needs. Post-independence, India moved away from regional and caste-based recruitment towards an All-India, All-Class

June 28, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, skill development, Kargil Review Committee, Agniveers, Agnipath, Central Armed Police Forces, Integrated Manpower policies, lateral entry, younger military
To Redefine War in Indian Context is Mandatory
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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 political groups involving hostilities of cons

June 24, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, India, China, Conflict, PLA, Ladakh, Kargil, NCW, Russia Ukraine war, Clausewitz
Major Shift in India’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Over the Last 10 Years: A Layman Understanding
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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 of unbridled violence against established autho

June 21, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Pakistan, democracy, infiltration, Indian Army, J&K, elections, Over Ground Workers, Counter terrorism, Counter Insurgency, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, JKP, Multi Agency Centre, State MAC
Combat Casualty Management is a Low-Cost Force Multiplier: Lessons from Ukraine War
Air Vice Marshal A. Agarwal, VSM

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 numer

June 20, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, morale, Russia Ukraine war, Change in battlefield, Combat casualty management, Force multiplier, Medical care
Defence Exports – An Adjunct to India’s Foreign Policy
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

The Term
In general, the term ‘defence exports’ imply transfer of lethal weaponry and warlike equipment to another country under various parameters of mutual understanding and terms of exchange. Export of defence hardware is an adjunc

June 07, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, Defence technology, Defence modernisation, Defence Exports, iDEX, Positive Indigenisation List, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Defence diplomacy, Akash air defence system, BrahMos cruise missile, Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System, Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
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