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The Jammu & Kashmir Horizon: A Recipe for Stabilisation
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

One of the things about J&K's winter is that it dampens spirits and morale. Bone chilling cold reduces human efficiency and all analyses of the situation tend to be negative. Unlike what a lot of people imagine as a period of quiet in the Valley, it

January 30, 2014 Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, hybrid war, Article 35A, Social Media, OGWs, Information war, Articles 370
Renewable Energy is the Way Forward
Rajesh Singh

In a span of just seven days recently, two varying bits of information emerged on the climate change front for India. The first is that India lost 2,018 lives in 2018 due to the fallout of this crisis. And the second is that the country entered the l

June 21, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies, Climate Change, Article, Climate change and India, looming climatic disaster, Resort to renewable energy
London Bridge Attack: An Islamic State-Inspired Knife Terror Attack
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

“We are resolute, we stand United in the face of terrorism, and we will not allow anybody to divide us”. - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. On 29 November 2019, a 28 years-old British terrorist identified as Usman Khan—a British cit

January 09, 2019 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, London terror, English laws & terror, Islamist radicalisation in UK
Use of Precision Artillery on the Line of Control
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Background
Artillery has been a major contributor in all conflicts which the nation has undertaken since independence. It has played important roles in Jammu and Kashmir where there has never been a peaceful moment ever since the I

April 08, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Article, Indian artillery, fire power in counter-terrorism, response to Pakistan’s terror tactics
भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना के चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ पर फैसले का क्रियान्वयन
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भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना का चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ (सीडीएस) नियुक्त करने का बहुत�

September 13, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Hindi, Article, डिफेंस सुधार, सेना में एकल नियंत्रण’, सीडीएस की भूमिका
Finally, Islamic State’s “Caliph” is “Dead”! – An Initial Assessment
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

“No group or nation should mistake America’s intentions: We will not rest until terrorist groups of global reach have been found, have been stopped, and have been defeated.” – Former US President George W. Bush (06 November 2001)1

January 09, 2019 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Al-Baghdadi’s killing, Islamic State after Baghdadi, Terrorism in India
What Makes a Country Secure
Jayanto N. Choudhury

What makes a country secure? Traditionally, a strong military was considered the main pillar of national security. Yet history has repeatedly shown that even overwhelming military capabilities cannot always achieve national security objectives. The s

November 06, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Elements of national security, Societal stability and policing role in national security
Recent Developments in Kashmir
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The spate of criticism faced by India in the international community following its constitutional amendment of Article 370, the restructuring of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the pre emptive steps taken by it to preserve peace and tranquillity

February 11, 2010 Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Legal aspects of J&K statehood, Kashmir falsehoods, Partisan propaganda on Kashmir
The Killing of Abu Bakral-Baghdadi: Implications
Amb K P Fabian

On 27th October President Trump of the United States announced the killing of Al Baghdadi and claimed that his was a bigger achievement than that of a similar capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, believed to be the inspiration, if not the master

January 04, 2018 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, end of Baghdadi, IS terror lives
Amid Economic Woes, Pak Government Reports Revamping - A Review
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Despite all odds…
Despite all the economic woes and downturns, despite spiralling debt trap, and sky-rocketing costs of imports in the face of sharp currency de-valuation, not to mention the IMF imposed economic re-structuring and the

March 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Pakistan’s military modernisation, Pakistan’s high expenditure on defence
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