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Modernisation of the Armed Forces of China: Wake Up Call for India
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Issues Meriting Importance
The People’s Republic of China was established in 1949 under the Chairmanship of Mao Ze Dong. The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) defeated Generalissimo Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek), and formed the government.

April 08, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, PLA modernisation, India’s military modernisation
India’s Geopolitical Posturing and Conflict Termination
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)

The Issue
A nation needs to assess her geo-political position in consonance with regional threat environment, aspirations of her people, economic growth and military power. Excessive aggression leads to instability. At the same time, indi

September 24, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, India’s geo-political positioning, Indo Pak Wars
COMCASA - The Bigger Picture
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

In the context of the signing of Communication Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) between US and India on 06 Sep 2018 during the 2+2 dialogue1, this article attempts to analyse the bigger picture. In that, it traces the journe

March 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Indo-US defence relations, COMCASA, DTTI
Visit of the Chinese Defence Minister: A Missed Opportunity to Establish Hot Line between the Two Armies?
Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM

The Chinese Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe, visited India for four days, from 21 to 24 Aug 181. This visit was significant from more than one perspective. First, it was the first visit by a defence minister from China not

August 29, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, Chinese defence minister’s visit, India-China Boundary Hot Line
Making Sense of Missile Shield
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

The media picks up the tag line "India puts up a missile shield" every time there is news related, one way or the other, to the plan to acquire a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system. The so called "missile shield" filled the media space when there wa

March 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Air defence, S-400, Missile Defence
National Register of Citizens (NRC) - The Next Steps
Abhijit Chakravertty

The process of filing appeals against the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the State of Assam, published on July 30, is underway. Individuals can file for review till October 28 and hearings will begin from December 15 this year. About 4

May 18, 2018 Ilegal Immigration, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Illegal immigration, Assam Accord, National Register of Citizens
A Threat Looming Large: India must display Resolve and Unity
Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)

India is in transition in many ways: From agricultural to industrial to information age with constantly varying coincidence amongst them. There is transformation to digital economy, new tax regime, infrastructure development and extension of service

May 16, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, ICT and Media, Controlling disinformation campaigns, Fake news
US-India 2 Plus 2 Dialogue: Significance of Strategic Partnership
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, …confusion of counsel until emergency comes … are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history” – Anon

Defence Industry and

March 20, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, 2 plus 2, Indo-US defence cooperation
Is NRC Only for Assam, or to be Extended to All States Where Bangladesh Migrants Have Spread?
Pravas Kumar Mishra

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) contains the names of Indian citizens in Assam. It specifically emphasizes on inclusion of all those who came to India after first January 1966 and before twenty-fifth March 1971 as Indian citizens. It was init

October 22, 2012 Ilegal Immigration, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, Illegal immigration, Assam Accord, NRC
Overdependence on ZTE in India
Aayush Mohanty

In 2008, ZTE, a China based telecom company, set up a research centre in India after starting operations in 2003. The sales revenue of the company at the time in India was 750 million USD compared to 100 million USD in 2004.1 By 2013, the

February 06, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, Ttelecommunication security, Chinese telecommunication companies
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