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Resilience to Economic Authoritarianism, Treachery and Wars
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Today’s security environment is utterly unpredictable, the world saw three black swan events in as many years –Covid19, Russia-Ukraine War and more recently Israel-Hamas War! In 2023 itself threats originated from state and non-state aggressors,

October 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Pakistan, China, economic interdependence, resilience
Canada-based Khalistani Elements: A Continuing Concern for Bharat
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

धर्मं चर। धर्मान्न प्रमदितव्यम्। - तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् 1.11
[English Translation: Practice righteousness (Dharma). Do not swerve from

October 30, 2023 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, Pakistan, Referendum, Terrorism, Punjab, LeT, Canada, Bharat, Khalistan, Khalistani, Nijjar
Does Intelligence Always Fail-Invariably?
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Since their inception, humans have been interested in knowing about the adversary. Examples abound in history. The blind king’s desire to know events in Kurukshetra; Moses tasking his 12 spies before sending them to Canaan; Trojan Horse; the first

October 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Intelligence failure
Pragmatic Approach to Procurement for the Indian Armed Forces
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Chinese Threat
China remains an enigma and it is extremely difficult to predict its behaviour. The recently concluded G-20 summit was not attended by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the overall attitude remains hostile to In

October 06, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, expediting military modernization, building military deterrence, organising military procurements, energizing defence production, Atmanirbharta partnerships
Assessing Internal and External Factors Leading to Instability in Manipur
Dr Cchavi Vasisht

The violence and instability in Manipur started on 03 May, though the seeds of the same have been there for years. The figures may vary, but the latest reports by IGP Muivah states that around 175 people have died and 1100 injured in the past four mo

October 03, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Military Coup, Drugs, Manipur Violence, Scheduled Tribes, Kukis and Meities
China: Sifting through Contradictions and Paradoxes
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

There has been a dominant narrative that China is peaking, has fallen off the miracle path, has an ageing population, burdened by high debt and a meddling government, all turning China into a fading power.September 26, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Chinese economy, China’s internal politics, PRC’s great power ambitions, CCP’s expansionism, weaponization of economy and trade, the China threat to neighbourhood

Water Security in India
Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha

Niti aayog in 2018 came out with a significant report titled 'Composite Water Management Index Report' which very clearly stated that India was facing the worst water crisis in its history impacting millions of lives and livelihood. The report emphas

September 16, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies, Climate Change, water security, water management, Podcast, Climate, Indus Basin, Ground water
Role of Defence Diplomacy in Shaping Favourable Strategic Neighbourhood
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

(The following is a summary of the talk given by the Director VIF at National Defence College, New Delhi on 04 Sep 2023)

Paris Mastermind: Abu Oud or Ibn Taymiyyah?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

French intelligence has named Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud, a Belgian national, as the mastermind behind the Paris carnage. He was killed later. Four of the seven attackers who perished in the process are French. Fifth, the first woman bomber of Europe, later

September 05, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Islamic State, Jihad, Paris, Al-Baghdadi, Muslim world
Bharat’s Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in Neighbourhood— The Maldives
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

कश्चित् कस्यचिन्मित्रं, न कश्चित् कस्यचित् रिपु:। अर्थतस्तु निबध्यन्ते, मित्राणि रिपवस्त�

September 01, 2023 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, Maldives, Islamic State, Terrorism, Extremism, Bharat, Madrassas, Male
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