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Indian military

Changing Character of Hybrid Warfare: The Threat to India

India’s security dilemmas are complex, with two hostile powers on its frontiers and a large number of internal fault lines which are vulnerable and have been exploited by the adversaries in the past. The Indian Army Doctrine of 2018 defines ‘the ....

August 29, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , hybrid war , Indian military , Hybrid Warfare , Book Published , India’s security

Management of India's Military Prowess: Issues and Aspects

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Conceptualising the foundations of national defence and organising a conformingly robust military structure is a humungous task of extremely complexities. Even nations who possess pristine strategic vision and deep rooted military culture find it pra....

August 01, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Book Published , Management of India's Military

A Decade of Discourse on Defence Matters

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

This book is a compilation of 30 pioneering papers on issues connected with India's national defence. These papers are a part of the vast repository of VIF publications over the past decade of its functioning as a strategic think tank with the purpos....

March 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , national defence , Book Published , Defence Matters , India's strategic

Chief of Defence Staff: A Far-reaching Decision

… Institution of a body of military professionals to participate in defence policy-making at the apex level, duly empowered in highest level advisory as well as management roles, is a call of strategic wisdom. This call must be attended to with ala....

September 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Indian Defence , CDS , Chief of Defence Staff

Achievements: India-Vietnam Defence and Security Cooperation

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

“We realise that our efforts to bring economic prosperity to our people need to be accompanied by steps to secure them. Prime Minister and I have, therefore, agreed to deepen our defence and security engagement to advance our common interests. T....

May 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , security cooperation , South China Sea , Indo-Vietnam relations , Indo-Vietnam defence cooperation , Ho Chi Minh , Modi visit to Vietnam , Indian military

DPP 2016: An enabler, not a show-stopper
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

DPP or no DPP the onus of success or failure lies in the hands of those who operate the DPP. Like they say, the law is only as good as the enforcer of the law. DPP 2016 or DPP 2056, it will be only as good as the persons who operate it, who interpret....

August 18, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , DPP 2016 , Defence industry. DRDO , Defence Acquisition Council

A Vibrant Indian Military Industrial Complex for Self Reliance
Radhakrishna Rao

According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), today India is world’s largest arms importer with country’s spending on defence hovering between 2.3% and 3% of GDP. While India’s massive spending on import of weapons and ....

February 29, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Self Reliance , Public Private Partnership

The Rise of Indian Military Power & Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture a book by Major Gen G D Bakshi

‘The Rise of Indian Military Power & Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture’ a book by Major Gen G D Bakshi was launched by General Shankar Roychowdhury at the VIF auditorium on December 17, 2009. The book does a detailed examination of the Ind....

February 12, 2010 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Indian Strategic Culture

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