Articles

Challenges of Military Leadership in the Indian Context

The current geo-political environment indicates the enhanced challenges placed before military leadership, more so in the Indian context, as it experiences both external threats imposed by China & Pakistan and internal threats imposed by various acto....

April 26, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Hybrid Warfare , Cyber warfare , Military Leadership , Space Warfare , Agency Integration

U.S National Defense Strategy – 2022: Old Wine in New Bottle?

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

Introduction

On October 27, 2022, the US government published the unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy (NDS), along with the ....

December 29, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Hybrid Warfare , DOD , Irregular Warfare , deterrence , Force planning , NDS , supply chain security

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 19, 2022

Afghanistan

Afghan Traders Abroad Face Hurdles Investing in Afghanistan: Tolo News

Some Afghan traders living abroad said current problems caused by the banking system and international sanctions, as well as the closed girls....

December 19, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , USA , trade , Hybrid Warfare , EU , IMF , FDI , Food Security , Jamaat-e-Islami , PDM , Indian rupee , New Navy Commander , China-Myanmar-Thailand , Human Rights Day , Human Trafficking

China’s Export of Wealth – Options for India within Hybrid Battle space

Abhishek Das Article

Prologue

China’s rapid growth in last couple of decades since Deng Xiaoping started economic reforms in 1978 followed by the restructuring of its economy by Premier Zhu Rongji in 2001 when China joined WTO; helped generate disproportion....

October 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , Hybrid Warfare , BRI , Debt Trap , Hybrid Battle space , Haiwai , Hybrid options

Shooting the ‘Messenger’: How India is tackling the Weaponisation of Social Media

Tejusvi Shukla Article

A recent publication of a distorted map of India by Twitter (under its career section “Tweep Live”) sparked a huge controversy.¹ After severe backlash, the map was hurriedly taken down, but FIRs have been lodged against Twitter India c....

July 08, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Hybrid Warfare , Information Warfare , 5G , Twitter , Facebook , Telegram , Psychological warfare , Social Media Weaponization , Narratives , Cartographic Agression , Clubhouse

Employment of Hybrid Warfare in Recent Agitations

Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

In the 21st century, waging conventional wars has become passé. New variations like Low Intensity wars, Information Wars and Hybrid War, have emerged. Hybrid warfare is a planned, clandestine initiative launched by an interested party against th....

February 05, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Hybrid Warfare , Propaganda , Misinformation , Psychological operations , Shaheen Bagh , Kisan agitations

Vimarsh on Changing Contours of Competition and Conflict - Implications for Indian Navy by Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)

As part of Vimarsh series of lectures on 21 Jan 2021, Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff spoke on “Changing Contours of Competition and Conflict - Implications for Indian Navy”. Admiral Karambir Singh brought out....

January 30, 2021 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Hybrid Warfare , Implications for Indian Navy , Grey zone operations

Changing Character of Hybrid Warfare: The Threat to India

Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM

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

Does India Need a New War Doctrine with Pakistan?

Abhinav Pandya

For the last 70 years, Pakistan has been at war with India either directly or through its proxies. Our responses in the former cases have been widely acknowledged as professional and effective. In the latter case of proxy war in Kashmir and elsewhere....

April 17, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Hybrid Warfare , Proxy War