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Delivering on Agnipath's Promise: Creating Pathways within and Beyond Military Service
Col (Dr) DPK Pillay Article

India's approach to soldier recruitment has undergone significant transformations since the British Raj to adapt to changing security needs. Post-independence, India moved away from regional and caste-based recruitment towards an All-India, All-Class....

June 28, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , skill development , Kargil Review Committee , Agniveers , Agnipath , Central Armed Police Forces , Integrated Manpower policies , lateral entry , younger military
Bangladesh at the Crossroads: Confronting the Realities of Climate Change
Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
The consequences of climate change are felt globally affecting millions of lives and threatening the future development of states, with developing countries facing the extreme implications/vulnerabilities. Bangladesh, a co....

June 27, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Climate Change , Bangladesh , International cooperation , sustainable development , Drought , Climate adaptation , Sea Level Rise , Flood , Climate Vulnerability , Environmental Governance
June 26, 2024: Golden Jubilee of the Blackest Day
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Three generations of Indians who grew later remained illiterates about the very fact of Emergency and about how Constitution ceased to exist and autocracy was institutionalised by it. Rahul Gandhi was waving the Constitution of India as Prime Mini....

June 26, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Constitution , Indira Gandhi , Emergency
To Redefine War in Indian Context is Mandatory
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In 1942 Quincy Wright wrote in A Study of War, that to different people war may have different meanings. While Brittanica Encyclopaedia states that war, in the popular sense, is a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of cons....

June 24, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , China , Conflict , PLA , Ladakh , Kargil , NCW , Russia Ukraine war , Clausewitz
Combat Casualty Management is a Low-Cost Force Multiplier: Lessons from Ukraine War
Air Vice Marshal A. Agarwal, VSM Article

Executive Summary
The idea of war with an advanced adversary, or worse, a two front war is daunting, needing every bit of ingenuity that one can muster. Force multipliers are one such, employed to overcome the difficulties against a numer....

June 20, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , morale , Russia Ukraine war , Change in battlefield , Combat casualty management , Force multiplier , Medical care
Russo-Ukraine Conflict: Some Inferences on Air and Air Defence Aspects
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

February 2022 to June 2024 and counting, that is over two and four months for which a bloody war is raging between Ukraine and Russia with no signs of ebb in the near future. [1]....

June 17, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Ukraine , Russo Ukraine conflict , air and air defence war in Ukraine
Between Isolation and Engagement: The Afghan Taliban’s Diplomatic Dilemma
Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
With the Afghan Taliban back as the new rulers of Kabul since August 2021, the regime has found itself caught in a diplomatic conundrum—maintaining isolationism on the one hand and engaging bilaterally with its regional ne....

June 13, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghanistan , Taliban , Engagement , Isolationism
The People’s Liberation Army’s New Information Support Force
Jayadeva Ranade Article

On April 19, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that a new People's Liberation Army (PLA) Information Support Force had been established. At the same time, he announced establishment of the PLA Aerospace Support Force and PLA Cyberspace Support F....

June 12, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , NPC , CMC , PLA , Information Warfare , civil military fusion , Gen Dong Jun , Electronic warfare , Aerospace Support Force , Cyberspace Support Force , Information Support Force , Joint Logistics Support Force , Tibet Military District
Framework for Development, Deployment & Use of AI in India
Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Cyber technology is advancing at an exponential pace. Web 2.0 has migrated to web 3.0, a three-dimensional technology which has intensive deployment of AI. It has opened new types of services and capabilities and may well be the most consequential te....

June 11, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , AI , Deepfakes , Gen AI , regulation , Roadmap AI , responsible AI , strategy for AI , National Strategy for AI
Convergence of the Indo-Pacific with the Indian Ocean—Is a Maritime Centric Approach Enough? An Indian Perspective
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This article examines China’s strategic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region through the lens of its “Zhōngguó” or “Middle Kingdom” dream of regaining its perceived historical dominance. It traces the deep roots of this aspiration in Chin....

June 07, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , China , CCP , Indian Ocean , Indo Pacific , Maritime Centric
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