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Military Civil Fusion in China
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

“We must accelerate the formation of a full-element, multi-domain, and high-return military-civil fusion deep development pattern, and gradually build up China’s unified military-civil system of strategies and strategic capability”, - Xi Jin....

August 01, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China’s technology adaptation , military-civil technical integration , China’s military grading of civil products , technology fusion in China , repurposing technology for military application
China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy in Sri Lanka
Akhila Nair Article

What is Going on in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, as shortages of food and fuel are causing unrest among the citizens. Economic reforms, which included significant ....

July 30, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Sri Lanka , Article , Belt and Road Initiative , Hambantota port , Sri Lanka economic crisis , Debt diplomacy , India- Sri Lanka relations
Remembering Kargil: How it Redefined the Concept of War between India and Pakistan
Dhritiman Mukherjee Article

Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every 26th of July to commemorate the valour and sacrifice of our soldiers who fought in the Kargil war of 1999. The war was fought by Indian soldiers in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, now situated in Lada....

July 29, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Defence , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Kargil , nuclear deterrence
The Power of the ‘God of War’: Assessing the Russian advantage in Artillery in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The God of War
Way back in 1944, when the ferocity of World War II was at its peak, Joseph Stalin made a statement; ‘Artillery is the God of War’. His remarks probably related to the fact that most of the combat deaths in the two World ....

July 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Russia , Artillery , Ukraine , Donbas
Modern Warfare and Structural Transformation
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Prime Minister Narender Modi in a valedictory address at the Combined Commanders Conference at Kevadia, Gujarat on 05 March 2021 stressed upon the armed forces to shed the legacy systems and practices that had outlived their utility and relevance. Th....

July 26, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , doctrine , Future Force , Integration , Jointness , theaterisation
DRDO-Industry Interaction on Improving the Defence R&D Ecosystem
Naval Jagota Article

(VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defence industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 on synergizing the Defence R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO apprised the at....

July 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DRDO , Defense , Atmanirbhar Bharat , R&D , Ecosystem , Technology Management , initiatives , start-up's
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Opportunities for India
Dr Rahul Nath Choudhury Article

During the QUAD summit held in Tokyo, in May 2022, US President Joe Biden along with leaders from 13 countries signed on an agreement referred as Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). The participants of the agreement share same values and interes....

July 25, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , QUAD , Tokyo , RCEP , CPTPP , clean energy , Anti-Corruption , IPEF
The Unmaking and Making of Sri Lankan Crisis: Options before India
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

Unfolding Events
Sri Lanka has elected six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President. In the parliamentary votes Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes against his closest contestant Dullus Alahapperuma got 82 vo....

July 22, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , China , United States , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , MCC , Sri Lankan Economic Crisis , Economic Assiatnce , MCC in Sri Lanka , Ranil Wickremesinghe
Diversity within the Indian Subcontinent: Gandhara Region, its Art and Architecture
Rishika Dhumal Article

The Indian Subcontinent has always been at the crossroads of some major trade networks, such as the Silk Routes trade as well as the Indian Ocean trade. The Silk Routes trade and the Indian Ocean trade have both been looked at separately by most scho....

July 21, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Gandharan art , Diversity , Patron Portraits , Cultural exchanges
उच्च सदन के लिए 10 जुलाई के चुनाव में किशिदा के लिए नई चुनौतियां
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

जापान के प्रधानमंत्री फुमियो किशिदा को सत्ता में आए अभी साल भर नहीं हुए हैं और उन्हें जापान के उ....

July 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , महिला सशक्तिकरण , DFLDP , आर्टिकल-9 , कोमेतोफूमीयो किशिदा , उच्च सदन , गिरती जन्म दर , सामूहिक स्व-रक्षा , जापान-अमेरिका गठबंधन
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