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“Indigenize India’s Military Doctrines, Procedures and Customs too”: PM at Kevadia
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

PM’s Observation that Created the Ripple Effect
On 06 March 2021 the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered the valedictory address to the Combined Commanders’ Conference at Kevadia in Gujarat. He stressed the “importan....

June 22, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , military doctrine , Combined Commanders’ Conference March 2021 Kevadia , JIAFD 2017 , Air Land Battle , PLA Informatized war doctrine , IDF Doctrine , Indian Army Doctrine 2005 , Land Warfare Doctrine 2018
प्रकृति, भारत, और अनुशासन
Akanksha Bajpai Article

समस्त मानव जाति के लिए यदि ईश्वर का सर्वोत्तम वरदान कुछ है तो वह प्रकृति है। प्रकृति और मा�....

June 18, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , रामायण , प्रकृति , पर्यावरण संरक्षण , पंच तत्व , विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस , शास्त्र एवं वेद , ऋग्वेद , अथर्ववेद , महाभारत
Fears of Colour Revolution in People’s Liberation Army
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the sword arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its recruits swear an oath of loyalty to the Party. The evening that Xi Jinping took over China’s top three positions of General Secretary of the CCP Cen....

June 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , CCP , PLA , political commissar , Colour Revolution , young soldiers
The Absence of Air Power in India’s Security Narratives
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

India’s security narrative of the region has been largely driven by the coercive diplomacy which China has chosen to pursue as a part of its national security strategy. Border stand offs in Arunachal in the near recent past and Ladakh currently, un....

June 16, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , China , South China Sea , Air Force , Indian Ocean , PLAAF , Ladakh , Border stand off
From Cornwall with Love1
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Dear non-G7 Citizens,
You would have seen the cute pictures of the G-7 happy family gathering of democracies at Cornwall on 12th-13th June 2021. The weather held up. Sunbathed beaches were wonderful. We were relieved that Trump who had sp....

June 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Russia , Climate Change , G7 Summit , BRI , Cyber attacks , Vaccines , corporate tax
China’s Military Space Strategy
Pushpinder Bath Article

General
While the visible elements of China’s space programme include its launch vehicles, launch sites, satellite systems and Anti-Satellite (ASAT) tests, its military space strategy has never been enunciated through any official docume....

June 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Senkaku Islands , Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons , Scarborough Shoal , Gaofen , Informatized warfare , Intelligentized warfare , Integrated Network Electronic Warfare (INEW) , Haiyang , Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) , Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) , Co-Orbital Satellites , Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)
Explained: What Outcome of Biden-Moon Summit?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Following the footsteps of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhide Suga, South Korean President Moon Jae-in travelled to Washington on the invitation of the US President Joe Biden for a summit meeting on 21 May 2021, wherein both the leaders vowed “pragma....

June 14, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Kim Jong-un , Tokyo Olympics , Joe Biden , Moon Jae-in , Six-Party Talks , THAAD , lifting of missile restrictions , international policy and diplomacy , Summit meetings , vaccine partnership , Victor Cha
Xi Jinping and CCP Leadership Wary of Colour Revolution before 20th Party Congress
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Anxiety in the leadership echelons of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the possibility of a "colour revolution" in China has transparently risen in the past month or so. While Chinese cadres, including Xi Jinping, have harboured such apprehension....

June 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , 20th Congress , Colour Revolution , Ministry of Public Security
Colombo Port City Project and Indian Concerns
Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

India and Sri Lanka as two immediate neighbours enjoy broad sustained bilateral ties. Over the two thousand years of coexistence, whole range of issues have dominated the bilateral ties many arising out of the dynamic domestic environment and some f....

June 11, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , China , Sri Lanka , Investments , Port , security concerns
US-India Partnership: Crisis Management in the Pandemic Era and Future of the Relationship
K P Vijayalakshmi Article

It is widely accepted that India and the United States have transformed their relationship in the post Cold War era. In the years from the Clinton administration, both US and India found increasing congruence in the security, economic and politics of....

June 10, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Indian Diaspora , WHO , COVID-19 , WTO , Biden , Defence production Act , Indo-US Vaccine Action Programme , UN Forums , Vaccine Alliance
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