Articles

Left-Wing Extremism: Contained but Continues to Exist

Based on an intelligence input on the night of 02 April 2021, over 2000 security forces’ (SFs) personnel carried out a major anti-Naxal operation in the Sukma-Bijapur area in Chhattisgarh. However, the anti-Naxal operation soon turned to a “surpr....

June 08, 2021 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , national security , Internal Security , insurgency , Maoism , poverty , Naxalism , Red Terror , Urban Naxals , Inequality , Bastar , Abhujmad , Tribal

The Social Media Dilemma: From Capitalism to National Security

Anushka Saraswat, Young Professional, VIF Commentary

Introduction

The emergence of social media has challenged modern democracies on multiple fronts-be it enticing violence or communal hatred or concerns of privacy and fake news, making it a new playground of battle. Platforms like Facebook....

May 28, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , national security , Social Media , capitalism , Twitter , Pakistan-China combine

India at Crossroads - Part I

Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

Covid-19 was a predictable and avoidable event, if the world had been more transparent and accountable, and less greedy and ambitious. It is important to analyse fast-evolving international developments, thoughts and trends to grasp the choices and i....

June 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , national security , WHO , COVID-19 , Post Covid , Crossroads , Western Debates , Taiwan Resurgence , Geopolitical Scan , Pax-Sinica , Flawed Assumption

India’s Foreign Policy: Surviving in a Turbulent World

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Written by foreign policy experts, academics and practioners, this book develops the frameworks and strategies for India’s foreign policy that can be adopted to meet the emerging challenges and non-traditional threats in the new world order. It stu....

May 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , foreign policy , national security , India’s foreign policy , Book Published , Emerging challenges

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 12, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

Investment between U.S. and China Falls as Tensions, Coronavirus Take Toll

Investment between the U.S. and China is off to a weak start in 2020 and could worsen, according to a report published on May 11 that tallies ....

May 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , national security , Belt and Road Initiative , VAT , Wuhan , COVID-19 , Social distancing , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Supply chains , US-China investment , Phase One deal , Small Business aid , Carbon Economy

Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

National security has traditionally been defined and understood in military terms. This notion of national security focuses on threats such as external armed aggression, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), terrorism, insurgenc....

April 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , national security , Internal Security , National Security Strategy , Terrorism , insurgency , Jammu and Kashmir , Security , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , North-East , Left Wing Extremism

Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Review of Year 2019 and Projections for 2020

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2019 had significant developments in global terrorism. The review covers the important activities of terrorism and counter-terrorism (CT) around the globe. There have been ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen which includes terrorist a....

January 22, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , national security , Counter-terrorism , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Srilanka , al-Qaeda , UnitedKingdom , IslamicState , al-Qaida

Homeland Security Conference 2019, on ‘Innovation led Cyber Security Management’, Jointly Organised by the VIF and the FICCI, 22-23 August 2019, New Delhi

The ‘Homeland Security Conference 2019 on ‘Innovation led Cyber Security Management’ was the 3rd edition, jointly organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), and the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry....

September 19, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , national security , Cyber Security , 2019 , FICCI , Homeland Security , Digital platforms , Law Enforcement Agencies , Cyber Terrorists

Introduction to Indian Strategic Thinking and its Determinants

In 2018, The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held the first of its kind of Certificate Programme to bring together students from Indian Universities, academicians, researchers from think-tanks and other disciplines and introduce them to th....

August 19, 2019 Conference , Governance and Political Studies , Seminars , foreign policy , national security , Indian Strategic Thinking , Human Development

5G, Huawei and India

… 5G and Huawei is not a technical issue, it is a complex strategic issue. Huawei is already inside India’s backbone network. Its network equipment are part of India’s armed forces’ classified networks. But by banning Huawei India’s securit....

July 02, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , national security , 5G , 5G deliberations , India’s security concerns