Articles

Swami Vivekananda on Human and Non-Traditional Security

Swami Vivekananda’s concept of security was deeply holistic, encompassing the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of human life. He believed that genuine security could not be attained solely through material wealth or physical protection; i....

November 22, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Security , Human Security , Non-Traditional Security , Swami Vivekanada.

The Naga Issue: The Grandstanding by Muivah

Lt Gen PC Nair, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, PhD, (Retd) Article

On 8th November 2024, the General Secretary of NSCN-IM, Thuingaleng Muivah created a buzz by declaring that the GoI has betrayed the letter and spirit behind the Framework Agreement of Aug 2015. In his statement he has sought a third-party interventi....

November 20, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Manipur , Chinese influence , Framework Agreement , Muivah , Naga insurgency , NSCN-IM

An Analytical Review of India’s Defence Exports

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This work analyses the recent statement of the Defence Minister wherein, on 04 Oct 2024, while speaking at the 7th Annual General Meeting of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), the Minister stated the Govt is committed to make defence....

November 12, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indian defence industry , Defence Exports , RM at 7th AGM of SIDM

Viksit Bharat: Bracing for Strategic Contestations: Political Management of India’s Military Institution

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

It was in the post-1962 period that the shape of India’s indigenous system of national defence began shaping-up – at the intervention of Communist China. That was when after centuries of strategic quarantine from real-politics, free India’s ide....

November 06, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Military security in Viksit Bharat , curative ventures in military management , blending hoary warrior culture with indigenisation

Does India Need a Strategy of Strategies?

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

As the India and China have finally reached a deal on patrolling their disputed frontier to end a four-year long military stand-off to pave way for resetting the political and business ties between the Asian giants, there is understandably a sudden s....

October 30, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , China , IOR , Bhagavad Gita , Kautilya , Grand strategy , Raj Dharma , Tejastejasvinamaham

Ganderbal Attack 2024: The Emergence of Pakistan-Sponsored TRF

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan has been sponsoring terrorism in Bharat for over the past 30 years to undermine the stability of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (hereafter J&K) and other parts of the country. Post-nullification of Article 370 in 2019, J&K did....

October 29, 2024 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Islam , LeT , Bharat , TRF , Ganderbal

Islamic Radical Preacher Zakir Naik’s Visit to Pakistan

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

एकं हन्यान्न वा हन्यादिषुः क्षिप्तो धनुष्मता। प्राज्ञेन तु मतिः क्षिप्ता हन्याद्गर्भगतानप�....

October 16, 2024 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Islam , Bangladesh , Malaysia , Bharat , Crime , ZakirNaik , PeaceTV

Viksit Bharat and Surakshit Bharat: Wheels of the Same Chariot

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

India aspires to be and is steadily on the way to be a developed nation by 2047, and to which end, Viksit Bharat and Surakshit Bharat (Prosperous India, Secure India) are wheels of the same chariot, being driven in the same direction. I....

September 30, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China , GDP , LAC , Ladakh , buffer zones , Viksit Bharat , friction points , PLA Surakshi Bharat

Elections in J&K and the Situation in POK

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The J&K Assembly elections have seen hectic round of campaigning by different political parties. The Lok Sabha elections in May saw an unprecedented high voter turn-out of 58.46% in J&K. The first phase of Assembly elections saw a higher voter turn-o....

September 23, 2024 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Water , Article 370 , Gilgit Baltistan , PDP , Eectricity , J & K Elections , National Conference

Armed Forces Need to be Prepared for War in Order to Preserve Peace

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

(Title of the article is taken from the Statement made by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Joint Commanders Conference in Lucknow, on 05 Sep 2024.) Wars have remained ageless, timeless and a dynamic paradox, though they are messy, w....

September 13, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , Pakistan , China , C4ISR , Battlefield transparency , combat military capabilities , Kill Web