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Defence Procurement & Production: A Feel of Fresh Air as the New Year Dawns
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

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A few days into the New Year and thinking of the year gone by, one gets a feel of ‘fresh air’ in the entire stance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and their attitude towards the entire gamut of defence procurement. A resurgent ....

January 09, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Atmanirbhar Bharat , Pralay missile , Simulators for armed forces
New Trends in Terrorism

On 25 November 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a brainstorming session on the “New Trends in Terrorism”, focussing on the lessons learned from the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks. Under the Chatham House Rules, ....

January 09, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Islam , IS , blockchain , 9/11 attacks , Popular Front of India , Communication strategies , Coastal Security , Dark Web
Radicalization in India- An Exploration

Bharat has been at the receiving end of radicalisation and Islamic terrorism for over three decades. In the study of terrorism/counter-terrorism, the terms radicalisation, religious extremism, and terrorism are frequently used interchangeably. To exp....

January 09, 2023 Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Book Discussions , Counter-terrorism , radicalization , international terrorism , South-East Asia , Harkat network
COP 27 and its Outcomes
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

In this VIF podcast, PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow and Heena Samant , Research Assistant at VIF discuss COP 27 and its outcomes. The episode is conversational and flags both the positive as well as negative outcomes of COP 27 which took place from....

December 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , agriculture , Water , Security , climate emergency , Podcast , Lifestyle , mitigation , adaptation , livelihoods
The Kashmir Files: Much Ado about Honesty
Rajesh Singh Article

The furore over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s condemnation of The Kashmir Files may have died down, but it does recall to memory the case of yet another controversial film, Kissa Kursi Ka. Of course, there is hardly any comparison b....

December 26, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Supreme Court , Bollywood , Kashmir Files , Kissa Kursi Ka , Lapid
India’s Energy Transition in a Carbon-Constrained World - Final Report

The concern for climate change has spurred an intense debate on energy transition to a low carbon economy. Climate change is an existential problem facing humanity. While the developed world has contributed most to global warming, its consequences wi....

December 22, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Energy Security , renewable energy , Nuclear energy , Role of Nuclear Power , Net Zero Emission , IEA report , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear and Disarmament
Inapt ‘Perceptions’ and Elusive ‘Peace and Tranquillity’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Dai Bingguo, then State Councillor, Director of the General Offices of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Group of the CCP’s Central Committee and Special Representative (SR) for boundary negotiations with India from 2003 to 2013 had stated ....

December 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , China , Article , Indian Army , PLA , LAC , WTC , Dai Bingguo , Tawang , Yangtse , Xiaokong
AIIMS Cyber-Incident— An ‘e-epidemic’ Situation for Digital Bharat
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

तावद्भयेषु भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् । आगतं तु भयं वीक्ष्य प्रहर्तव्यमशङ्कया ॥
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December 12, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , China , Cyber Security , Malware , Personal data , Bharat , crypto currency , AIIMS Delhi , AIIMS , Cyber Incident , CNI , Ransom ware , OCG , Crypto virology
Longewala December 1971: If it Was Fought as a Unified Theatre Command Battle
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Longewala- an Opportunity Lost
On 4 December 1971 when Indian forces were advancing into erstwhile East Pakistan, the Pakistanis decided to advance into Rajasthan along Axis Ramgarh – Jaisalmerand beyond. It was past midnight when sixty....

December 02, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Defence , Bangladesh , Article , Longewala , War for Liberation of Bangladesh , Theatre command
VIF Interaction with Foreign Military/Defence Attaches Posted in New Delhi

VIF organised a briefing cum discussion on the topics of ‘India’s Approach to Multilateralism’ and ‘India and J & K Issue on 26 Sept 2022 at the VIF’s premises. There were about 40 military/Defence Attaches along with some other diplomatic....

November 30, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Conferences , Pakistan , J & K , Multilateralism , Pakistan Occupied Kashmir , UN General Assembly , War II , Inter-Governmental Negotiation
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