Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

There is a perception in India that when an average Indian goes to watch a movie s/he wants to escape from the realities of life and enjoy a simple story that generally has a happy ending and is full of comedy, action and thrills etc. To an extent t....

March 30, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir , genocide , Terror , Pandits

Russia-Ukraine War: A Game of Vain Military Venture?

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

Military Theories Unheeded

Traditionally, over the centuries, the Russians have been the pioneers of original military strategic thinking. Even the world’s leading military thinkers, mainly the Prussians/Germans and British, have been ....

March 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russia-Ukraine War , obdurate expansionism , the blunder of Ukraine War , killing fields of Ukraine , bleeding Ukraine for selfish agenda , wanton destruction

IPCC’s Timely Reminder on the Need for Climate Justice: A Quantum Leap in Global Climate Change Talks

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

Climate change as a concept has evolved over the years. To reaffirm, climate change is one of the most pertinent issues of our time with serious consequences. It has been declared that climate change acts as a “threat multi....

March 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Water crisis , climate justice , climate finance , loss and damage , league , global warming

Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure

India is in the next phase of digital transformation. The digital presence of economic and national security infrastructure is growing in the country at a rapid pace. All critical infrastructures are dependent and have integrated cyber technologies f....

March 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , artificial intelligence , Digital India , IOT , Quantum Computing , Critical Information Infrastructure , NCIIP , NCCC , NTRO , Critical Infrastructure , SCADA

India: Gearing Up for National Defence

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

Covenant of Defence Modernisation

In a welcome change from the past, particularly in the post-Doklam 2017 period, the nation is witnessing a coalescence of sensitivities on matters of national defence. This is a welcome attitudinal change ....

March 19, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence modernisation , competency of defence preparedness , roots of military deficits , ideating defence policies , principle of ‘military necessity’ , deterring neighbourhood aggression

Drone swarms - a grave threat. Where are we?

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

Mass swarms of dozens or hundreds of drones guided by AI are increasingly being touted as the new lethal threats in the modern battlefield. The world got a taste of this emerging military technology in May 2021 during the 11-day conflict between Isr....

March 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , artificial intelligence , AI , Drone swarms , Podcast , Drones Collaborative Behaviour in Denied Environment (CODE) , FLOCK 93 , Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR)

Cruise Missiles : where are we ? Where are our Potential Adversaries? What way ahead?

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

The Trigger Event

The morning chill on the 21stof Jan 22 got broken with a ‘warm’ news from the DRDO announcing the successful test firing of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from its test range in Odisha. While many will see th....

February 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , BrahMos , Babur , cruise missiles , Nirbhay , Chinese cruise missile threat , Pakistan cruise missile threat

Vimarsh on the Earth Sciences & their Importance for the Nation's Well-being - Dr. Shailesh Nayak

On the ninth of February, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the “Earth Sciences and their Importance for the Nation's Well-being”. The session encompassed a series of introductory remarks by Dr Arvind Gup....

February 15, 2022 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Energy Security , Disaster Management , Cyclones , Earth Sciences , Tsunamis , Earthquakes

Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning Workshop by VIF, Army War College and IIM, Indore

The VIF in collaboration with Army War College/Army Training Command and IIM Indore organised a "Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning" capsule for three days from 24 to 26 November 2021 at the VIF in physical mode. There were 16 to 18 recent....

February 04, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Army , NITI Aayog , military , Strategic Leadership

Making a Sense of Chinese Hypersonic Threat- The Big Picture

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

Hypersonic Weapons – ‘the New Age Arsenal’

Hypersonic weapons are ‘big news’ these days. One of the virtues that has propelled these so called ‘new age weapons’ to high eminence is the claim that these are ‘unstoppable’ ....

January 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Chinese threat , hypersonic missiles , Chinese hypersonic threat , Chinese missile threat