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The story of nation-building by the charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, described in his seminal work, “From Third World to the First” caught my attention. While setting out to read the extraordinary accomplishments of Singa....

November 11, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , NCC , SDGs , Dr. Abdul Kalam , India Vision , Rural Development Service , Youth power

India’s Energy Transition in a Carbon-Constrained World: The Role of Nuclear Power - Overview and Key Recommendations

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....

October 30, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Energy Security , Climate Change , Energy Security , renewable energy , Nuclear energy , Role of Nuclear Power , Net Zero Emission , IEA report , Fossil Fuel

India in Space Domain - Pathbreaking Developments

… in global politics, a new arms race in the form of military-oriented applications for space is becoming dominant .. space assets therefore are attractive targets for adversaries .. capability to use space for commercial, scientific and military p....

October 29, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Harnessing space , India’s space ventures , Space technology and development , weaponisation of space , military applications in space , India in Space Domain

Ahead of COP 26: Need to Restore the Salience of Climate Justice

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Ahead of the climate change COP 26 meeting in Glasgow in November 2021, some difficult questions have emerged. Is the international community serious about tackling climate change? The chair designate of COP26, Alok Sharma, a British MP, in his le....

October 29, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Commentary , Kyoto Protocol , COP 26 , renewables , CO2 , decarbonization

Vimarsh on India’s Drug Challenge

On the 11th of October 2021, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) as part of its Vimarsh Dialogue series organised a presentation by Shri Jayant Misra, IRS (Retd) and former Chairman of the Settlement Commission, on India’s Drug Challenge....

October 29, 2021 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Drug Challenge , drug trafficking , NPS

Border Management: Challenges and Opportunites

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

(The following is the updated version of Keynote Address delivered by the Director VIF at Security and Policy Initiatves (SAPI)Conference on 26th October 2021) Borderlands are subject to diverse influences. The peripheries of a country are....

October 28, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , Pakistan , North East , Borders , Tibet , Connectivity , coastal borders , Insurgencies , Migrations

Repositioning National Cadet Corps to Drive Youth Development and Social Change

… time and national resources deployed for mentoring and guiding the present generation of youth through the revamped NCC’s stables will definitely start yielding much larger outcomes …....

October 25, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , NCC in nation building , NCC , NCC modernisation , Character-building of youth , Dividends of young India , Restructure of NCC curricula , Building a strong nationhood

India Ahead of 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26)

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction to COP 26

2021 is a crucial year for global climate change negotiations as the much awaited 26th UN Climate Change Conference is scheduled to be held from 31st October till 12th of November in Glasgow, United Kingdom. This Su....

October 18, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , renewable energy , technologies , Carbon emissions , Net zero , Greenhouse gases , Paris Accord

Implications of China’s Hydro-Hegemony on River Yarlung Tsangpo: Another Lever of China’s Expansionist Tactics into India’s East

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

On 11 March 2021, China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, endorsed a plan to build a ‘super dam’ on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southeastern Tibet. According to Chinese media reports, the dam will have an ins....

October 12, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , China’s water hegemony , Brahmaputra as a life-line , Rights of lower riparian’s , Dangers of ecological interference , Security of Eastern India

Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Imperatives

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

Premise

This work is based on the premise that the current level of defence exports in India is well short of its stipulated targets and there is a need for revamping the same.

Layout

The analysis is laid out as under:- ....

October 06, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , India’s export targets , Export promotion , boosting defence exports