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Influences and Performance of Intelligence: Assessment of Intelligence Inputs in 2020 Ladakh Military Standoff
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

‘The further one looks back, the further he looks ahead’ Historically, military might alone served as the primary instrument of national power and for securing national interests. Later diplomacy, economic power, science and technology ....

February 03, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Tibet , Article , UAV , Aksai Chin , Ladakh , ISR , Pangong Tso , intelligence gaps , PLA Tibet
Air Defence Command – some salient points and imperatives
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Air Defence Command (ADC) is going to be a reality sooner than later. This article looks at certain salient points related to the ADC and lays out certain imperatives that lie ahead for the decision-makers to make ADC a success.

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February 02, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air Defence Command , ADC , Integrated Air Defence Command , India’s Air Defence Command
Vimarsh on Changing Contours of Competition and Conflict - Implications for Indian Navy by Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)

As part of Vimarsh series of lectures on 21 Jan 2021, Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff spoke on “Changing Contours of Competition and Conflict - Implications for Indian Navy”. Admiral Karambir Singh brought out....

January 30, 2021 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Hybrid Warfare , Implications for Indian Navy , Grey zone operations
Implications of Migration of the Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

19 January 2021 "Started in January 1989, the forceful exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, also referred to Kashmiri Pandits, from Kashmir was an “evil strategy” of Pakistan's “thousand cuts” doctrine against India. Join Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and....

January 19, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Podcast
International Security: Review of 2020 & Projections for 2021
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The year 2020 shall be recorded as an unprecedented year in the modern history of humankind. The outbreak of China-origin Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has eclipsed the events in global security. On one side, the spread of coronavirus enforced....

January 18, 2021 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Islamic State , United States , al-Qaeda , International Security , Counter terrrosim , Review
Vimarsha: Talk by Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on 'National Security Challenges and Air Power'

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, for a public discourse on “National Security Challenges and Air Power”. The talk was organised under the aegis of Vimarsha....

December 30, 2020 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , national security , Indian Air Force , Indian Ocean
Dialectics of Political Aims, Modern War and Victory
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The PLA transgressions of 2020 in Eastern Ladakh, the large induction of units and formations that followed brought the PLA and Indian Army face to face, often in a nail-biting situation. The Agreements signed with China over three decades had been l....

December 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , future war , LOC. PLA transgressions , three warfares
The Drones of Nagorno-Karabakh....Where are we?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This article is a sequel to the author’s preceding work titled, “Why the drones turned the tide for Azerbaijan”1. The previous work analysed the reasons as to why Armenia suffered such crippling losses attributed mainly to drone ....

December 21, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Nagorno-Karabkh , drone strike , drone defence , drone threat from Pakistan and China
The New National Security Directive will Strengthen Telecom Security
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a landmark decision, the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken steps to strengthen the security of telecom networks in India.1 Henceforth, it will be mandatory for the telecom network providers to use only ‘trusted products’ from....

December 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , National Security Council Secretariat , cybersecurity , Digital Authority , Deputy NSA , National Security Directive
Space Situational Awareness (SSA): AN Essential Strategic Requirement
Pushpinder Bath Article

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Usage of space by own forces and its denial to adversary has grown to become essential for modern militaries. Today, space is increasingly being viewed as enabler for conduct of own operations and the 'Achilles heel' which if targ....

December 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons , Atomic Flux , Space debris , Collision Avoidance , Near Earth objects , Space Data Association (SDA) , Directed Energy Weapon (DEW)
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