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India’s Air Defence: What Needs to be Integrated?

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

The issue of creation of Air Defence Command is very much relevant in the current context with many subject matter experts (or otherwise) giving their special comments on what needs to be done and what must be avoided. While the author’s detaile....

August 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Army , Air Force , Air Defence Command , ADCRs , GB ADWs , IACCS , Integrated AD Systems , SAMs

Indonesian Defence Minister’s visit to India

Amruta Karambelkar Article

The defence minister of Indonesia, General Prabowo Subianto was on a three day-visit to India from 26-28 July. The meeting was aimed at strengthening bilateral defence relationship. Two years ago, both countries elevated their relationship to a compr....

August 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , India , Indo-Pacific , Defence , Indian Ocean , Indonesia , Maritime , Natuna , Navy

COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Climate Change Responses

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is simultaneously a public health crisis and an economic crisis. On the public health front, it has resulted in 21,527,747 total confirmed cases and 772,370 deaths in 188 countries as of 16 August ....

August 21, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , COVID-19 , Pandemic , lockdown , Green Recovery , Air Pollution , CO2 emissions , dirty recovery , clean and renewable energy , energy transition , low carbon economy , Paris Agreement 2015 , climate crisis , climate emergency

Indian Navy Takes Lead to Build Indigenisation-Innovation Architecture

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Earlier this month, the Indian Navy put out plans for the twinning of Indigenisation-Innovation, and announced setting up of the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO).¹ This initiative is in pursuance of the draft Defence....

August 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Atmanirbhar Bharat; Indian Navy; Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO); Directorate of Indigenisation;Draft Defence Acquisition Policy 2020 (DAP 20);Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA);Maker Village , Kochi; Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM);Raksha Shakti University (RSU);Maritime Innovation Forum (MIF); Security and Scientific Technical Research Agency(SASTRA);Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS);Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs

अनुच्छेद 370 ने जम्मू-कश्मीर को भारत में पूरी तरह मिलाया

Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

अनुच्छेद 370 में संशोधन ने हमारी राजनीति में लंबे अरसे से बना हुआ नासूर खत्म कर दिया। 1947 में भारत क�....

August 18, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , पाकिस्तान , जम्मू-कश्मीर , अनुच्छेद 370 , अनुच्छेद 35 ए , इस्लामी चरमपंथ , सूफी इस्लाम

Aceh to Andaman: Shipping Connectivity and Security

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, through their 2018 joint statement “underlined the importance of stronger connectivity, particularly on sea links, in order to facilitate economic cooperation and people-to....

August 11, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Aceh; Port Blair;2018 India-Indonesia Joint Statement ; Sabang; KM Aceh Milenium; Malahayati Port; MDA; Rohingya refugees;PT Dirgantara; Rustom-II (Tapas)

Assessing India’s Abrogation of article 370, and Kashmir’s Journey Ahead

Abhinav Pandya Article

On August 5th, 2019, Modi government nullified the article 370 and scrapped article 35 A, the backbone of article 370. It was indeed a historic moment for India as article 370, in essence, had become a dead weight providing a robust protective shield....

August 05, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , governance , ISIS , Turkey , ISI , Article 370 , Ladakh , AQIS , United Jihad Council

सीमा पर चीन का ख़तरनाक रुख : चीन से हो गई चूक

Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

पिछले दो महीनों से पूर्वी लद्दाख़ में भारतीय और चीनी सैनिक ख़तरनाक ढंग से आमने-सामने हुए हैं और ....

August 05, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , ताइवान , चीन , तिब्बत , एलएसी , लद्दाख , गलवान घाटी , शिजियांग , एअर पॉवर , विस्तारवादी

Pakistan and 05 August- A Year Later

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The developments of 05 August 2019 have left a deep scar on the psyche of Pakistan. This was the day when the special provisions granted to J&K in the Indian constitution- Article 370 and Article 35(A) – were revoked. The state was bifurcated into ....

August 04, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , ISI , UN , Gilgit-Baltistan , Hurriyat , psyche , post Article 370 phase

Article 370 Fully Integrates J & K with India

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The revision of Article 370 removed a long festering abscess in our body politic. India had been divided in 1947 but Article 370 blurred a neat division by preventing the full integration of J&K with India. J&K obtained a special status because of th....

August 03, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Article 370 , OIC , Article 35 A , Sufi Islam , Hurriyat