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J & K- Less War, More Peace: An Assessment of the Year after the Decisions of 5 August 2019
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 5 Aug 2019 India stunned the world, and perhaps itself, with decisions regarding the constitutional exclusivity attached to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). These were related to abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Consti....

August 03, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , hybrid war , separatism , Information Warfare , COVID-19 , Articles 370 & 35 A , Shimla Agreement , Over Ground Workers networks , ISPR
Management of India's Military Prowess: Issues and Aspects
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Conceptualising the foundations of national defence and organising a conformingly robust military structure is a humungous task of extremely complexities. Even nations who possess pristine strategic vision and deep rooted military culture find it pra....

August 01, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Book Published , Management of India's Military
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

July 29, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
AIR DEFENCE IS EVERYWHERE
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
The term Air Defence (AD), is simplistically understood by most as defence of a nation’s territory from an enemy’s air attacks. For a professional air power practitioner however, AD today means much more. It encompasses a....

July 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , surveillance , AD Command , Air Space Management , Counter Air Operations , Counter Surface Force operations , Battlefield Air Support , Air Interdiction , Control & Reporting , Integrated Area Defence
चीन की धमकी को भारत के करारे जवाब पर सवाल करना राष्ट्र विरोधी
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

इस बार का भारत-चीन टकराव 1962 की लड़ाई के बाद से सबसे गंभीर टकराव है। यह विवाद सैकड़ों किलोमीटर लंबी ....

July 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article
भारत में तबलीगी जमात: फैलाव और असर
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

तबलीगी जमात का संक्षिप्त परिचय
भारत में कोविड-19 महामारी फैलने के साथ ही तबलीगी जमात भी देसी �....

July 14, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , कोविद 19 , स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन , भारतीय धर्मनिरपेक्षता , मार्काज़ , तब्लीगी जमात
Eastern Ladakh: Studying the ‘Warning Shots’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The whys and wherefores of the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh, cumulated with the larger peripheral belligerence in South China and East China Seas and the Taiwan Straits in 2020, have been debated ad infinitum. The events of Galwan Valley, Hot....

July 13, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , PLA , Strategic Support Force , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , ISR , Strategic Rocket Force , Xinjian , PLA Western Theatre Command
Exploring Indian Airpower Doctrine & Debacles in The Himalayas
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

This is an article exploring some of our wars in the Indian Himalayas to derive correct lessons for future conflict management. In light of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and future theatre commands, restructuring and reorientation for the future i....

July 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , China , Chinese stratagem , Indian Airpower , IAF , Himalayas , Leh , Kargil , Sino-Indian War , Air Operations
Climate Change in The Himalayas : Its Impact on India’s National Security

Human-induced climate change has led to unprecedented changes in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Similarly, the Himalayan and its surrounding mountain ranges, also known as the ‘Third Pole’ is experiencing drastic changes due to global warming.....

July 09, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , Himalaya , Atmospheric warming , Himalayan Glaciers
Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China
Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

India and China have been engaged in a tense military faceoff that has witnessed numerous violent incidents over the last two months in Eastern Ladakh. The standoff has resulted from an aggressive border brinkmanship triggered by China, to assert its....

July 09, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist
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