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Questioning India's Robust Response to the Chinese Threat is Anti National

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The current Sino Indian faceoff is the most serious since the 1962 conflict. Strung across hundreds of kilometres and encompassing many contentious areas it has been marked by scuffles between the two sides resulting in scores of casualties and heavy....

July 06, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Ladakh , Self Reliance , Sino Indian faceoff , PM's address , National resolve , National unity , Opposition

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Leh: What Next?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Prime Minister Modi’s surprise visit to a military base near Leh close to the India-China border on 3rd July was a turning point in the nine weeks old Indian military India China military face of which remains unresolved despite several rounds of m....

July 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , China , QUAD , Intelligence , Galwan , Military faceoff , Strategic competition , Morale armed forces , Resist expansionism , Defence capabilities , Leh , PM ModiRussia

PAEAN TO COLONEL BABU AND HIS MEN | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

At those heights where the earth touches the sky The wind blows like a flurry of sharp spears That pierce the flesh without drawing blood When breathing becomes an ordeal And each step an act of determination to feel alive Our soldiers....

July 03, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , PLA , Uighurs , Col Suresh Babu , Tibetans , Stone Age warriors , Forbidden City , Galwan River , Hegemonic ambitions

Managing the LAC: Rules are Handrails, and Not Handcuffs!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Dragon is awake, and is vigourously seeking to establish Pax Sinica! Of the two milestones of the 100th anniversaries of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2021 and 2....

June 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Border and Coastal Security , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , CBMs , Agreement for Maintenance peace & Stability , Pangong Tso , Border Maintenance Posture , ROE

Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?

India’s historic move on August 5, 2019, heralded a new era in Jammu and Kashmir, a state which witnessed an uncertain political status and 30 years of Pak-sponsored Jihadist militancy. Before the abrogation of article 370, the normal life had come....

June 26, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , IS , Al Qaeda , Article 370 , Big Outreach

FDI in Defence: Some Thoughts

Lt. Gen P R Shankar (Retd.) Article

When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%¹ it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported....

June 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Make in India , FDI , Defence sector , technologies , ROI

India’s Maoists: Business as usual

DR P V Ramana Commentary

It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, efforts at shoring–up their arsenal and extortion,....

June 18, 2020 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , weapons , Maoists , chhattisgarh , Extortion , Sukma

Locust Invasion in India

It has been a double whammy. As the nation is reeling under the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, India has to fight another menace: locust invasion. Massive swarms of desert locusts have devoured crops across seven states of western and central India in....

June 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , COVID-19 pandemic , Locust , Desert Locust , Swarms Moved

Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China. With the Sha....

June 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , China , Siachen , Aksai Chin , Galwan , Eastern Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Shyok , Trans Karakoram Tract , ISR