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Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
National security has traditionally been defined and understood in military terms. This notion of national security focuses on threats such as external armed aggression, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), terrorism, insurgenc....

April 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , national security , Internal Security , National Security Strategy , Terrorism , insurgency , Jammu and Kashmir , Security , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , North-East , Left Wing Extremism
Drone Swarms -a Growing Lethality…. Where is the World? Where are We?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The credit of using the unmanned platform for the first time goes to Austria, when in1849 it attacked the Italian city of Venice using unmanned balloons loaded with explosives1. Surely, the Austrian warriors could have never imagined that ....

April 06, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , artificial intelligence , Air defence , Drone swarms , drone capabilities , UAV-X , Kamikaze drone , autonomous warfare , weaponised drones
Rewriting the New Narrative of Jammu and Kashmir
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Introduction
Disjunction between the law and state can lead to systemic decay that breed corruption, instability, violence and erosion of institutions of governance. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is victim of the disjunction that allowed state ....

March 23, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Radicalisation , Proxy War , Article 370 , 35 A , Pakistan strategy , Over Ground Workers , Stone pelters , Cross border terrorism , Challenges , Economic impact
Defence Exports: Analysing the Armenian Success
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 01 Mar 2020, the media was abuzz with the breaking news of India having won a 40 million USD contract to supply four Swathi Weapon Locating Radars (WLR) to Armenia beating strong competitors like Russia and Poland1. A contract of th....

March 18, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DRDO , BrahMos , Swathi WLR , Defence Exports , DPSU , Akash missile , radars
Islamic State: A Game Changer International Terrorism a talk by Mayank Sharma

The Islamic State (hereafter IS)/Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh is a transnational terrorist organisation which is based on the ideology of fundamentalism and Salafism teachings of Islam towards the creation and establishment of the Cal....

March 18, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Islamic State , ISIS , international terrorism , Mayank Sharma
Kashmir: Beyond Article 370. By Bashir Assad. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2020. 177 pp. Rs. 595/-
Prof K Warikoo

Bashir Assad, the Kashmiri writer has come out with yet another interesting and insightful study of Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370. To quote Bashir, he has brought out the “bitter truth following his inner voice” underscoring the....

March 18, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , Article 370 , Book Reviews , Kashmir: Beyond Article 370 , Bashir Assad , Kashmiri Muslims
Challenges of Building Disaster Resilient Indian Smart Cities
Dr Swati Mitra Article

March, 8, 2020: The world is gripped with the fear of COVID-19, including India. December 9, 2019: More 42 people killed in the Delhi Fire incident July 16, 2019: Building collapses in India’s Maximum City Mumbai killing 7 and trappin....

March 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Disaster Management , Article , Smart City , Japanese Smart City , Singapore Smart City , Indian Smart City Concept
A Decade of Discourse on Defence Matters
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

This book is a compilation of 30 pioneering papers on issues connected with India's national defence. These papers are a part of the vast repository of VIF publications over the past decade of its functioning as a strategic think tank with the purpos....

March 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , national defence , Book Published , Defence Matters , India's strategic
Cyber Wargame - An Indian Scenario
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

Introduction
Immediately after the first gulf war in the early 1990’s the theories of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and Information Warfare were being studied all over the world as a new kind of warfare. During that time, a cours....

March 02, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , RMA , Cyber Wars , STUXNET , Indian scenario , cyber breach , cyber defence planning
India’s Military Bilateral & Multilateral Exercises in 2019 - A Compendium

The Indian armed forces form an important component in projecting the Government of India’s foreign policy on the world stage. India has always projected and cultivated a well-rounded relationship with its neighbours as well as with countries beyon....

February 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Compendium , India’s Military Exercises
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