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Selected Essays from the Vivekananda International Foundation

Over the past decade, the VIF has charted an academically independent path of research and analyses. The Foundation has thus been disseminating a vast stream of analyses of key developments and decision dilemmas concerning the nation to its wide circ....

January 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Book Published , Civilisational values , Key developments

India`s Chief of Defence Staff: Some Issues to be Resolved

Gautam Sen Commentary

Government of India has created the institution of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as a single point adviser to Raksha Mantri (RM) on all matters concerning the Defence Services of the country and as Secretary of a newly created Department of Military A....

January 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , CDS , DMA , Revenue budget , Capital budget , DOD , Principal Advisor , Acquisition Plans

IBGs – Need To Survive To Fight Another Day

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

Premise

It was reported in Nov 2019, that after having tested the Integrated Battle Group (IBG) concept (explained later) both in the Western, as well as, the Eastern theatre, the Indian Army will be operationalising the IBGs in the field....

January 14, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Missiles , UAVs , IBG , OP PARAKARAM , Cold Start Doctrine , PGMs , PLAAF , PAF

2019 में विश्व परमाणु व्यवस्था: समीक्षा

Dr Kapil Patil Article

वर्ष 2019 के दौरान विश्व परमाणु व्यवस्था में दो महत्वपूर्ण रुझान दिखे हैं - परमाणु अस्त्रों का प्र....

January 14, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty , START , North Korea Nuclear missiles , New START NPT , परमाणु अस्त्र

All Quiet in Kashmir?

Bashir Assad Commentary

Kashmir is relatively calm since the last couple of months. No street protests, no encounters between the militants and the security forces. Last encounter was reported on November 26 between the militants and the forces in Pulwama district of South ....

January 09, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , FATF , infiltration , ISI , Article 370 , Intelligence , Communications

Global Nuclear Order in 2019: A Review

Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

The year 2019 has precipitated two important trends in the global nuclear order namely, an unstable deterrence environment, and worsening tensions between nuclear and non-nuclear weapon possessor states over the pace of nuclear reductions. According ....

January 06, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , North Korea , Nuclear missiles , Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty , START , New START , NPT

Post 370 Kashmir - Roadmap for the future and Emerging Security Challenges

As Jammu and Kashmir enters the fifth month since the abrogation of Article 370, the national and international media, opposition leaders, and many public intellectuals have continued to repeatedly raise serious concerns about the security and commun....

January 06, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu and Kashmir , Article 370 , Post 370 Kashmir

India’s Approach to Countering Violent Extremism: Issues and Prospects

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

This is an updated version of paper presented at an international conference on Countering Violent Extremism organized by China’s Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing in December 2019

General

India has been at the receiving ....

January 01, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , CVE , Definition , Measures , Cooperation , Counter narrative

The Larger Cause of National Defence: The CDS and Defence Reforms

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

… there are many hurdles to cross in our endeavour to reform our system of national defence to meet the parameters of the nation’s military threats, technological and industrial capacities and fiscal affordability… The CDS … would be just one....

December 27, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence reforms , CDS , Platform for CDS , Efficient & cost effective defence