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The confrontation flared up again in direct military confrontation between the two countries. Frankly, we did not expect India to undertake a kinetic response. But we think our overall assessment remains valid. We think both sides are looking not to ....

March 01, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s terrorism , India’s air strikes

Make In India: Through Indigenous Research and Development by DRDO/Industry (a VIF Task Force Report)

India is one of the largest importers of defence equipment in the world. Compelled by the need of modernise its armed forces, India will be importing billions of dollars worth of equipment in the next ten years. The growing dependence on imported def....

February 27, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Make in India , Defence production , DRDO , Defence Procurement Policy , ISRO , LTTPP

Pulwama and After

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

At least 44 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and 70 injured when a Maruti Eeco car laden with explosives rammed into a CRPF bus—part of a massive convoy—in Awantipora town of Pulwama District in Jammu and Kashmir (....

February 27, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Counter-terrorism , Pulwama retribution , Indian Army’s valour

इमरान खान का पुलवामा पर बयान: क्या भारत, इरान और अफगानिस्तान एक संयुक्त वक्तव्य जारी कर सकते है?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान ने 19 फरवरी को पुलवामा आतंकी हमले के बारे मे एक वक्तव्य दिया....

February 25, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , पुलवामा आतंकी हमले , इमरान खान की असंवेदनशील टिप्पणि

By discussing retribution for Pulwama, the element of surprise is lost

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

When a nation virtually announces that it is going to do something in reprisal it compromises one of the basic principles of war — surprise. It is patient and planned operations that will hobble Pakistan. The Pulwama incident has created a natio....

February 23, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , JeM attack in Pulwama , Pulwama attack

Pulwama, Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ and Pakistan’s ‘New Mind-Set’

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Pulwama attack has to be seen against the background of events in the wider region. On 13th February, a suicide attack on killed 27 Iranian soldiers in Sistan Balochistan province of Iran. The Iranian National Guards Corps (IRGC) ground forces c....

February 21, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pulwama options , Naya Pakistan’s terror

Surrenders Cripple India’s Maoists

DR P V Ramana Commentary

Surrender causes huge damage to Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) or CPI-M. Possibly, the impact is greater when a person ranking high in the hierarchy of the rebels surrenders. On February 11, 2019, a Central Committee member (C....

February 20, 2019 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Naxalites’ surrender , causes of Maoists’ surrender

India's Response to the Pulwama Bombing

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The 14 February Pulwama suicide bombing resulting in the death of about 40 CRPF personnel is the latest in an incessant series of horrific Pakistan terror attacks on India starting with its 1947 action in Kashmir and inter alia including Operation Gi....

February 18, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pulwama attack , punishing terrorism

FATF and Pakistan

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), set up in 1989 following a G-7 resolution, provides the international standards for anti-money laundering and combatting terrorist financing (AML/CFT). An Inter-governmental organisation with 38 members and two....

February 18, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , FATF and Pakistan , Pakistan’s terror funding

Pulwama Terror Attack: India’s Options

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Following the horrific terrorist attack on 14 February 2019 in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, carried out by Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM), India went into a state of shock and mourning. The entire country was united in support of the 44 martyrs of the Centra....

February 17, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pulwama terror attack , India’s options against Pakistan’s terrorism