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Round Table Discussion on the ‘Role of CRPF in Counter-Insurgency Operations’

Aiming for a thorough review of India’s internal security apparatus, as also in partial fulfilment of the requirements of a Task Force set up recently by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on the subject, the Foundation invited Mr. RR ....

February 19, 2018 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , India , LWE , Counter-insurgency , CRPF

‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’, Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017, pp 268, INR 599

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The book deals comprehensively with India’s nuclear arsenal and finally suggests as to what must be done to sharpen it in the current environment. The book has 13 Chapters and six interesting Appendices. The first Chapter deals with the reluctan....

February 09, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , TNWs , Defence technology , Book Reviews , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Deterrence Policy

गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान में हालिया विरोध क्यों

Prateek Joshi

गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान काउंसिल, इस्लामाबाद द्वारा आयकर (अनुकूलन) कानून, 2012 के तहत प्रत्यक्ष कर लागू ....

February 06, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान विरोध प्रदर्शन , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान आंदोलन

Commentary: India’s Missile Arsenal - An Overview

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

On January 18, 2018, the personnel of the Indian armed forces test-fired the 5,000-km-plus Agni-5 Interim Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The test, conducted from Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, achieved all the mission parameters that had been st....

January 31, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian missiles , Agni , ICBM

Rise of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Kashmir Valley - an Internal Security Perspective

Introduction On January 2, 2016, a group of four to six well trained Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists launched an audacious attack on the Pathankot Air Base in Punjab. In an operation that continued over the next four days, all t....

January 25, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir Valley , Pathankot Attack , United Jihad Council , Jaish-e-Mohammed

संयुक्त अभ्यासों के लाभ: अधिक अमूर्त और कुछ मूर्त

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

भारतीय सेना कई मित्र देशों की सेनाओं के साथ सैन्य अभ्यासों में हिस्सा लेती आई है. इनमें से कई वै�....

January 22, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

जनता और वस्तुओं के सीमा पार आवागमन में जोखिम कम से कम करने पर विचार

Pravas Kumar Mishra

वैश्वीकरण ने लोगों की आकांक्षाओं में ही वृद्धि नहीं की है बल्कि वेस्टफेलियन सिद्धांत पर चलने व....

January 16, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , सैन्य अभ्यास , सैन्य संबंध , रणनैतिक सन्देश;

Commentary: Understanding the Recent Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan

Prateek Joshi Commentary

A wave of strong protests swept across Gilgit-Baltistan recently, after the Gilgit-Baltistan Council, Islamabad, announced the imposition of direct taxes under the Income Tax (Adaption) Act, 2012. The protests were jointly led by Anjuman-e-Tajiran (w....

January 15, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , China , Gilgit-Baltistan protests , Indian policy , Jammu & Kashmir , Shrinagar , Army , Protests

Commentary: Year End Missile Launch by DRDO - An Important Milestone

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

On 28 Dec 17, DRDO launched a supersonic interceptor missile (referred to as Advanced Air Defence or AAD Missile) which achieved a direct hit on its intended target at a low altitude of 15 km. The launch not only validated the realisation of the cap....

January 03, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Advanced Air Defence , supersonic interceptor missile

राफेल डील निंदनीय नही, प्रशंसनीय है

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

संसदीय लोकतंत्र में विपक्ष का महत्वपूर्ण कार्य मौजूदा सरकार की आलोचना करना होता है. मगर ये आलो�....

January 02, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Rafael Deal , राफेल लड़ाकू विमान , फायदेमंद डील