National Security and Strategic Studies
Round Table Discussion on Efficacy of India’s Nuclear Doctrine

A Round Table Discussion on the ‘Efficacy of India’s Nuclear Doctrine in the Context of Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons’ (TNWs) was held at the VIF. It began with a presentation by Brig Gurmeet Kanwal, Visiting Fellow, VIF, to outline the....

Critical Requirement of VSHORADS - A User's Perspective

Abstract The ongoing procurement case of Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) weapon system for the three Services is currently in the news both in the print, as well as, the digital media. Understandably, the information content in both of t....

India : Confronting Internal Security Challenges

Since the advent of independence, India has faced multitude of security challenges to its nationhood - both external and internal - and to its emergence as a deservingly significant player in the global order. Located in one of the most security a....

Jammu & Kashmir- On the Path to Nowhere: Review of Security and Political Developments

From security perspective, the events in Jammu & Kashmir during the year 2016 and in the first four months of the current year, present an extremely confusing, disturbing and challenging scenario. These also necessarily got reflected in the overall p....

Treating the ‘Disease of Disconnection’

Author’s Note The previous paper by this author, while addressing the broader concerns and implications of Daesh for the Indian context, built on theoretical insights from multidisciplinary domains in pursuit of a possible count....

Stoke the Indigenous Fire - A Way Ahead for Army Air Defence

Abstract Having been associated first hand with the twin process of sustenance of an ageing and vintage inventory of Ground Based Air Defence Weapon Systems (GBADWS) of the Corps of Army Air Defence (AAD) on one hand and the ....

Tripura Model of Holistic Approach to Combat Insurgency: Genesis, Lessons, Future Challenges and Recommendations

Abstract Ethnic strife between the people of Tripura and Bengal that was simmering since the princely days increased subsequently, leading to tension and sporadic incidents of violence since its integration into the country. The p....

“जब तक मैं रहूं, शांति रहे” की फितरत है कश्मीर में संघर्ष प्रबंधन की घातक रणनीति

“शांति का अर्थ यह नहीं है कि संघर्ष नहीं है’;शांतिपूर्ण साधनों से संघर्ष को रोकने की क्षमता ही ....

जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस: चीनी (और पाकिस्तानी) शासनकला का राग

क्लॉजेवित्स की ‘ऑन वॉर’ में ‘डिफेंस’ नाम के उबाऊ शीर्षक वाली छठी पुस्तक के पहले अध्याय में उनक�....

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