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Twelve Essays on Terrorism: A VIF Analysis Edited by Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Hardcover: 260 pages Publisher: Pentagon Press; First Edition edition (2017) ISBN-10: 8182749425 ISBN-13: 978-8182749429 Online Available at ....

February 28, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Radicalisation , Terrorism , ISIS , Book Published , Maoist insurgency , international terrorism , North-East India , Anti-Terror Laws

Cooperative Security and Military Intervention: India’s Emerging Role

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

China’s Military Assertiveness China’s growing power and influence and its mounting military assertiveness are causing concern not only to India, but also to most other countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Referring to India’s relati....

February 17, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Military assertiveness , Indo-Pacific Region , Force Re-structure

Reversing Trend of India’s Arms Trade

Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The recent news of India’s proposed export of Akash Air Defense missiles to Vietnam, and the assertion of Shri Manohar Parrikar, the Raksha Mantri, of raising India’s defense exports six fold to US $ 2 billion¹ in the next two years or....

February 14, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defense exports , India’s arms trade , Defense hardware

Conference on ‘Opportunities for Multi-stakeholder Partnership to Prevent and Counter Radicalization and Violent Extremism’, 16-17 January, 2017

The Vivekananda International Foundation, in collaboration with Facebook and the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi organized a conference on the theme of ‘Opportunities for Multi-Stakeholder Partnership to Prevent and Counter Radicalization and Violent Ext....

February 13, 2017 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , START , Counter Radicalization , Violent Extremism , Multi-stakeholder Partnership , U.S. Embassy , Facebook

Combined Commanders’ Conference 2017: Operational Preparedness and Defence Reforms need the Prime Minister’s Urgent Attention

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Defence Preparedness On January 21, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the army, navy and air force commanders’ conference at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.While the text of the PM’s address has not been released, oste....

February 06, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence budget , modernisation , Defence reforms , Operational preparedness

New Blacklisting Policy - Some Thoughts

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

While the new blacklisting policy issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 21 Nov 16 under the caption "Guidelines of the MoD for Penalties in Business Dealings with Entities" is indeed a forward looking document that moves miles ahead ....

February 03, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , MoD , Blacklisting Policy

The Finest Chief for The Finest Army

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."
Alexander the Great

Time to move on

Ever since the nomination of the now incumbent Army Ch....

January 30, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

एनआईए तेजी से बनती जा रही है पेशेवर जांच एजेंसी

C D Sahay

राष्ट्रीय जांच एजेंसी (एनआईए), जिसे 26/11 के मुंबई हमलों के बाद विशेष रूप से आतंकवाद संबंधी घटनाओं ....

January 27, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies

Terror Financing and The Global CTF Regime

C D Sahay

How do Terrorists Finance their Operations and Supply their Funds?

Finance and movement of funds are crucial to any terrorist organisation. Regular sources of finance are as important as ideology and the ready supply o....

January 27, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , Terror Financing , Global CTF Regime , Funds

Round Table Discussion on ISIS Proofing India (I & II)

16th September 2016 and 8th December 2016

The rise of ‘Daesh’ or ISIS as a formidable apparatus of terror beyond the borders of Iraq and Syria is a cause of intense concern throughout the world. Even though obituaries of the ....

January 19, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , ISIS , Radicalization in India , Policy Perspective Foundation , ISIS PROOFING INDIA