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Interaction with Students from North East India

An interaction was held with select students from the country’s North East region residing in Delhi, on 28 Feb 2014. The aim of the interaction was to reassure people from the region about their security in the wake of some recent untoward incid....

March 29, 2014 North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , North East India
Nehru Era’s Defence and Security Policies and Their Legacy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction During the nationalist movement and struggle for independence, there was little attention paid to articulation of India’s defence and security policies by the Indian National Congress (INC). Allusions to concepts and precepts....

March 19, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Pakistan , China , Defence , Kashmir , Security Policies , Tibet , Nehru Era , Kashmir Conflict
Nuclear Energy in India’s Energy Security Matrix: An Appraisal
Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM

Abstract Energy is essential for the economic growth of a nation. India, which is in the lower half of the countries as far as the energy consumption per capita is concerned, needs to leap frog from its present position to upper half, comme....

March 14, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Energy Security , Nuclear Energy in India
‘Defining Hindutva’ Released at VIF

‘Defining Hindutva’, authored by Amb O P Gupta, was released at the VIF on February 24, 2014 by Dr Mohan Rao Bhagwat, Sarsanghchalak, RSS in the presence of Ajit Doval, Director, VIF and Santosh Taneja, Coordinator, Sankalp. Listing out the ma....

February 25, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , Defining Hindutva , Mohan Rao Bhagwat , Anti-minority , Anti-Muslim
Management of National Security: Agenda for the New Government
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The performance of the outgoing UPA-II government in managing India’s multiple external and internal security threats and challenges was often sub-optimal and given to knee jerk reactions. For example, the management of border violations on the Lin....

February 24, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Maoist Rebellion : Ground Realities
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Ground Situation The end-of-year reports emanating from various Home Departments of the States affected by the Maoist rebellion indicates that the downtrend in violence, as seen during the preceding year, continues. Even if marred by the am....

February 20, 2014 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Dimensions of Cyber Security in India
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Preamble This is the information age and therefore like all lucrative assets of the past ages, information assets must be an object of competition and conflict – and in extreme cases, warfare. This conflict is being played out in a new do....

February 07, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security
Kashmir – Dilution Is No Answer
General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

The motivation for this piece comes from Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta’s recent article in Indian Express, ‘Disarming Kashmir’ of December 7. In his inimitable style, he has built up a case that with peace and normalcy returning on the ground....

February 05, 2014 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies
Talk on Global Climate Change and India’s Maritime Interests

Ms Cleo Paskal, well known strategic analyst on maritime affairs, delivered a talk on 'The global climate changes and the resultant strategic challenges to maritime interests of India' at the VIF on January 17. During the talk, Paskal also highlig....

January 28, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Interaction , Pacific Ocean , Global climate changes
Need for Enhanced Indian Surveillance in IOR
Radhakrishna Rao

Indian Ocean, the third largest oceanic body in the world accounting for 20% of the total area of the world under water, holds a position of paramount importance for India. Since India occupies a central position in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the....

December 19, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security
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