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Round Table Discussion on Chinese Intrusion in Ladakh

A meeting to discuss the implications of the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh was held at the VIF on 26 April 2013. Gen NC Vij, former COAS briefed a select group of former diplomats and Army officers on the issue. Among those present included Mr Ajit Dov....

May 03, 2013 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Ladakh , Line of Actual Control , Daulat Beg Oldie , Indian troops , Indo-Tibetan Border Police , India-China ties

Seminar on Refugees In Their Own Homeland : Travails of Kashmiri Pandits

A seminar was organized jointly by Vivekananda International Foundation and Patriots’ Forum in the VIF Conference Hall at New Delhi, on 20^th April 2013, on the subject ‘ Refugees In Their Own Homeland :Travails Of Kashmiri Pa....

May 02, 2013 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , refugees , Kashmiri Pandits , Own Homeland , Kashmiri Hindus , Indian Territory

Guns, Helicopters and The Treaty

Amb Kanwal Sibal

The United Nations general assembly has approved the arms trade treaty on April 2, causing India some discomfiture. India participated actively in the negotiations but could not endorse the final text because it lacks clarity, fails to balance the ri....

April 29, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies

Need to Transform Indian Navy into A Blue water Maritime Force

Radhakrishna Rao

In the context of the South China Sea rapidly emerging as a turbulent oceanic stretch with China questioning the claims of a number of Asian countries over this disputed water body, late last year Indian Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi had driven home th....

April 24, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

The Phenomenon of Urban Terrorism in India

Dr N Manoharan

Recent bomb blast in Bangalore (17 April 2013) and twin bomb blasts that took place in Hyderabad in February 2013 have reiterated that the phenomenon of urban terrorism has taken firm root in India. In less than a decade, the Indian urban areas like ....

April 22, 2013 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Police - Law and Order

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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April 16, 2013 Terrorism , Leftwing Extremism , Jammu & Kashmir , North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Deciphering the UN Arms Trade Treaty

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The UN Arms Trade Treaty passed by the UN General Assembly in first week of April was long in coming which meant that it would be well thought out and a comprehensive document with the opposing views of all the concerned nations having been take....

April 10, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence

Sanjay Dutt must be Wary of his Friends

Dr A Surya Prakash

Ever since the Supreme Court pronounced its verdict and sentenced actor Sanjay Dutt to five years rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, a motley group of friends and so-called well-wishers of the actor have sprung to his defence and a....

April 08, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Supporting War Criminals - Is Bengal’s Liberal Space Shrinking?

Dr Anirban Ganguly

Something unprecedented happened over the last week end (30^th March) in Kolkata. Sixteen Islamic organizations came together at the Maidan, the second largest public ground in the city, in protest against the ongoing War Crimes Trial in Ba....

April 04, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Synergising the Combat Potential of the Central Armed Police Forces

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Since independence, India has faced a large number of external and internal security challenges. The Indian army, the paramilitary forces and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have worked hand-in-hand to manage and neutralise these challenges. ....

April 02, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies