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Op Moshtarak: Post Surge Operations in Afghanistan
Major Gen. G. D. Baxi

Courtesy the Iraq diversion, the critical Counter- Terrorist campaign in Afghanistan had been deliberately underfunded and under-resourced for nearly a decade. The situation began to deteriorate steadily from 2005 onwards and the Taliban steadily ....

March 15, 2010 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Defence , Afghanistan , Military Affairs_91
Terrorists Changing Tactics, but are We?
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

A small island of shopkeepers dominated the largest part of the world for the longest period with Genghis Khan, the brute, being a distant runner-up. The two, separated by several centuries, had nothing in common except their genius for innovation....

March 12, 2010 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Change of Tactics
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

Instead of an episodic response, we need stronger laws and proactive intelligence backed by political will

Having decided that India is their prime target, Pakistan and its out¬sourced networks in and around India only have to choo....

March 12, 2010 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Only unsettled Issue is Continued Occupation
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

THE ENEMIES, both within and without, use bullets and bombs, not to kill people. They are collateral damages. The real objective is to subdue the enemy by breaking its will and dictating its terms of peace.

National will is the most vital ....

March 12, 2010 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies
India Begins From Arunachal, Does Not End With It

Speakers from Arunachal Pradesh at a seminar on “The Land of the Rising Sun: Arunachal” today evening stressed on the urgent need for faster integration of the state into the national mainstream and warned of lurking dangers – from missionar....

March 06, 2010 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , Arunachal Pradesh
Releasing Masood Azhar was a political decision
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

At a time that fresh debate has broken over the handling of the IC-814 hijack, former IB Director AK Doval makes controversial revelations on the Kandahar deal and other crises in a candid interview to

February 19, 2010 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies
The Rise of Indian Military Power & Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture a book by Major Gen G D Bakshi

‘The Rise of Indian Military Power & Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture’ a book by Major Gen G D Bakshi was launched by General Shankar Roychowdhury at the VIF auditorium on December 17, 2009. The book does a detailed examination of the Ind....

February 12, 2010 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Indian Strategic Culture
Indian Strategic thought and military traditions a talk with Major Gen Bakshi

Vimarsh, the monthly talk was held on 26th November 2009 at Vivekananda International Foundation. Major Gen Bakshi delivered the talk on ‘Indian Strategic thought and military traditions’.....

February 11, 2010 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Strategic Thinking
Terrorist Strikes – Deny Space to the Terrorists
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

Text of the article sent to Hindustan Times – Published in Hindustan Times on 16 April 2006 under the caption “We have not kept terrorists on the run” One wrong way to assess terrorist incidents is to evaluate its gravity and import m....

February 10, 2010 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Efface the danger of left wing extremism forever a talk by Shri Prakash Singh

Former Director of the Border Security Force, Prakash Singh IPS (Retd) delivered the monthly talk on ‘Naxal threat - State Response’ on 30th October 2009 at Vivekananda International Foundation. He examined the dimesnions of the threat and the st....

February 10, 2010 Leftwing Extremism , Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Prakash Singh , Border Security Force , Naxal threat
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