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The Significance of Exercise Malabar 2022
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The multilateral Malabar Exercise 2022 commenced on 9 November 2022 between the navies of the Quad countries consisting of India, Japan, the US, and Australia and concluded on 15 November 2022. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF hosted the ....

November 17, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , SAGAR , Exercise Malabar , Dhara , Samudramanthan , Bali Jatra , Maritime Museum , INS Shivalik , INS Kamorta , BrahMos missiles , IFR
Border Management in India: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities
Maj Gen (Dr) Ashok Kumar, VSM (Veteran) Article

Genesis
The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was finally put in execution on 18 July 1947 giving out the broad details of the partition of British India into the two dominions of India and Pakistan, based on Hindu and Muslim majorities respe....

November 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , Border management , Bangladesh , Border Security Force , Indo-Tibetan Border Police , Assam Rifles
सीमा प्रबंधन: चुनौतियां और अवसर
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

(यह निम्नलिखित आलेख 26 अक्टूबर 2021 को सुरक्षा और नीति पहल (एसएपीआइ/सापी) सम्मेलन में वाइईएफ के निद�....

December 06, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Commentary , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा एवं रणनीतिक अध्ययन। पाकिस्तान। उत्तर-पूर्व। सीमाएं।तिब्बत। कनेक्टिविटी। तटवर्त्ती सीमाएं। उग्रवाद। पलायन
Youth Power for Nation Building
Brig Dinesh Mathur (Retd.) Article

The story of nation-building by the charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, described in his seminal work, “From Third World to the First” caught my attention. While setting out to read the extraordinary accomplishments of Singa....

November 11, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , NCC , SDGs , Dr. Abdul Kalam , India Vision , Rural Development Service , Youth power
Border Management: Challenges and Opportunites
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

(The following is the updated version of Keynote Address delivered by the Director VIF at Security and Policy Initiatves (SAPI)Conference on 26th October 2021) Borderlands are subject to diverse influences. The peripheries of a country are....

October 28, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , Pakistan , North East , Borders , Tibet , Connectivity , coastal borders , Insurgencies , Migrations
Fore-warning that could not be Heeded
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

In mid-April of 2013, with Xi Jinping regime in saddle, the PLA set up a camp nearly 19 kilometres west of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near the Raki Nala in India’s strategically sensitive Depsang Plains part of Eastern Ladakh. The intrusion c....

June 29, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , China’s territorial aspirations , PLA intrusions , Raki Nala face-off
Managing the LAC: Rules are Handrails, and Not Handcuffs!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Dragon is awake, and is vigourously seeking to establish Pax Sinica! Of the two milestones of the 100th anniversaries of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2021 and 2....

June 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Border and Coastal Security , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , CBMs , Agreement for Maintenance peace & Stability , Pangong Tso , Border Maintenance Posture , ROE
Use of Precision Artillery on the Line of Control
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Background
Artillery has been a major contributor in all conflicts which the nation has undertaken since independence. It has played important roles in Jammu and Kashmir where there has never been a peaceful moment ever since the I....

December 02, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , Indian artillery , fire power in counter-terrorism , response to Pakistan’s terror tactics
जनता और वस्तुओं के सीमा पार आवागमन में जोखिम कम से कम करने पर विचार
Pravas Kumar Mishra

वैश्वीकरण ने लोगों की आकांक्षाओं में ही वृद्धि नहीं की है बल्कि वेस्टफेलियन सिद्धांत पर चलने व....

January 16, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , सैन्य अभ्यास , सैन्य संबंध , रणनैतिक सन्देश;
Perspective on Minimising Risks in Cross Border Movement of People and Goods
Pravas Kumar Mishra

Globalisation has not just raised the aspirations of people, but has also rocked the very sovereignty of the established Westphalian nation states. As countries are developing capacities to enforce their territorial boundaries, people staying close t....

December 04, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Border management , infiltration , illegal cross-border activities , BBIN , Bangaldesh
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