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Interaction with Mr. Ribal Al-Assad on ‘Syria and the Arab Spring’

At an interaction with eminent strategic experts held at VIF on Feb 08, 2011, Mr. Ribal al Assad, Chairman of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria, based in London, and son of the former Syrian leader Rifat al Assad, presently campaign....

February 13, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Syria , Arab Spring , UN resolution
An Indian Cyber Security Mechanism: Need of the Hour
Radhakrishna Rao

Along with outer space, cyber space is slowly but surely emerging as a new frontier of the war. While in a space war, the adversary’s movement can be, to a large extent predicted, with a fairly good degree of certainty and counter measures deploy....

February 13, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies
Political Crisis in Maldives and Options for India
Dr N Manoharan

In a surprising turn of events, even for many of Maldivians, Mohamad Nasheed, the first democratically-elected head of the state of Maldives, resigned on 07 February 2012 in the wake of anti-government protests and police mutiny. Although Mohamad Wah....

February 13, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives
Analysing the Attempted Military Coup in Bangladesh
Neha Mehta

The civil-military relations in Bangladesh have always been unstable, in a country that has been marred by numerous military coups in the past. The Bangladeshi army has been known for factionalism and politicization of its forces. The recent revelati....

February 10, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh
Spot The Difference - Is the Turkish Model a Way out for Pakistan?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

To start believing that democracy is taking root in Pakistan because the political confrontation between Prime Minister Gilani and General Kayani has not resulted in a military coup would be premature. There have been moments in Pakistan’s politica....

February 09, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Interaction on 'Taiwan - Post Election Scenario'

H.E. Mr. Wenchyi Ong, Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre, New Delhi, held an informal interaction on Feb 07, 2012 with a panel of eminent strategic experts at VIF. The interaction was primarily focused on the post election scenario i....

February 09, 2012 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Taiwan , One China policy , Taiwan - Post Election Scenario , Look East Policy
India’s Defence Production and Research – Need for Transformational up-gradation
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

Early January 2012, the US Defence Department came out with its Strategic Guidance Document, nineteen years after the last was brought out in 1993. Spelling out American “Priorities for 21st Century Defence,” this document delineates the future a....

February 06, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
"Defence Procurements - Need to Re-architect the Process and Procedures"
Dr M N Buch (late)

The First World War was deemed to be the war to end all wars. Just twenty years after the end of World War I we were engulfed by the Second World War, fought with weapons far more destructive than those used in the period 1914-1919. These included....

February 06, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
Obama’s New Strategic Guidance Indicates a Shift in Defence Policy
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The new strategic guidance for the US Department of Defence, issued on January 5th 2012, in an eight page document entitled “Sustaining US Leadership: Priorities for 21th Century Defense”, merits careful study. It not only ....

January 30, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , US
Need to Augment Indian Missile Power
Radhakrishna Rao

The highly disturbed and extremely volatile security environment in India’s neighbourhood underlines the need for India to substantially strengthen its national security apparatus with a range of strategic and tactical battlefield missiles featurin....

January 28, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Defence
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