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Disentangling the Perceptions of ‘Grey Zone Warfare’!
February 8 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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One of our most serious problems today is defining what war is. Historically, war and warfare have rigid definitions, and national security and military doctrines, the capabilities and structures are de...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Grey Zone warfare , LAC , no war no peace , Sun Tzu

India’s Defence Budget 2023-24
February 7 , 2023 Laxman Kumar Behera
Commentary Views: 6573
Presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 before the Parliament on February 01, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 5.94 lakh crore—about US$72 billion—to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Whi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air Force , Army , capital expenditure defence budget , Navy , Revenue budget

IAF’s Revised Doctrine 2022: An Overview
February 7 , 2023 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 10272
The Indian Air Force has very recently published the third iteration of its Doctrine, a document which forges the close connect between India’s national security and its air power. Few are probably awar...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air defence , Air space , doctrine , Indian Air Force , joint planning , no war no peace , SAGAR , space assets

Peshawar Bombing likely to Heighten Stress in Pakistan-Taliban Relations
February 6 , 2023 Dr Anwesha Ghosh
Article Views: 6325
Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan in August 2021 was seen as a strategic victory for Pakistan. But the initial euphoria considerably withered away in the course of the following months, by the general dr...

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghan Taliban , Afghanistan , Durand Line , Pakistan , Peshawar bombing , terrorist attack , TTP

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's Visit to India
February 6 , 2023 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Podcast Views: 3336
Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF, discusses "President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's Visit to India" by assessing Egypt's importance in West Asian regional geopolitics and identifying the area...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Eastern Mediterranean Sea , Egypt , India , North Africa

Pompeo’s Balakot Claim and the Need to Adopt a Nuanced Understanding of Indo-Pak Deterrence Relationship
February 3 , 2023 Dhritiman Mukherjee
Article Views: 5254
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claim that India and Pakistan were on the brink of a nuclear war after India conducted the Balakot airstrike in February 2019 has rekindled fears over t...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Crises , Mediation , neutrality , nuclear deterrence , stability

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