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To Redefine War in Indian Context is Mandatory
June 24 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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In 1942 Quincy Wright wrote in A Study of War, that to different people war may have different meanings. While Brittanica Encyclopaedia states that war, in the popular sense, is a conflict between polit...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : China , Clausewitz , Conflict , India , Kargil , Ladakh , NCW , PLA , Russia Ukraine war

Major Shift in India’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Over the Last 10 Years: A Layman Understanding
June 21 , 2024 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 1365
Although terrorism has yet to find a universally acceptable definition and continues to be contexed with insurgency and militancy, we in India go by a generic description. Terror is associated with acts...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy

Tags : Counter Insurgency , Counter terrorism , democracy , elections , Indian Army , infiltration , J&K , JKP , Multi Agency Centre , Over Ground Workers , Pakistan , State MAC

Combat Casualty Management is a Low-Cost Force Multiplier: Lessons from Ukraine War
June 20 , 2024 Air Vice Marshal A. Agarwal, VSM
Article Views: 1260
Executive Summary
The idea of war with an advanced adversary, or worse, a two front war is daunting, needing every bit of ingenuity that one can muster. Force multipliers are one such, employed to overcome the difficulties against a numerically superior adversary.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Change in battlefield , Combat casualty management , Force multiplier , Medical care , morale , Russia Ukraine war

India’s Energy Diplomacy: 10 Years of Modi Government
June 19 , 2024 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 1226
India’s GDP was a little over USD 2 trillion in 2014. [1] That has grown to USD 3.7 trillion currently. This near doubling of the GDP in ten years of the Modi government has also increased India’s energ...

Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Atomic Energy Act , Energy Diplomacy , Energy Security , Hydroelectricity , India’s Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act , ONGC Videsh Limited , Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor , Russia Ukraine war

Dealing with Pakistan: India’s Western Neighbour is No Longer a Strategic Priority
June 18 , 2024 Amb Ajay Bisaria
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 1131
India’s Pakistan policy has evolved over the last decade, from an attempted rapprochement in 2014-15, to a focus on stringent border management and counterterrorism. Even though India’s primary strategi...

Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy

Tags : China , Counter-terrorism , Cross-border Infiltration , elections , Falling priority , India , J&K , Kartarpur Corridor , LoC , Neighbourhood policy , No Talks with Terror , Pakistan , POK , Zero-tolerance to Terrorism

2001 Bonn Afghan Conference - 2024 Swiss Ukraine Peace Summit Lessons For India
June 18 , 2024 Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 1101
"India's position has been vindicated," Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, India's Former Permanent Representative to the UN says on 'The Gist'. That's because 14 out of the 100 participants of the 'Summit on Pe...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Afghan Conference , India , Pathtopeace , Russia , Ukraine

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