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Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes
June 4 , 2024 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 332
Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards po...

National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Air Power , Drones , Electronic warfare , Gaza , GPS , Hamas , Iron Dome , Israel , Katyusha rockets , Missiles , rockets , Ukraine , VKS

Defence Corridor and Entrepreneurship in VUCA Times
June 3 , 2024 Prof (Dr) Manoj Joshi
Commentary Views: 361
Overview
The big question is in these turbulent times, how can India's Defence Corridor strengthen national security while acting as a center of entrepreneurial innovation? Let us discover!

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Defence Industrial Corridors , Made in India , MSMEs , R&D , Tamilnadu , UP , VUCA

Overview of India’s Trade Policy from 2014-2024
May 31 , 2024 J S Deepak, IAS (R)
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 379
India’s trade policy through 2014-24 has seen both hits and misses, fortunately more hits than misses. Getting a permanent peace clause at the WTO for our food security schemes in 2014, walking out of t...

Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Economic Studies

Tags : China , FTAs , India , Protectionism , RCEP , trade , US , WTO

Evolution of India’s Maritime Diplomacy Over the Last Ten Years
May 30 , 2024 Vice Admiral Satish Soni (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 374
On the occasion of commissioning of the Mauritian Naval Ship Barracuda, built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders Kolkata, for the Mauritian National Coast Guard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 March 2...

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

Tags : Capacity & Capability Building , COVID-19 , first responder , HADR , Indian Navy , Maritime Diplomacy , Operational Deployments , Preferred Security Partner , SAR

Why is the UK Courting Central Asia?
May 29 , 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 983
Background
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has prompted Western countries to play a more active role in Central Asia. In March 2023, US Secretary Anthony Blinken visited Central Asia, followed by German Federal President Steinmeier’s visit in June 2023 and French President Macron’s visit in November 2023.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Educational initiatives , Energy resources , Multivector foreign policy , Russia , Russia Ukraine conflict , sanctions

Changes in India’s Defence Technology Development Policies Over the Decade
May 29 , 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 441
Introduction
Over the last decade, there has been a growing realisation of `technology’ being a significant component of national power, complementing the traditional elements of economic strength, military capabilities, and political heft.

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

Tags : Critical and Emerging Technologies , Defence technology , DIO , DISC , DRDO , DTTI , iCET , iDEX , IMPACT , Incubators , INDUS-X , Innovators , Investors , Technology Development Fund (TDF)

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