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Ahead of COP 26: Need to Restore the Salience of Climate Justice

October 29, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Ahead of the climate change COP 26 meeting in Glasgow in November 2021, some difficult questions have emerged. Is the international community serious about tackling climate change? The chair designate of COP26, Alok Sharma, a British MP, in his le....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Commentary , Kyoto Protocol , COP 26 , renewables , CO2 , decarbonization

Border Management: Challenges and Opportunites

October 28, 2021 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....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security

Tags : Article , Pakistan , North East , Borders , Tibet , Connectivity , coastal borders , Insurgencies , Migrations

India Ahead of 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26)

October 18, 2021 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction to COP 26 2021 is a crucial year for global climate change negotiations as the much awaited 26th UN Climate Change Conference is scheduled to be held from 31st October till 12th of November in Glasgow, United Kingdom. This Su....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Article , Climate Change , renewable energy , technologies , Carbon emissions , Net zero , Greenhouse gases , Paris Accord

Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Imperatives

October 06, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise This work is based on the premise that the current level of defence exports in India is well short of its stipulated targets and there is a need for revamping the same. Layout The analysis is laid out as under:- ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , India’s export targets , Export promotion , boosting defence exports

पूर्वी लद्दाख-फिक्सिंग,“बफर क्षेत्र में गश्ती नहीं”!

September 24, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

भारतीय सेना/आईटीबीपी एवं चीनी सेना (पीपुल्स लिबरेशन आर्मी/पीएलए) के बीच एलएसी (वास्तविक नियंत्�....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , पीएलए। एलएसी। पैंगोंग। त्सो। ऑक्साईचिन। बफर जोन। सीबीएम। चुशुल-मोल्डो। गोगरा। पेट्रोलिंग। राष्ट्रीय राइफल्स।

Extreme Weather Events: Time to Prioritize Global Responses to Climate Change

August 23, 2021 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Extreme weather events have been ravaging the world. From Europe to Asia, North America and Africa, all have been hit by devastating extreme natural disasters.1 The number of these extreme incidences that have occurred this year has raised....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Article , Climate Change , heatwaves , Extreme weather , Heat dome , frequent , Severe

Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board –An Analysis

August 13, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

A Bold Decision – Govt Walks the Talk Something big happened on 16 June 2021. In a run time of less than a year from first open announcement, the Govt of India has gone ahead to approve the Corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Corporatisation of OFB , OFB makeover , OFB transformation , Govt announces corporatisation , OFB workers go on strike

समुद्र सबके लिए और उस पर सबका अधिकार

August 11, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

जुलाई के अंतिम पखवाडे़ में जब संयुक्त राष्ट्र में भारत के स्थायी प्रतिनिधि टीएस तिरुमूर्ति और ....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article

Eastern Ladakh – Fixing “No-Patrolling Buffer Areas”!

August 09, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A significant change happened in management of LAC between PLA and Indian Army/ ITBP post 10th Round of Talks at Chushul that led to phased, coordinated, verified and synchronised disengagement at North and South of Pangong Tso and in Rezangla-Ric....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , PLA , LAC , Pangong Tso , Aksai China , Buffer Zone , CBM , Chushul-Moldo , Gogra , Patrolling , Rashtriya Rifles

A New Kashmir in the Making

August 03, 2021 Abhinav Pandya Commentary

The abrogation of Article 370, nearly two years back, effectively marked the end of Kashmir’s special status. Indeed, this was nothing short of a revolution. It unleashed a series of sweeping changes, ushering in an era of tectonic transformation a....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , Mahbooba Mufti , elections , Article 370 , Hurriyat , DDC , Jamaat , Panchayat