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India’s Maoists: Utility of Counterinsurgency and Futility of Talks
April 30, 2021 Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Article

There was a flurry of analyses in the wake of the 03 April 2021 clash between India’s Security Forces [SFs] and the Maoist insurgents at the Sukma-Bijapur border region in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.123....

Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Maoists , chhattisgarh , Sukma , Abujhmaad , CAPFs , COIN , foreign arms , IEDs , Mazumdar , MHA , SAMADHAN , WHAM
Eastern Ladakh: NTR - ‘Trust but Verify’ Information!
April 26, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Apparently, and correctly, there is a reportage fatigue on Eastern Ladakh, because of the intensification and severity of pandemic and as post 11th Round of Talks at Moldo, in military coinage, there is NTR (nothing to report). Sporadic articles quot....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , WMCC , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Depsang , Pangong Tso , Military Exercises , PPs , Raki Nala
पुस्तक समीक्षा: “फॉर्गाटन कश्मीर: दि अदर साइड ऑफ दि लाइन ऑफ कंट्रोल” लेखक : दिनकर पी. श्रीवास्तव। प्रकाशक : हर्पर कोलिन्स। प्रकाशन वर्ष : फरवरी 2021। पृष्ठ : 304। मूल्य : 699
April 20, 2021 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

“फॉर्गाटन कश्मीर” किताब हालांकि पाकिस्तान के कश्मीर में किये गये आक्रमण को स्पर्श करती है और �....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , पाकिस्तान। कश्मीर। पीओके। गिलगिट। बालटिस्तान। इब्राहिम खान। महाराजा। मेजर ब्राउन। नॉर्दन एरियाज। एनडब्ल्यूएफपी। यूएनसीआइपी प्रस्तावों।
Climate Change Summit: India Should Invest in Climate Action but Resist Western Pressure
April 19, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Coinciding with Earth Day, President Biden will be hosting a summit of world leaders to discuss climate change on 22-23nd April 2021. The purpose of the summit is to persuade the leaders to undertake ambitious goals to cut the greenhouse emissions an....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Article , India , China , Climate Change , PM Modi , renewable energy , Biden , CO2 emissions , John Kerry , Paris Agreement , Kyoto Protocol
Transformation in Indian Armed Forces to Exploit Modern Information Systems
April 12, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Need for Adapting Modern Information Systems in Military Operations The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) today are capable of revolutionizing military operations. Since early 90’s Indian Armed Forces have gained immensel....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Military operations , AI Systems , Chhamb Sector , Command & Control , Decision making , Indo-Pak wars , Information systems , Network Centricity , sensor integration
Re-calibrating Strategies to Combat Maoists’ Violence
April 07, 2021 Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) Article

The recent dreadful attack by the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, on the joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) including elite elements of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), District Reserve Guard (DRG) a....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Internal Security , Naxalism , Military Doctrine & Strategy , Military Strategy
Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!
March 24, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The bygone year has been globally geopolitically transformative, with indications of catalysing into a new era. Many of the events are being propelled by the catastrophic pandemic with its birth epicentre at Wuhan, China. The Corona Virus is geopolit....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , QUAD , LoC , Taliban , DGMOs , FMS
Internet Lockdowns: Is There Any Other Way Out?
March 23, 2021 Abhinav Pandya Article

India's internet revolution is fast transforming its political, social, cultural, and technological landscape. One of the most critical factors that ensured the landslide victory of PM Modi with his razor-sharp and a straight-forward nationalist dis....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , IB , Social Media , OGWs , DGISPR , foreign terrorists
Book Review: “Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control” by Dinkar P Srivastava, Harper Collins Publishers Feb 2021, pp. 304, MRP Rs. 699
March 19, 2021 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

“Forgotten Kashmir” while touching upon Pakistan’s invasion of Kashmir and the issue of self determination in the context of the people of Kashmir is mainly focussed on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) inclusive of both so called Azad Kashmir a....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Gilgit , Baltistan , Ibrahim Khan , Maharaja , Major Brown , Northern Areas , NWFP , UNCIP resolutions
Jammu and Kashmir: Reaction to the Abrogation of Article 370
March 19, 2021 Abhinav Pandya Article

There is no dearth of intellectuals and strategic experts deliberating on the post-370 Kashmir and the emerging trends in militancy. In the intellectual milieu, overwhelmingly dominated by Kashmir-centric militancy, often, Jammu never gets its due at....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , Security Forces , ISI , Article 370 , Jamaat-I-Islami , Roshni scheme
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