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Readying Up the Fourth Dimension, Quietly: A Status Report

October 12, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Last year in April and June respectively, it was reported in the media that the Government has taken two important decisions related to space domain. If this is true, the same will have far reaching strategic importance for the nation. This articl....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Defence Space Agency , Defence Space Research Organisation , DSA , DSRO , Defence Satellites

The Indus Water Treaty @ 60: Precariously Poised

September 19, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was signed by India and Pakistan in 1960 after nine years of tortuous negotiations, facilitated by the World Bank. Pakistan was extremely unhappy during the negotiations as it felt that the treaty was unfair to it. Event....

Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , Eastern Rivers , World Bank , Arbitration , IWT , Neutral Expert , terorrism , Western Rivers

National Security Planning

September 18, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

(The following is an updated version of talk delivered by Director, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi to the National Defence College, New Delhi faculty and officers on 17 September 2020) India’s national securit....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Pakistan , China , NSA , CDS , Cyber Security , NSAB , Kargil Review Committee , NSCS , HADR , DIA , Spacee , IDS , SPG

Tactically Speaking…

September 17, 2020 Commentary

-A Soldier from the Line of Actual Control* On 29 August 2020, as we had got ready to move, there was a feeling of expectancy. It had little to do with the devious adversary, the breath-taking heights, the extreme of weather or the....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , Artillery , PLA , Aircraft , LAC , Armour , Defence brick , Engineers , Gurung hill , Rezang La , Spanggur Tso

Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020: Effective Implementation is the Key

September 16, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Following closely on the heels of Draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020, which was open for comments till 10 Aug 2020, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has formulated another document called Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020, ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , Defence Procurements , DAP 2020

Pulwama Charge Sheet: Lessons for Future

September 09, 2020 Abhinav Pandya Article

On Aug 25, 2020, NIA (National Investigation Agency) filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama fidayeen attack in Jammu court, after 16 months of rigorous and intensive investigation (The Print, Aug. 25, 2020). NIA's charge sheet, a bulky document....

Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , NIA , Jihad , Pulwama , Jaish-e-Muhammad , Masood Azhar , Balakot

The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control

September 08, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , China , CPEC , PLA , Gilgit-Baltistan , CBMs , Chushul , Eastern Ladakh. , Raksha Mantri

अनुच्छेद 370 निरस्तीकरण के भारत के निर्णय का मूल्यांकन और कश्मीर की आगे की यात्रा

September 02, 2020 Abhinav Pandya Article

केंद्र की नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार ने 5 अगस्त, 2019 को भारतीय संविधान में वर्णित अनुच्छेद 370 को अमान्य कर ....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , पाकिस्तान। कश्मीर। कट्टरता। शासन। आइएसआइएस। तुर्की। आइएसआइ। अनुच्छेद 370। एक्यूआइएस। यूनाटेड जेहाद कांउसिल।

जम्मू-कश्मीर – जंग कम, अमन ज्यादा: 5 अगस्त 2019 के फैसलों के बाद के साल पर नजर

August 31, 2020 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

भारत ने पूर्ववर्ती जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्य को संविधान से मिला विशेष दर्जा खत्म करने के 5 अगस्त 2019 के अ�....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , पाकिस्तान , COVID-19 , कश्मीर हाइब्रिड युद्ध , अलगाववाद , सूचना वारफेयर , अनुच्छेद 370 और 35 ए शिमला समझौता , ओवर ग्राउंड वर्कर्स , नेटवर्क ISPR

Countering the Dragon: A Perspective on Strategic Space Capabilities

August 27, 2020 Pushpinder Bath Commentary

Background The successive standoffs between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have highlighted the requirement of enhancing our strategic space capabilities. Space assets are primary facilitators of a country’s strategic....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Commentary , China , C4ISR , ASAT , Defence Space Agency , IRNSS , Kargil Review Committee , Strategic Space , NCW