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Modern Warfare and Structural Transformation
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Prime Minister Narender Modi in a valedictory address at the Combined Commanders Conference at Kevadia, Gujarat on 05 March 2021 stressed upon the armed forces to shed the legacy systems and practices that had outlived their utility and relevance. Th

June 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, doctrine, Future Force, Integration, Jointness, theaterisation
DRDO-Industry Interaction on Improving the Defence R&D Ecosystem
Naval Jagota

(VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defence industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 on synergizing the Defence R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO apprised the at

October 15, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, DRDO, Defense, Atmanirbhar Bharat, R&D, Ecosystem, Technology Management, initiatives, start-up's
Floods in Assam: The Case for Rethinking Adaptation
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction
North-east India has been witnessing unusually heavy rainfall since the beginning of May. That has resulted in one of the worst floods ever recorded in Assam. As of 3 July, flood has affected 1,835,551 people in 26 out of the s

February 03, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Commentary, Climate Change, Extreme weather events, Assam flood, climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions, green infrastructure
नव-सेना में बदलाव को सुधारना
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

सेना में सुधार का मतलब है उसकी प्रकृति और रूप में स्पष्ट बदलाव लाना-जो अमूमन उसकी बेहतरी के लिए �

June 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Hindi, Article, सेना, एआइएसी, रिक्रूटेबल मेल पॉपुलेशन (आरएमपी), रेजिमेंट्स
Indigenisation: A New Awakening- Where are We Headed?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Setting the Perspective

The Recent Past
It was not very long ago when the word ‘indigenisation’ of defence equipment used to draw passive and uninspiring thoughts in the mind. Handled by a solitary branch under the Corps of EM

March 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Indigenisation of defence equipment, indigenisation policy, iDEX
Is India Ready to Adapt to the Impacts of Extreme Weather Events?
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction
From March to April this year, India experienced an unprecedented heatwave with many places in northern India recording temperature in excess of 45°C over extended periods of time. In all, 15 states and Union Territories (UT)

February 03, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Article, Extreme weather events, Heatwave, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
Transforming-transformation into neo-Army
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The essence of transformation in the military is to create a marked change in its character or form – mostly for the better, and moving away from the legacy systems. Normally this transforming transformation perspective is relevant to ‘how we wil

June 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, Army, AIAC, Recruitable Male Population (RMP), regiments
Russia’s Military Understanding of Air Power: Structural & Doctrinal Aspects
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The fog of war continues to hangover Ukraine even after eighty days, especially with facts difficult to discern amongst the information war running in parallel, biased reportage, and contradictory narratives based on the wide swath of international p

July 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Russia, Air defence, S-400, Ukraine, Air Power, SAM, VKS, Aleksandr Zelin, MANPADS, SEAD, Sergey Shoigu, VVS
Learning to Win Wars, Not Just Battles!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Russo-Ukraine War 2022 has clearly indicated that warfare is changing at dramatic rate and scope and historical similarities might not provide any guidance to the future ones. Our experience of past wars would be divorced from realities of 21st C

June 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Ukraine, PGMs, Human Rights, Mariupol, battlespace, logistics planning, political strategy, tanks
War in Ukraine: Are Russia’s Cyber Warfare Capabilities Overhyped?
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Introduction. Since the early 90s, experts have been saying that the next war will be fought in cyberspace. A ‘cyber Pearl Harbour’ would meltdown government systems, cripple critical infrastructure and plunge modern militaries and societ

March 24, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, Cyber Attack, Cyber warfare, Cyber Strategy, Cyber Defense
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