Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF

Sunil Yadav is a Senior Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation. He is a post graduate in Defense and Strategic Studies. His core areas of interest include military and strategic issues concerning regional and national security. He is presently focusing on Civil-Military relations.

Contributions

Changing Contours of Drone Warfare – Dawn of a New Reality

February 27, 2024 Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction Military drones have become an indispensable tool in modern warfare, and stand poised to shape the contours of all future wars. Use of drones in warfare is not new, they were used in Vietnam, in the Kosovo war, Afghanistan, ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Drone swarms, Military drones, Male, FPV drones, Techno Guerrilla warfare, MQ-9 Reaper, Black Hornet, cardboard drones, loitering munitions, cost effectiveness, HALE, anti drone systems

Pathways to World War III

December 08, 2023 Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF

Understanding ‘World War’ A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. The Oxford English Dictionary cited the first known usage in the English language to a Scottish newspaper, Th...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Climate Change, Nuclear War, US-China, Cold War, Middle East, World War III, Geo-Political Faultlines, WMD

Hamas Attack on Israel: A Tough Road Ahead

October 26, 2023 Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF

The surprise and audacious attack by Hamas on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 Oct 23 has drawn parallels with the 9/11 terror attacks on United States in terms of surprise, shock action and casualties. Several media & state reports have even compare...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Palestine, India, US, Iran, Gaza, UN, Humanitarian Crisis, Hamas