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The Supreme Court’s judgment on the Deletion of Article 370 and Pakistan’s Reaction
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Supreme Court’s historic judgment on the deletion of Article 370 has settled the legal questions raised by the petitioners. The Court has stated that the provision was temporary, and the President had the power to issue a proclamation for deleting ....

December 22, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , UNSC , POK , Article 370 , Karachi Agreement , UNCIP
Radicalisation in Bharat: Case Studies of Kashmir and Kerala
Dhvani Samir Joshi Article

Introduction
Bharat has been facing terrorism ever since it became independent in 1947. Post-invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan-sponsored militants in October 1948 and followed by the defeat in the Indo-Pak war in 1965, Pakistan realised tha....

December 20, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Iraq , Syria , LeT , NIA , JeM , PFI , Bharat , Kerala , HM
The Magic of MANPADS- Making Sense of Indo-Russian Deal
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Driver
On 14 Nov 2023, the Russian media announced inking an arms deal with India which was a little different from the usual defence procurement cases. This deal is anchored on two provisions; the Supply of Igla S Man Portable Air De....

December 12, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , the-magic-of-manpads-making-sense-of-indo-russian-deal
Pathways to World War III
Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

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....

December 08, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Climate Change , Nuclear War , US-China , Cold War , Middle East , World War III , Geo-Political Faultlines , WMD
Cyclical Errors in Intelligence Assessment: A Comparative Analysis
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

A study of history would reveal that nations and their leaders become victims of surprise as they either chose to remain ignorant of events or unwilling to accept new (or good) inputs in a timely manner. Some significant historical examples are liste....

November 29, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Israel , Hamas , HUMINT , Intelligence assessment , Mossad , SIGINT , 1973 Yom Kippur war
Deterrence Exists, though Slender is the Thread!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This is an era of confused geopolitics. There were on horizon a transformation of West Asia, with Abrahams Accord, I2U2, Saudi-Iran thaw, IMEC; and then suddenly the fiercest of wars between Israel-Hamas with its other fallouts. The geopolitics of We....

November 28, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Terrorism , sanctions , Warfare , CBMs , deterrence , no war no peace , Conventional war
A talk on India’s National Security Challenges in a Turbulent World at Rashtriya Raksha University on 31 Oct 2023
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

External environment has become deeply uncertain. The balance of power is shifting. US centred hegemonic order has come under stress. Multilateralism is dysfunctional. Global south is asserting for its voice to be heard. Alliances and partnerships a....

November 06, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , national security , Talk , Kautilya
Resilience to Economic Authoritarianism, Treachery and Wars
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Today’s security environment is utterly unpredictable, the world saw three black swan events in as many years –Covid19, Russia-Ukraine War and more recently Israel-Hamas War! In 2023 itself threats originated from state and non-state aggressors, ....

October 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Pakistan , China , economic interdependence , resilience
Canada-based Khalistani Elements: A Continuing Concern for Bharat
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

धर्मं चर। धर्मान्न प्रमदितव्यम्। - तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् 1.11
[English Translation: Practice righteousness (Dharma). Do not swerve from....

October 30, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Referendum , Terrorism , Punjab , LeT , Canada , Bharat , Khalistan , Khalistani , Nijjar
Does Intelligence Always Fail-Invariably?
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

Since their inception, humans have been interested in knowing about the adversary. Examples abound in history. The blind king’s desire to know events in Kurukshetra; Moses tasking his 12 spies before sending them to Canaan; Trojan Horse; the first ....

October 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Gaza , Hamas , Intelligence failure
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