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Illegal Migration as a Threat to India’s Internal Security
August 06, 2012 Dr N Manoharan

Among other things, one of the major aspects that have come out of the recent communal violence in Bodo areas of Assam is illegal migration. According to the Group of Ministers Report on National Security, illegal migration has generated ....

North-East Insurgency , Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh
India’s Political Class Lacks Ideology
August 06, 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)

The Preamble to the Indian Constitution rules out any form of government of India other than democratic because it constitutes India into a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic. Part V of the Constitution trifurcates the State into three e....

Governance and Political Studies
String of Pearls or A Garrotte
August 06, 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal

While China Skilfully Plays With Wei Qi, India seems to be playing noughts and crosses China’s relations with our neighbours have two dimensions. One, its policies towards them are derived from the state of its relations with India. Two, they....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China
China’s Involvement in India’s Internal Security Threats
July 30, 2012 Dr N Manoharan

Unlike Pakistan, the involvement of China in meddling with India’s internal security is not a simple story of ‘sub-conventional warfare. It is more nuanced and complex. Under Mao Zedong, China supported revolutionary insurgencies throughout the w....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Arms and The Country
July 30, 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal

European nations compete for defence ties with India When listing India’s defence partners Europe is mentioned, but it would be more accurate to speak of individual European countries as partners. Europe is unified economically bu....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Europe
Preparing for Cyberwar - A National Perspective
July 26, 2012 Commander Mukesh Saini (Retd.)

On November 12th, 2011 Maj. Gen. Moghaddam, the "architect" of Iran's missile program, was showing a new type of warhead for nuclear weapon capable missile Sejil 2, to a group of experts for their comments, at a site about 50 Kms from Tehran. Warhead....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security
Man and Environment in India: Past Traditions and Present Challenges
July 26, 2012 Dr Anirban Ganguly

Civilisation has been at times described as a ‘type of relationship.’ In his classic ‘Civilisations: culture, ambition and the transformation of nature’, historian and scholar of civilisations Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, chose to look at....

Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies
Religion Based Reservation is Anti-Constitution - II
July 26, 2012 Dr Makkhan Lal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF (2015 - 2017)

Among the political parties, who treat Muslims as a vote-bank, the clamour for the reservations for Muslims is increasing every day. Every time elections, be it of a State Assembly or the Parliament, approach the pitch for reservation for Muslims in....

Governance and Political Studies
Political - Civil - Military Participation in National Security
July 26, 2012 Vice Admiral (Retd.) Venkat Bharathan

Opener Analysis of India's approach towards it's national security reveals an unacceptable hiatus between the Political -Civil- Military systems. We perhaps were lucky enough to get away thus far even despite the 1962 China debacle. Ne....

National Security and Strategic Studies
The Evolving Threat from PLA along Indo-Tibetan Border: Implications
July 26, 2012 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Early this month the Research and Analysis Wing in its threat assessment conveyed to the government that "there was a possibility of a skirmish or an incident triggered by China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). ...Beijing was contemplating suc....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China
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