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Some Lessons from Doklam
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

While the resolution of the Doklam stand-off as reported by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on 28 Aug is being hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough and an achievement of sorts for India in the open source reports, this work tries to revisit the

March 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Doklam stand-off, show of force, Chinese Game Plan, Japan
Three Stages of Indo-Russian Defence Relations: A Military Perspective
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Abstract This Apr this year, India and Russia celebrated 70 years of their diplomatic relations. The occasion was marked with reciprocal visits of the Heads of State to each other's country. While PM Modi wrote 'India, Russia r

March 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Defence technology, Russia relations, Make-in-India
The Nexus of Terror and Ideology : Scourge of Naxalism in India
Shekhar Dutt

Independence may have firmed up the geographic expanse of India but it failed to stabilise the ‘concept’ of India. Constitutionally we have taken our diversity seriously and the representative form of our democracy has further made our divisions

August 21, 2017 Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, West Bengal, Naxalism in India, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maoists, insurgency, governance
India Needs Structural Changes to Remove Uncertainty in National Security
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

Thucydides said, “Peace is a temporary truce in a war that is continuously going on.” India is at war since 1947 as no nation has fought so many conventional and sub-conventional conflicts post World War–II as India. Incidentally, each of these

March 21, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, National Security Strategy, defence capability building, defence planning
Uzbek President’s Roadmap to Check Radicalization
Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

Since attaining independence in 1991, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian Republics have been struggling to prevent the radicalization of their overwhelmingly Muslim populations. Uzbekistan quickly realized the danger of unregulated religious preachi

August 17, 2017 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Uzbekistan, radicalization, religious preaching
Mosul Recaptured: Is This the End of Daesh?
Dr Ramanand Garge

Iraqi Prime Minister Announces the Fall of Mosul July 10, 2017 is rightly being acknowledged as a historic day in the fight against dreaded phenomenon of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) brand of terrorism. The Iraqi Pri

February 02, 2015 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism, Mosul, Iraq, Daesh, ISIS
दक्षिण फिलीपींस में दाएश के खिलाफ संयुक्त सैन्य अभियान
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

प्रासंगिक मुद्दे राजनीतिक और सैन्य मकसद पूरे करने के लिए आतंकवाद को युगों से हथियार बन�

April 08, 2013 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Hindi, आतंकवाद, ISIS, फिलीपींस, दाएश, Joint Military Operations, Daesh in Southern Philippines, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Left Wing Extremism – A Brief Security Review
Dr Ramanand Garge

Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is widely recognised as one of the most serious security threats in post-independence India. Apart from that, it is also a politico-socio-economic challenge. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had described the LWE as �

February 02, 2015 Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, LWE, Naxal, Counter-insurgency, BSF, CRPF, chhattisgarh, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Doklam Crisis: Road to Settlement
Amb Ashok K Kantha, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

(Ambassador Ashok K Kantha was India’s envoy to China before the current incumbent took over from him. Retiring from the Indian Foreign Service last year, presently he is the Director of Institute of Chinese Studies and a Distinguished Fellow at t

July 13, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Doklam, stand-off, China-Bhutan border negotiations
Secure Cognitive Domain for Conflict Management in Jammu and Kashmir
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

When conflict becomes violent, the effect on human wellbeing is disastrous. Negative outcome of armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir is not confined to the collateral damage but has triggered collapse of social and cultural institutions. Employment of

March 21, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir, national security, Kashmir, separatism, cognitive solution
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