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Operation Sindoor and the Battle of Perception: How Pakistan Shaped the Narrative and What India Must Do
Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
When India executed Operation Sindoor in response to the April 22, 2025, terrorist massacre in Pahalgam, its military objectives were clear and achieved with technological precision. Utilising a combination of stand-of....

June 03, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pahalgam terror attack , Operation Sindoor , Media bias against India , Strategic communication India , Pakistan ISI narrative warfare , South Asia information warfare , Narrative warfare India , Pro-Pakistan media coverage , Indian airstrikes Pakistan , Defence diplomacy India , Western media bias India
India-Pakistan Crisis, China’s Position and Pakistan’s Defence Reliance on China
Dr Shalini Chawla, Visiting Fellow, VIF Article

The Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 led to a four-day India-Pakistan conflict after India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 and targeted and destroyed nine terror camps in Pakistan. The camps were located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu ....

June 02, 2025 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Operation Sindoor , Sino-Pak , China-Pakistan Strategic Alliance , JF-17s , HQ-16 , HQ-9B , Pakistan-Turkey , Nuclear Pakistan
Four Days – Two Victories- Unresolved Conflict: Preparing for the Next!
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

India conducted `Operation Sindoor’ from 07 to 10 May 2025, against Pakistan, as retribution for a terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam (Kashmir). Pakistan launched its Operation `Bunyan-un-Marsoos' in retaliation. Hostilities ended with the de....

May 30, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Measured retribution , Sponsored terrorism , Punitive strikes , China- Pak collusivity , Technology enabled capability development
Growing Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Implications for Major Powers
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
After decades of externally driven agendas and persistent intra-regional fragmentation, the five Central Asian republics (CARs) have taken notable steps toward deepening their mutual regional engagement in the recent past. Th....

May 29, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , regional cooperation , collective security , Trade facilitation , Economic Development , Border Settlement
Op Sindoor: Is India Moving Towards Unified Theatre Command
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Paradigm Shift in India’s Approach to National Security
The gruesome targeted killing of Hindus in Pahalgam on 22 April 25, outraged a nation habitual of hearing of terrorists’ brutality over three and a half decades. Targeted and lar....

May 28, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Air defence , Theatre command , Pahalgam , Akashteer , Sindoor
Can Our Food System Withstand the Realities of Climate Change?
PK Khup Hangzo Article

The global food system is under growing threat from climate change and few crops embody this vulnerability more starkly than the banana. As the world’s most consumed fruit and the fourth most important food crop after wheat, rice, and maize, the ba....

May 22, 2025 Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Green Revolution , Global food system , sustainable food future , traditional and indigenous crops
Xi’s 'Dual Circulation' Amid Trump Storm
Esha Banerji, Research Assistant, VIF Article

(The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on “Xi’s 'Dual Circulation' Amid Trump Storm” on 1 May 2025. The panel included Ambassador Ashok Kantha, Manoj Kewalramani, and Santosh Pai. The discussion was also atten....

May 21, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , trade war , Dual Circulation , Geoeconomics , Economic Rebalancing
Op Sindoor: The Strategy of ‘Strategic Success’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Wars are ageless and can indeed begin unannounced, as was proven in India-Pakistan context. On 22 April 2025, it could not be predicted that on 07 May, there would commence a modern shooting war. Four days of calibrated military action followed an un....

May 20, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , S 400 , Cyber Weapons , Nuclear threat , Akashteer , Battle Field Transparency , Directed Energy weapons
Operation Sindoor: Paradigm shift from candle lights to BrahMos
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Within 15 days of the Pahalgam slaughter, Team Modi accomplished the explicitly declared mission by hitting nine terror bases in Pakistan and killed over 100 jihadis. Operation Sindoor against Pahalgam attack achieves military, political, psycholo....

May 13, 2025 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Pakistan , Terrorists , Article 370 , Pahalgam Attack , Narendra Modi​ , Operation Sindoor
Indigenization of Indian Air Force: Strategic Shift in Political Economy
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Deja Vu in 2025: Return of the HF 24 Debate
Three and a half decades after India ‘retired’ an indigenous fighter air craft -HF 24 Marut (after using it successfully in war), we are on the brink of a similar situation. These are the i....

May 09, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , LCA , F 35 , Su57 , Stealth Aircraft , AMCA , HF 24
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