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Internal Security

Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

National security has traditionally been defined and understood in military terms. This notion of national security focuses on threats such as external armed aggression, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), terrorism, insurgenc....

April 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , national security , Internal Security , National Security Strategy , Terrorism , insurgency , Jammu and Kashmir , Security , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , North-East , Left Wing Extremism

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

March 23, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security

India : Confronting Internal Security Challenges

Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd)

Since the advent of independence, India has faced multitude of security challenges to its nationhood - both external and internal - and to its emergence as a deservingly significant player in the global order. Located in one of the most security a....

May 19, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Internal Security , J&K , Maoism