Articles

Climate Change – A Review of 2021 and Outlook for 2022

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

This article analyzes some of the key findings of the latest scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science, as well as those from leading resear....

January 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , COP26 , Paris Agreement , net-zero emissions , IPCC Sixth Assessment Report , Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) , COP27 , Glasgow Climate Pact.

The Institutionalised Approach to Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction

Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

Eminent Physicist & Cosmologist Prof. Stephen Hawking said, “there is nothing called heaven, it is a fairy tale for people who are afraid of the dark”. It is antithetical to the heart-rending stampede that was easily avoidable yet took place on D....

January 20, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Disaster Management , Commentary , Disaster , PLAN , Kumbh Mela , pilgrims

Engage Taiwan in Cyber Security Exercises

Rup Narayan Das Commentary

Earlier this month the National Security Council of India virtually hosted the first Security Conclave on Developing Regional Cyber Security capabilities on Defensive Operations. Delegates from Members and Observer States of the Colombo Security Conc....

January 19, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Cyber Security , Commentary , China , Xiaomi , CERT-In cyber security , Colombo security conclave , DSCI , Lithuania

Terrorism Studies (National): Review of 2021 & Projections for 2022

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

Despite the outbreak of the China-origin coronavirus aka COVID-19 in late 2019 and the continuation of this fatal virus spread globally in 2020, the year 2021 has witnessed the continuation in the terrorism-related incidents, linked directly or indir....

January 14, 2022 Terrorism , Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Islamic State , J&K , ISIS , LWE , Punjab , Counter terrorism , AlQaeda , Srinagar

Year End Review: India Took a Big Leap in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change in 2021

Heena Samant, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Introduction

Climate change, for India, is a subject of huge concern as the country of 1.38 billion falls under the category of one of the most vulnerable nations to experience the worsening impacts of a changing climate. It is for this s....

January 10, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Pandemic , energy transition , climate justice , climate finance , milestone , proactive

Demystifying the “Armed Struggle” in Jammu and Kashmir

Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

The younger generation may not be aware, but when gun toting “mujahideen” [holy warriors] first appeared in J&K during the late 80s, they had assured the people that ‘azadi’ [freedom] was just round the corner. So, as the New Year unfo....

January 07, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , J & K , ISI , APHC , Mujahideen , armed struggle , Azadi , OGW

कॉप 26 : शुद्ध सकारात्मक और कॉरपोरेट के सामाजिक उत्तरदायित्व

Dr Swati Mitra Article

विलुप्त होते डायनासोर को लेकर ब्रिटेन के ग्लासगो में आयोजित कॉप-26 सम्मेलन में एक सहानुभूति अपी�....

January 05, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , कॉप26। सीएसआर। कुल सकारात्मकता। तुलसी गौड़ा। यूएनएसडीजीएस।

Vimarsh - Book Discussion on “The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land”

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a Vimarsh dialogue in the shape of a book discussion on “The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land,” authored by General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, on the 27th of December 2021....

December 31, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article 35A , Jammu and Kashmir , Article 370 , Counter Insurgency , Kashmir Conundrum

Afghanistan Mired in Uncertainty

Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Article

Taliban after illegitmately wresting power in Afghanistan has entered its fourth month. However the country remains in chaos and at the edge of abyss. United Nations(UN) has warned that Afghanistan is on countdown to catasrophe and it is at the brin....

December 24, 2021 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , economy , Afghanistan , Taliban , Humanitarian Crisis

Climate Change and India’s Energy Choices

On 22nd November, Vivekananda International Foundation organized a Vimarsh on ‘Climate Change and India’s Energy Choices’ by Ambassador Dinkar Srivastava, IFS (Retd)- Former Ambassador of Iran, Czech Republic and Libya & Distinguished Fellow, V....

December 10, 2021 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , renewable energy , COP26 , Vimarsh , IEA report , Glasgow Conference , energy choices