Articles

Burhan Wani and the Rise in Militancy in South Kashmir

In the continuing trend of Kashmiri youth joining militancy, five youth from five villages under the jurisdiction of Srigufwara and Bijbehara police stations in Anantnag district went missing in the last week of June. They showed up on social media s....

July 16, 2019 Kashmir militancy , Burhan Wani factor , New hot bed of militancy , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

New Breed of Kashmiri Terrorists

Bashir Assad Commentary

The current phase of militancy in Kashmir has a very strong ideological basis. It is completely different from what it was in the early 1990s. Islamist theology originating from Wahabism and Maududism provides the requisite ideological input to the c....

July 12, 2019 Kashmir militancy , money and propaganda in radicalization , Kashmiri radicalization , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

India’s Lesser Known, yet Dangerous Maoist Groups

Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Article

The Maoist movement in India is known by the violent activities of the Communist Party of India-Maoist [CPI-M] – the organization which took shape in September 2004 with the merger of the People’s War Group based in the southern state of Andhra P....

July 08, 2019 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , North East insurgency , Maoists in Manipur , Maoist groups

Severity of Economic Impact of the Maoist Movement

Giridhari Naik Article

It is now well recognised that the Maoist movement in India is deeply rooted in socio-economic conditions in parts of India with large tribal populations. However, misunderstanding and misperceptions about this problem persists due to lack of economi....

July 03, 2019 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Naxal mayhem , Economic costs of Naxal rebellion

Nano-Technology and its Military Application

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

General Aspects

Nano technology is science, technology and engineering conducted at nano scale of approximately 1 to 100 nanometre (nm).¹ It is stated that physicist Richard Feynman is the father of this technology. It all star....

June 28, 2019 Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , R&D for nano-technology , Nano-advantage for Indian Army , Military application of nano-tecnology

5G Technology: Transformational Synthesis for Armed Forces

Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Veteran) Article

Technological superiority has always been the main battle winning factor all through the history of warfare. With no matching weaponry in the Indian arsenal, Bharat, with all the requisite structures of a strong nationality, buckled in face of artill....

June 24, 2019 Transition to 5G , Military connotations of 5G , Indigenous 5G , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Modi Government 2.0: Sure Footed Firmness vis-a-vis Pakistan

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

India, following the re-election of the Modi Government, is to be commended for its sure footed firmness in its dealings with Pakistan. Pakistan's repeated feelers for a resumption of talks have been rebuffed on the eminently legitimate ground th....

June 19, 2019 Pakistan’s anti-Indian DNA , Pakistan a terror factory , India’s new Pakistan policy , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism

Al Qaida Affiliate AGuH Leader Zakir Musa Killed in J&K - What Lies Ahead?

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

On 23 May 2019, while all the prime time news channels in India were intensely pre-occupied with news and analysis of the Parliamentary Election 2019, a few of them found time and space to flash a piece of a very significant security related news fro....

June 17, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Radicalisation in Kashmir , Islamist terror in Kashmir , End of terrorist Musa

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के दूसरे कार्यकाल में भारत की पाकिस्तान नीति कैसी हो

Commodore Somen Banerjee, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

विलियम शेक्सपियर ने कहा था, “अनईजी लाइज द हेड दैट वियर्स द क्राउन” यानी राजमुकुट कांटों से भर....

June 14, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , भारत-पाकिस्तान संबंध , पाकिस्तान का आर्थिक घेराबंदी , कश्मीर में आतंकवाद

Gunners March Ahead on a New Path of Resurgence: A Perspective

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Jinx of Bofors

It was not very long ago when the mere mention of Artillery summoned the unsavoury thought of 'the infamous Bofors'. A gun howitzer which in its aftermath of procurement dried up further acquisitions; for over three de....

June 03, 2019 Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Indian defence industry , Indian artillery modernisation , Defence Make-in-India