Articles

Strategy of Military and Non-Military Measures: Imperative for Stability in Kashmir

Introduction War of perception is a tool to expand the domains of conflict geographically and demographically. Pakistan and its proxies have created an impression as if entire Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is fighting a separatist movemen....

July 10, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Stability in Kashmir , Jihadi ideology

Kashmir - An Analysis of Recent Developments

C D Sahay, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies and Internal Security Studies, VIF Article

In a series of swift and surprise moves, on June 19, 2018, the BJP leadership in New Delhi decided to withdraw from the ruling coalition with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP); Chief Minister Mahbooba Mufti submitted her resignation to the Govern....

June 22, 2018 Governor’s rule in J&K , Restoration of peace in J&K , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

गगन शक्ति अभ्यास, 2018, का महत्व

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

8 से 12 अप्रैल 2018 तक भारतीय वायु सेना के द्वारा भारत में गगन शक्ति अभ्यास 2018 किया गया जिसमें सभी अभि�....

June 18, 2018 भारतीय वायु सेना , गगन शक्ति अभ्यास , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा चुनौति , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

सिपरी ने भारत को बताया रक्षा पर पांचवां सर्वाधिक खर्च करने वाला देश: वस्तुस्थिति

Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle

वैश्विक सैन्य खर्च पर स्टॉकहोम इंटरनेशनल पीस रिसर्च इंस्टीट्यूट सिपरी द्वारा 2 मई को प्रकाशित ....

June 12, 2018 भारत रक्षा खर्च , भारतीय रक्षा बजट , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Kashmiris Long for Vikas not Azadi and Youth Need Counselling

Pravas Kumar Mishra, Former Additional DG, BSF Commentary

Every Indian longs to see Kantian peace in Kashmir as much as every Kashmiri does. The Valley has been on the boil for the past 30 years. The essence of the strife has now taken a vicious turn from self-determination to a religious struggle. Protract....

June 11, 2018 Kashmiri youth , Kashmir peace measures , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Strategy for Defence Exports: Need for Alternative Measures

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Issues Meriting Importance

India currently is the highest importer of weaponry in the World. While our adversaries China and Pakistan import weapons, both have scaled down their imports and enhanced their exports. Our adversaries are by a....

June 07, 2018 Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Defence production , Defence Planning Committee , Defence export

World Environment Day - India should Launch a National Mission for Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands and Wastelands

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

This year India is hosting the 43^rd edition of the UN World Environment Day, celebrated on the 5^th of June, this time the theme being “Beat the Plastic Pollution”. In 2015, over 320 million ton of plastic waste was produced....

June 05, 2018 Climate Change , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , World Environment Day , nature restoration , environmental degradation

राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार की अध्यक्षता में नई रक्षा समिति का गठन

G. Mohan Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

रक्षा मंत्रालय ने हाल ही में राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार की अध्यक्षता में एक रक्षा योजना समिति (�....

June 05, 2018 रक्षा योजना समिति (डीपीसी) , रक्षा नीति , रक्षा विनिर्माण , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

China’s Defence Budget: An Analysis and Comparison with India’s Defence Budget

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF Article

Published in CLAWS on June 2018.....

June 02, 2018 VIF Scholars Outreach , Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article

20 Years of India’s Nuclearisation: Retrospect and Prospect

Kapil Patil, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

On 11^th & 13^th May 1998, India surprised the world by conducting five nuclear tests in the Pokhran deserts of Rajasthan.¹ The tests marked the end of India’s long ambivalence vis-à-vis the nuclear weapons and set i....

May 24, 2018 India’s nuclearisation , India’s nuclear doctrine , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament