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Drone swarms - a grave threat. Where are we?

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Mass swarms of dozens or hundreds of drones guided by AI are increasingly being touted as the new lethal threats in the modern battlefield. The world got a taste of this emerging military technology in May 2021 during the 11-day conflict between Isr....

March 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , artificial intelligence , AI , Drone swarms , Podcast , Drones Collaborative Behaviour in Denied Environment (CODE) , FLOCK 93 , Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR)

Cruise Missiles : where are we ? Where are our Potential Adversaries? What way ahead?

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

The Trigger Event

The morning chill on the 21stof Jan 22 got broken with a ‘warm’ news from the DRDO announcing the successful test firing of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from its test range in Odisha. While many will see th....

February 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , BrahMos , Babur , cruise missiles , Nirbhay , Chinese cruise missile threat , Pakistan cruise missile threat

Vimarsh on the Earth Sciences & their Importance for the Nation's Well-being - Dr. Shailesh Nayak

On the ninth of February, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the “Earth Sciences and their Importance for the Nation's Well-being”. The session encompassed a series of introductory remarks by Dr Arvind Gup....

February 15, 2022 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Energy Security , Disaster Management , Cyclones , Earth Sciences , Tsunamis , Earthquakes

Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning Workshop by VIF, Army War College and IIM, Indore

The VIF in collaboration with Army War College/Army Training Command and IIM Indore organised a "Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning" capsule for three days from 24 to 26 November 2021 at the VIF in physical mode. There were 16 to 18 recent....

February 04, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Army , NITI Aayog , military , Strategic Leadership

Making a Sense of Chinese Hypersonic Threat- The Big Picture

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

Hypersonic Weapons – ‘the New Age Arsenal’

Hypersonic weapons are ‘big news’ these days. One of the virtues that has propelled these so called ‘new age weapons’ to high eminence is the claim that these are ‘unstoppable’ ....

January 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Chinese threat , hypersonic missiles , Chinese hypersonic threat , Chinese missile threat

वर्षांत की समीक्षाः जलवायु खतरे से निबटने के लिए 2021 में भारत ने बड़ी छलांग लगाई

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

परिचय

भारत के लिए जलवायु परिवर्तन 1.38 अरब की विशाल आबादी वाले एक देश के रूप में बहुत बड़ी चिं�....

January 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , कोरोना महामारी , जलवायु परिवर्तन , ऊर्जा पारगमन , जलवायु न्याय , जलवायु वित्त , माइलस्टोन सक्रियता

Release of the Interim Report of the VIF Task Force on ‘India’s Energy Transition in a Carbon-Constrained World: The Role of Nuclear Power’ by Gurumurthy Ji, Chairman, VIF

Shri Gurumurthy Ji, Chairman VIF made a virtual release of the Interim Report of the VIF Task Force on “India’s Energy Transition in a Carbon-Constrained World: The Role of Nuclear Power” at a function hosted by the Vivekananda International Fo....

January 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , Climate Change , India’s energy security , Nucler power

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

Covenant of Defence Modernisation

The Trigger Event

Hypersonic Weapons – ‘the New Age Arsenal’

परिचय

Introduction