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Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?

India’s historic move on August 5, 2019, heralded a new era in Jammu and Kashmir, a state which witnessed an uncertain political status and 30 years of Pak-sponsored Jihadist militancy. Before the abrogation of article 370, the normal life had come....

June 26, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , IS , Al Qaeda , Article 370 , Big Outreach
FDI in Defence: Some Thoughts
Lt. Gen P R Shankar (Retd.) Article

When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported....

June 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Make in India , FDI , Defence sector , technologies , ROI
India’s Maoists: Business as usual
DR P V Ramana Commentary

It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, efforts at shoring–up their arsenal and extortion,....

June 18, 2020 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , weapons , Maoists , chhattisgarh , Extortion , Sukma
Locust Invasion in India

It has been a double whammy. As the nation is reeling under the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, India has to fight another menace: locust invasion. Massive swarms of desert locusts have devoured crops across seven states of western and central India in....

June 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , COVID-19 pandemic , Locust , Desert Locust , Swarms Moved
Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China. With the Sha....

June 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , China , Siachen , Aksai Chin , Galwan , Eastern Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Shyok , Trans Karakoram Tract , ISR
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

June 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
Synthesizing Indigenisation: Civil- Defence Aviation Partnership towards Self Reliance
Gp Capt Asheesh Shrivastava Article

  1. On 16 May 2020, the Ministry of Finance announced the fourth tranche of Centre's ₹20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus1 for India. Unlike previous declarations which had addressed the needs of agriculture sector, urban poor, MSME, etc t....

    June 11, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indigenization , Civil Military Partnership aviation , MRO , Financial package , ac tyre tubes , ac batteries , aerolubes.
India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the South. India claims 38000 Sq km of the territory pre....

June 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , China's transgressions , Western Sector , Middle Sector , Eastern Sector
Net War in India: in the Context of Current Turbulence
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

The Current Turbulence Relevant to India
The most visible events that impact the collective consciousness of Indian population today are connected with Sino Indian confrontation in the East, Pakistan sponsored proxy war post abrogation of....

June 02, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Article 370 , Information war , migrant workers , Net War , Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)
Truth vs. Reality: Unshackling the Burdens of Intrigue in Kashmir
Col (Dr) DPK Pillay Article

Truthful journalism is the bulwark that makes democracies work by fulfilling the people’s right to information. This statement cannot be faulted, but there is a less comfortable truth that operates in tandem here, especially when it comes to media ....

May 30, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , Kashmir , Article 370 , Article 35 A , Pandits , Great Game
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