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Terror Strike in Sri Lanka: Expanding Footprints of Jihadist Movement in the Indian Subcontinent
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Gauging the Current State of the Jihadist Movement1
In the 20th Century, the world confronted three totalitarian revolutionary movements: Nazism; communism; and fascism. Now the world is under assault from a fourth such movemen....

May 06, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article
Exercise AUSINDEX-2019: A New High in India Australia Defence Cooperation
Amruta Karambelkar Article

India and Australia have conducted the third edition of biennial naval exercise AUSINDEX-2019 from April 2-14, 2019 at Vishakhapatnam. The Harbor Phase of the Exercise was conducted from April 2-7, 2019 followed by Sea Phase from April 7-11, 2019 wit....

May 02, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Indo-Australia naval exercise , Exercise AUSINDEX-2019 , Malabar Exercise , security of Indian Ocean
National Workshop on ‘Earthquake Preparedness in India’

The VIF, the Policy Perspectives Foundation (PPF) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organised the workshop when a number of leading experts from across the country came together to deliberate on topics such as earthqu....

April 25, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Disaster Management , Seminars , FICCI , Earthquake Preparedness , Earthquake mitigation
A Tale of two UN Resolutions on Cyber-security
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In December 2018, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two important resolutions: 73/271 on ‘Developments in the Field of Information And Telecommunications in The Context of International Security’; and, 73/2662 on ‘Adv....

April 24, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , Cyber-security , UN Resolution on cyber-space
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Current Perspective
14 February 2019 was a clear day for movement of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. It was after a long spell of road closure that the highway was opened. Viewing the frequent road closures, there was a need to mo....

April 15, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Proxy war under nuclear backing , Pakistan’s TNWs , Response to Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric
Jammu and Kashmir Security Review 2018 -What lies ahead?

… continuing Pakistani support to the militants groups, terrorism in the Kashmir Valley is unlikely vanish anytime soon … however the support system to anti-India activities in the Valley is being continuously degraded … welfare and development....

April 15, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism in Kashmir , Pakistan’s terror war , India’s counter-terrorism
Hypersonic Weapons - An Analysis
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 14 Mar 2019, Moscow's State controlled news agency TASS reported that Russia is getting ready to launch the Zircon Hypersonic Missile from a naval vessel. The Missile will have a capability of flying at Mach 8 (9878.4 Km per hour) and will be simp....

April 10, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Hypersonic weapons , Development of hypersonic missiles
India’s Post-Pulwama Response
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, J&K, shook the nation. This has been the worst hit on the security forces of its kind. The nation was horrified and there were widespread demands to respond with an iron hand. There....

April 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Balakot attack , Balakot game changer
Talk on 'Jammu & Kashmir: The Big Picture', by Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain

Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), former General Officer Commanding of Srinagar based 15 Corps and former Military Secretary was invited to disseminate his knowledge on Jammu and Kashmir in the March edition of the V....

April 02, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , China , Indian Army , J&K , Line of Control , Jamaat-e-Islaami , Ladakh Range , Operation All-Out
The ASAT Test of 27 March 2019
Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, PhD Article

India has finally done an Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) test. This was overdue as a demonstration of India’s capability – and that demonstration was done in the context of technologies of present day. The test was of a ‘kinetic kill’ of an....

April 01, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Indian ASAT , India’s successful ASAT test
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