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Indus Water Treaty: New Realities and a Way Ahead

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Introduction

Ever since the Prime Minister of India Sri Narendra Modi, while chairing a review meeting on Indus Water Treaty-1960 (IWT), reportedly made that famous statement post the Uri terrorist attack on 16 Sep 2016, that ‘blood an....

January 24, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Indus Water Treaty options , India’s water management

Review of Governor’s Rule in J&K and the Way Forward

Abhinav Pandya Article

After the break-up of the tumultuous political alliance between the PDP-BJP (19th June 2018), Governor’s Rule was imposed in the State for the eight’s time on June 20, 2018. Once again, it seemed that the history has destined to write-off any pos....

January 23, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Changing the Nature of War?

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

Introduction

The professional military body differentiates between an objective nature and a subjective character of war by drawing upon Clausewitz. Nature of war describes what war is and character of war describes how it is actually fou....

January 18, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , artificial intelligence , Nature and character of war

An Inconvenient Reality: 26/11 as State-Sponsored Terrorism

Dr Prem Mahadevan

... the 26/11 attack occurred because India invested heavily in two components of counter-terrorism: international diplomacy and domestic intelligence, but neglected a third: covert retaliatory capability ... as long as Pakistan exists, there will al....

January 11, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , 26/11 attack , Mumbai , State-Sponsored Terrorism , Deep Terror

आईएनएस अरिहंत की निवारक गश्त: भारत की परमाणु स्थिति में मील का अहम पत्थर

Dr Kapil Patil Article

भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 5 नवंबर को ऐलान किया कि भारत की पहली पूरी तह स्वदेश में डिज�....

January 11, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , आईएनएस अरिहंत का गश्त , भारत की परमाणु स्थिति

Challenges of Migration

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this seminar on ‘The Challenges of Migration’ that India has been facing for a long time.

Challenge of Illegal Migration

The main dimensions of the challenge are well-known. Tens of ....

January 09, 2019 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Illegal Migration , Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016

A Cogent National Strategy is Needed for J&K in 2019

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This article commences with a couple of presumptions about future scenarios. First, that in the predictable future there is likely to be no workable agreement with Pakistan on J&K and the issue is likely to continue with status quo. Pakistan will pla....

January 09, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir in 2019 , Political engagement in Kashmir

Imperative to Understand Concept of Peace for Conflict Transformation in Kashmir

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Paradox of Peace in Kashmir

Chancellor Willy Brandt of Germany had said, “Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing”.¹ Kashmir is passing through a similar situation where lack of peace has led to a ....

January 09, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir politics , Peace-building in Kashmir

Citizen's Amendment Bill and the Need for a Refugee Policy

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

Today's interaction will see most dwelling on the Citizen's Amendment Bill (CAB) and going into its fine details and its pros and cons. I would, however, like to avail of this opportunity to underline two points. First, that the Prime Minister is ....

January 08, 2019 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Citizen's Amendment Bill , Refugee Policy

India’s Gradual Transition from ‘Defense Market’ to ‘Export Hub’

Devsena Mishra Article

2019, the final year of current Indian government, is the perfect time to trace and evaluate how much progress India has made on some of the ambitious targets related to defense sector i.e. promotion of indigenous defense development, reducing countr....

January 04, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India’s defence , Defence modernisation