Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Background Rohingyas, with a population of nearly 1.1 million, are mostly Muslims living largely in Myanmar’s western coastal state of Rakhine and also in Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. There are about 40,000 of them also li....

March 19, 2018 Ilegal Immigration , Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , Rohingya crisis , Myanmar Army , Arakan Rohingy

Defence Corridors Notwithstanding, the Real Challenge is "Make in India"

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

The Finance Minister, in his budget speech 2018 announced that two Defence Industrial Production Corridors (DIPC) will be developed in the country. Following this, the Govt., in early this month, announced that the first of this corridor will come up....

March 15, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence Industrial Production Corridors , Make in India

The Maoist Rebellion, in Limp

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

“ … for then only you will be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased …” – Aeschines. Greek statesman The Object of Discussion Much confabulat....

March 06, 2018 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Maoist rebellion , Integrated Action Plan , Counter-Naxal operations

J&K Security Review-2017: State of Conflict Continues

C D Sahay

The Security Situation While recovering from a sense of acute betrayal in 2016 (Pathankot and Uri attacks) by Pakistan, to the various positive overtures and initiatives taken by the NDA government, there still was a faint ray of ....

February 26, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , J&K situation , terror incidents , Kashmir policy

वर्ष के अंत में डीआरडीओ का मिसाइल परीक्षण- एक उल्लेखनीय उपलब्धि

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

गत वर्ष 28 दिसंबर को रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठन (डीआरडीओ) ने सुपरसॉनिक इंटरसेप्टर मिसाइल (जि�....

February 23, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Stone Pelting: Is it an Expression of Anger or a Strategy?

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

No state can survive if it overlooks the collective act of violence by its subjects. It is not only unlawful but a revolt against the constitutionally elected government. Allowing people to take law in their own hands is undermining the authority of ....

February 23, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Round Table Discussion on the ‘Role of CRPF in Counter-Insurgency Operations’

Aiming for a thorough review of India’s internal security apparatus, as also in partial fulfilment of the requirements of a Task Force set up recently by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on the subject, the Foundation invited Mr. RR ....

February 19, 2018 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , India , LWE , Counter-insurgency , CRPF

‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’, Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017, pp 268, INR 599

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The book deals comprehensively with India’s nuclear arsenal and finally suggests as to what must be done to sharpen it in the current environment. The book has 13 Chapters and six interesting Appendices. The first Chapter deals with the reluctan....

February 09, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , TNWs , Defence technology , Book Reviews , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Deterrence Policy

गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान में हालिया विरोध क्यों

Prateek Joshi

गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान काउंसिल, इस्लामाबाद द्वारा आयकर (अनुकूलन) कानून, 2012 के तहत प्रत्यक्ष कर लागू ....

February 06, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान विरोध प्रदर्शन , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान आंदोलन

Commentary: India’s Missile Arsenal - An Overview

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

On January 18, 2018, the personnel of the Indian armed forces test-fired the 5,000-km-plus Agni-5 Interim Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The test, conducted from Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, achieved all the mission parameters that had been st....

January 31, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian missiles , Agni , ICBM