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Prime Minister Modi’s blistering attacks against Pakistan on its terrorist affiliations on the occasion of the BRICS and BIMSTEC summits have been viewed as excessive by some in India. The various points of criticism are that by focusing so much on....

October 28, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , China , Terrorism , BRICS , Goa , Summit , agenda

The Seventh Xiangshan Forum

Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

The Trend of Confabulations The Seventh ‘Xiangshan’ (literal meaning ‘Fragrant Hills’) Conference was held from 10 to 12 October 2016 at the Haidian District of Xiangshan near Beijing. The Xiangshan Forum is co-sponsored by China A....

October 26, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , South China Sea , Xiangshan Forum , Asia Pacific , regional security architecture , Gen Sawhney

Anti-Terror Laws in India and Pakistan: A Comparative Study

Anti-national acts of misguided citizens and their fanatic mentors have forced even democratic governments to enact special laws to deal with these. The purpose of such provisions, which many propagators of individual freedom view as 'draconian', is ....

October 21, 2016 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Terrorism , Anti-Terror Laws , Anti-national acts

भारत की पाकिस्तान नीतिः सही राह पर

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

पिछले कुछ हफ्तों के घटनाक्रम, जिनकी परिणति 29 सितंबर 2016 की आधी रात में भारतीय सेना द्वारा नियंत्र�....

October 20, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies

टूटा सामरिक गतिरोध का सिलसिला

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

सबसे पहले मोदी सरकार को इस बात के लिए बधाई दी जानी चाहिए कि उसने पाकिस्तान को एकदम सटीक तथा दोटू�....

October 17, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies

Interaction with Dr Haseeb Drabu (Minister of Finance, J & K) on 'Developments in Kashmir'

On 05 Oct 2016, the VIF invited Dr. Haseeb Drabu, Minister of Finance in the BJP-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir, for a talk on the ‘Developments in Kashmir to a broad panel of security experts, including former ambassadors, retired b....

October 10, 2016 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Featured , Interaction , Burhan Wani , Developments in Kashmir , Haseeb Drabu , Kashmir Vally

India’s New Pre-Emptive Action and Equivalent Retaliation (PAER) Strategy

Ashish Sirsikar

Most people see India’s recent surgical strikes as retaliation and an avenging of the Uri terror attack. While there is some truth in this, it is not the complete truth. India has been sufferingacts of terror for two and a half decad....

October 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , POK , Surgical Strikes

From Terrorism to Terror: Worrisome Developments for the International Community

Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Ever since the territories under the captivity of the terrorist organisation—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—began to be recaptured, several analyses have been made predicting the outfit’s doomsday. The rapidly depleting financial source....

October 07, 2016 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Breaking Through A Strategic Log-Jam

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

At the outset, the Modi Government needs to be complimented for administering a most befitting and unambiguous message to Pakistan that the continuing acts of terrorism perpetrated by its ‘deep state’, through its pet ‘jihadists’, would no mo....

October 06, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Log-Jam , Strategic , jihadists

China’s Aircraft Carrier Program

Commodore Gopal Suri

China’s Naval Ambitions China’s aircraft carrier program has made significant progress with the country ready to launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier in the near future. China acquired its first aircraft carrier, the decommissio....

October 05, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , China , Aircraft , China’s Naval , Ukraine