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Ban on Popular Front of India - A Long Overdue Step
Abhinav Pandya

… strong legal measures, including a law on radicalization and terror funding are the need of the hour to clearly state that attempts to challenge India’s unity and integrity will be firmly dealt with ... red-lines need to be drawn for the media...

November 17, 2022 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, anti-national activities, anti-terrorist capabilities, Islamist terror, PFI, Popular Front of India, radicalization, Violence, Terrorism, Governance and Political Studies
India in Space Domain - Pathbreaking Developments
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… in global politics, a new arms race in the form of military-oriented applications for space is becoming dominant .. space assets therefore are attractive targets for adversaries .. capability to use space for commercial, scientific and military...

October 29, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Harnessing space, India in Space Domain, India’s space ventures, military applications in space, Space technology and development, weaponisation of space, Technological and Scientific Studies
Repositioning National Cadet Corps to Drive Youth Development and Social Change
Maj Gen M Indrabalan, ADG, NCC (B&J)

… time and national resources deployed for mentoring and guiding the present generation of youth through the revamped NCC’s stables will definitely start yielding much larger outcomes …

October 25, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Building a strong nationhood, Character-building of youth, Dividends of young India, NCC, NCC in nation building, NCC modernisation, Restructure of NCC curricula, Governance and Political Studies
Tracking the Money Trail: Islamic Terror Groups in South Asia
Rhea Sinha

South Asia has been plagued by Islamic terrorism for decades. An increasingly hostile political environment and the prolonged conflict in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jammu & Kashmir has enabled terror organisations to thrive because of the...

September 15, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Af-Pak region, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Security, Neighbourhood studies, Pakistan, Terror Financing, Terrorism, Terrorism
The Chinese Hand behind Terrorism in Northeast India
Dr Sriparna Pathak

Terrorism, a nontraditional security threat has come to occupy centerstage in 21st century international relations, as the lines between how non-state actors and state actors use it have become increasingly blurred. India and China, the two...

August 19, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, CCP, China, Global Times, International cooperation, Northeast India, Terrorism, Terrorism in Northeast India, Terrorism, North-East Insurgency
Cape Town Water Crisis of 2018: Lessons we can learn from it
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF

A serious water crisis plagued the city of Cape Town in early 2018 to the point that it was on the verge of becoming the first modern global city to run out of water. However, the city never reached to that point because of the strict measures...

July 6, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cape Town, Climate Change, Day Zero, Drought, Water crisis, Water Management Devices, Water Police, water security
CAATSA and S-400: The American Dilemma - An Analysis
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

After flashing in fury about an year back and eventually loosing much of its sheen and venom thereafter, the threat of CAATSA is alive, dangling yet again like the proverbial ‘Sword of Damocles’ over the fate of India’s purchase of S-400 system...

March 9, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Air Defence Matrix, Air Threat, CAATSA, S-400, US Sanctions, Defence
Climate Change in The Himalayas : Its Impact on India’s National Security
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF

Human-induced climate change has led to unprecedented changes in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Similarly, the Himalayan and its surrounding mountain ranges, also known as the ‘Third Pole’ is experiencing drastic changes due to global warming...

July 9, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Atmospheric warming, Climate Change, Climate Change, Himalaya, Himalayan Glaciers
Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?
Abhinav Pandya
C D Sahay

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...

June 26, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Al Qaeda, Article 370, Big Outreach, IS, Kashmir, Pakistan, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir
Locust Invasion in India
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

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...

June 17, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, COVID-19 pandemic, Desert Locust, Locust, Swarms Moved
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