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Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

On taking over as COAS, Gen Bipin Rawat, in December 2016 had said: “The two-front is a real scenario… the army, navy and IAF are now jointly very much prepared for such an eventuality.” In his first press conference as COAS, Gen Manoj N....

November 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , LoC , Information war , Cyber war , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , battle space , electromagnetic spectrum , multidomain

Jammu & Kashmir : A Comprehensive Pre-Winter Review

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

In the highly uncertain world of India’s strategic security environment one thing which remains certain is Pakistan’s commitment to pursue the path of creating mayhem in J&K. Whether it’s the scrutiny of the Financial Assistance Task Force (FAT....

October 29, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , FATF , infiltration , LoC , Terrorists , Article 370 , Pulwama , Operation All Out , 22 0ct 1947 Black Day

Year after Abrogation of Article 370 what the State has Achieved!

Bashir Assad Article

It is one year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir within the Union of India. Seemingly the annulling of the Article 370 is a fate accompli ....

July 29, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , governance , LoC , Article 370 , Geelani , Pakistani handlers , International players , new terrorist outfits

Review Essay: ‘Deadly Impasse: Indo-Pakistani Relations at the Dawn of a New Century’, Dr Sumit Ganguly

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The terrorist attack at an army camp in Uri in mid-September 2016 was followed by several surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) by the Special Forces of the Indian Army. Since then, India-Pakistan relations have deteriorated steadily and ....

December 01, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , POK , Indian Army , LoC , Ballistic Missile , Surgical Strikes , Book Reviews , SAARC summit , India-Pakistan

India's Pakistan Policy: On The Right Track

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The developments of the last few weeks, culminating in the highly successful surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army across the LoC in the wee hours of 29 September 2016, constitute a defining moment as they mark a definitive shift in India's P....

October 05, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , POK , LoC , Surgical Strikes , India's Pakistan , Policy

India’s Counter-proxy War Strategy: The New Rules of the Game

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Surgical Strikes across the LoC On the night of September 28, 2016, several teams of the Special Forces of the Indian army crossed the Line of Control (LoC) through gaps in the forward defences of the Pakistan army. The highly-trained comma....

October 05, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan Army , LoC , War Strategy , Counter-proxy War

VIF Director's Message on the Surgical Strikes

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

Bravo India! At the outset, we will like to convey our compliments to the Modi Government for the most befitting and unambiguous message by India to Pakistan that the continuing acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Pakistan deep State throu....

September 30, 2016 Pakistan , POK , LoC , LeT , Surgical Strikes , jihadist

Challenges in Stabilising The Streets of Kashmir

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

After two months of strife in the Kashmir Valley we may be just heading into better control of the situation which resulted from the response to the killing of Burhan Wani the young South Kashmir militant leader, on 8 Jul 2016. However, the time take....

September 13, 2016 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , LoC , South Kashmir

How Political Uncertainty May Affect Security in J&K

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

I remember watching a Newstrack video magazine report in 1989 in which the existence of a brooding network of local terrorists was denied very authoritatively. In less than six months Kashmir was in the initiation stage of what has turned out to be a....

March 22, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir , LoC , Affect Security J&K , Political stability

Defence Minister’s One Year Positive Record

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

During his first year in office, Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar gave a free hand to the army to act pro-actively on the LoC. He led from the front and worked closely with the leadership of the armed forces, the bureaucracy and his counterparts in....

November 14, 2015 Defence , India , Defence Minister , Defence , LoC