Articles

Does Absence of ‘War’ Mean Peace, in Indian context?

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A narrow definition of peace is that it is opposite to concept of war, implying where there is no war, there is peace! Again, in a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a non-existence of war and freedom from fear of violence. The proposition ....

August 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , War , CCP , Peace , LoC , LAC , Sun Tzu , Influence Operations

War and peace in Ukraine one year on

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia, Ukraine and NATO are locked into inflexible positions that do not permit compromise sans loss of face. Four days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden undertook an arduous journey to ....

February 24, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , War , Ukraine , Russian invasion

Overview of Geopolitics in 2022 and Looking at 2023

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Year 2022 saw the organizing principles of the international system become more fragmented even with facade of multilateral summitry. Despite US unipolar moment receding, China’s ascendancy has yet to translate into US decline. With absence of ....

January 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Russia , War , Xi Jinping , trade , Ukraine , Joe Bidden , Biden , Abe , multipolarity , Geo economics

Lessons of Ukraine War, and Applicability on India

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Since it began, the Russia-Ukraine has thrown up an overabundance of geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic lessons. It is humbling to note that the lessons of 2021 were in total variance with those of 2022. India has learnt significant geostra....

January 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , War , Peace , Ukraine , Lessons , strategic ambiguity , economic interdependence

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an Interaction with H.E. Mr. Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India on June 9, 2022 following a hybrid format. The participants who were physically present for the dis....

June 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , US , War , Ukraine , Russian Federation

Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

Amid the global pandemic, when the countries are fighting for their very survival, the war in Afghanistan is slowly simmering. On Tuesday, the Taliban directed their negotiating team to end the ongoing discussions with the Afghan government on 'priso....

April 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , War , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Taliban , Peace talks , troop withdrawal , COVID-19 , aid cut , minorities , Sikh minorities , Hazara minorities

Weapons and Missiles in the Indian Environment

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Firepower in the current era is characterised by multiple combat platforms– guns, howitzers, multi-rockets and missiles - managed through the means of surveillance, target acquisition, engagement, destruction, and finally, damage assessment. For ....

November 11, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , developments , War , weapons , Missiles

क्या भारत को चाहिए पाकिस्तान के साथ युद्ध की नई नीति?

Abhinav Pandya

पिछले 70 वर्ष से पाकिस्तान भारत से सीधे या दूसरों को शह देकर छद्म युद्ध करता आ रहा है। सीधे युद्ध �....

May 12, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Pakistan , War , पाकिस्तान , युद्ध , परमाणु , धार्मिक कट्टरपंथ

Modernisation of Artillery- A Quantum Jump

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Quantum Jump- Artillery Modernisation The Indian Artillery is currently in a Network Centric Warfare (NCW) Environment and has to provide Surveillance and Reconnaissance resulting in Target Acquisition, which would lead to engagem....

May 11, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , developments , War , modernisation , Artillery , Modernisation of Artillery , Quantum Jump , Network Centric Warfare