Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

War in Ukraine: Are Russia’s Cyber Warfare Capabilities Overhyped?

Introduction. Since the early 90s, experts have been saying that the next war will be fought in cyberspace. A ‘cyber Pearl Harbour’ would meltdown government systems, cripple critical infrastructure and plunge modern militaries and societ....

May 02, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Cyber Attack , Cyber warfare , Cyber Strategy , Cyber Defense

Ukraine: How is the Air and Air Defence War Unfolding ?

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

A Sequel

This work is the sequel to the author’s earlier work titled, “Why the Ukrainian skies are still contested” available at www.vifindia.org^[1]. Building on the thread of the earlie....

April 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russo-Ukrainian war , Air war in Ukraine , Russia’s air war

Global Terrorism Trends in 2021 & Projections for 2022

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

संधिविग्रहयोस्तुल्यायां वृद्धौ संधिमुपेयात्।

[Translation: If there is an equal benefit in peace or war, he (the king) should choose peace.] ....

April 12, 2022 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Israel , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Terrorism , Iraq , ISIS , Syria , West Asia , Counter terrorism , America , Sub Saharan Africa , Al Qaida

Dereliction of Duty: The Politicization of Climate Change in the US and the UK

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

Developed countries such as the US, Canada, Japan and those in Western Europe accounted for just 12% of the global population today but are responsible for 50% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions over the past 170 years....

April 01, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Culture wars , Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG) , Build Back Better Act , Build Back Greener , climate skepticism

A Review of Kashmir Files

Anmol Mahajan Article

There is a perception in India that when an average Indian goes to watch a movie s/he wants to escape from the realities of life and enjoy a simple story that generally has a happy ending and is full of comedy, action and thrills etc. To an extent t....

March 30, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir , genocide , Terror , Pandits

Russia-Ukraine War: A Game of Vain Military Venture?

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

Military Theories Unheeded

Traditionally, over the centuries, the Russians have been the pioneers of original military strategic thinking. Even the world’s leading military thinkers, mainly the Prussians/Germans and British, have been ....

March 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russia-Ukraine War , obdurate expansionism , the blunder of Ukraine War , killing fields of Ukraine , bleeding Ukraine for selfish agenda , wanton destruction

IPCC’s Timely Reminder on the Need for Climate Justice: A Quantum Leap in Global Climate Change Talks

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

Climate change as a concept has evolved over the years. To reaffirm, climate change is one of the most pertinent issues of our time with serious consequences. It has been declared that climate change acts as a “threat multi....

March 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Water crisis , climate justice , climate finance , loss and damage , league , global warming

Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure

India is in the next phase of digital transformation. The digital presence of economic and national security infrastructure is growing in the country at a rapid pace. All critical infrastructures are dependent and have integrated cyber technologies f....

March 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , artificial intelligence , Digital India , IOT , Quantum Computing , Critical Information Infrastructure , NCIIP , NCCC , NTRO , Critical Infrastructure , SCADA

India: Gearing Up for National Defence

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

Covenant of Defence Modernisation

In a welcome change from the past, particularly in the post-Doklam 2017 period, the nation is witnessing a coalescence of sensitivities on matters of national defence. This is a welcome attitudinal change ....

March 19, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence modernisation , competency of defence preparedness , roots of military deficits , ideating defence policies , principle of ‘military necessity’ , deterring neighbourhood aggression

Drone swarms - a grave threat. Where are we?

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

Mass swarms of dozens or hundreds of drones guided by AI are increasingly being touted as the new lethal threats in the modern battlefield. The world got a taste of this emerging military technology in May 2021 during the 11-day conflict between Isr....

March 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , artificial intelligence , AI , Drone swarms , Podcast , Drones Collaborative Behaviour in Denied Environment (CODE) , FLOCK 93 , Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR)