The Viyug:
The Viyug is an independent strategic research initiative set up to deliver research + opinions on Military, Strategic Studies, Public/Foreign Policy, and other issues of global importance. Our web space serves as a platform for young research professionals to kickstart their career. We publish regular articles in form of articles, issue brief, booklets, rebuttals in our web space and at the end of each year the best ones out will be selected for E/book or Print edition. We also publish some briefings which are available only on print edition. For more follow us at @the_viyug on Twitter and log onto www.viyug.in.

Anirudh Phadke:
Currently doing his final year in Defence & Strategic Studies at the Guru Nanak College, Chennai. He was a former intern at Chennai Center for China Studies, former Academy Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, USA (world’s no:1 think tank) and one of the highly valued writers at The Eastern Herald. He is the founder and chief editor of “The Viyug”. He holds a professional certificate on “Terrorism and Counter-terrorism Studies” from Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands. His area of research includes military strategies, Indo-China-Pak triangle, Security and Military Intelligence. He is a passionate photographer and holds 1st dan black belt in Okinawa karate.