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Terrorism is a crime against humanity. It threatens most the lives and rights of ordinary citizens, whom every modern state must serve best to justify its legitimacy. Given this, Prime Minister...

Chinese objection to Indian road projects unacceptable

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 01 November 2014

Some 10 days ago, I wrote a piece “Chinese objection to Indian road projects unacceptable” for NitiCentral (see below). My conclusion was that “There is absolutely nothing wrong in the proposed...

Sardar Patel's Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on Tibet

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: The Unmaking of Nepal | Date: 31 October 2014

My dear Jawaharlal, Ever since my return from Ahmedabad and after the Cabinet meeting the same day which I had to attend at practically fifteen minutes’ notice and for which I regret I was not...

Stable Pakistan not in India's interest

By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 31 October 2014

Indians pose the biggest threat to the union of India. The reason is simple. An average Indian does not constitute a nation but is merely an individual. His personal well-being overrides all...

The Gathering Storm

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 30 October 2014

It is a troubled world that we live in today and there are many reasons for this. Draw a straight line from Pakistan to Turkey, swing down to the Gaza Strip and from there to Yemen, and we have an...

Needed, a new military doctrine to deter Pakistan permanently

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 October 2014

Before the ceasefire agreement was signed in 2003 between India and Pakistan, ceasefire violations were a regular feature all along the Line of Control. During these engagements, heavy artillery...

Mating Frankensteins

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 October 2014

This is not about Musharraf who wasted his life trying to mate radical organizations in the vain hope of getting eulogized as Zia-ul-Haq II, killing more Pakistanis than Indians in the process...

Role of Intelligence Agencies in Modern Warfare

By: Anant Mishra |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 October 2014

Gathering intelligence and information by means of espionage has been a key element to the survival of nations ever since their existence. However, there has been a major change in the way...

Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems bid for the Indian Air...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 October 2014

Companies will offer Airbus C295 under new teaming arrangement. Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) have submitted a joint bid to replace the Indian Air Force´s fleet of...

The case of the ‘All Weather Friends’

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 October 2014

The Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations of the Pakistani military establishment, Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, visited China from 14-18 October 2014. A statement made by...

Kill funding to kill terrorism

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Courtesy: Economic Times | Date: 27 October 2014

Terrorism, like almost every other human activity that involves production and creation of goods and services, needs money. Collecting funds initially through donations, borrowing or robbing...

Specialised Force for Internal Unrests

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 24 October 2014

Policy and methodology to counter the Naxalite threat have been subjects of intense debate recently. Army’s reluctance to get embroiled has been questioned in some government quarters. Sadly,...

India's Multifunction Missile for Credible Deterrent

By: Arun S Vishwakarma |Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 22 October 2014

Shourya and Sagarika is a new common missile that can be launched from multiple platforms, i.e. ground, submarine and mobile launcher. The naval version is called Sagarika, while the land based...

Threat or Use of Force with Special Focus on Interventions and Invasions

By: Anant Mishra |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 October 2014

The international law realm has for some time struggled with two distinct and contrary legal principles: state sovereignty, and humanitarian justice. It had been almost a truism of international...

Defence Policy: Preparing for the unknown

By: Col Jaibans Singh |Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 21 October 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first address to the combined commander’s conference went beyond the inane utterances that one has got used to in the last few years. Mostly, such meetings were...

Developing Heavy Breakthrough Capability for the Indian Army

By: Col JK Achuthan (Retd.) |Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 20 October 2014

A ‘heavy breakthrough capability’ in India’s context relates to having the capability to reach objectives up to 600km in depth, should the political circumstances impose war on our nation....

The 1962 lessons

By: Prakash Nanda |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 20 October 2014

China invaded India in 1962. Though there is a view that the exact date of invasion was October 10, the most acceptable one is October 20, 1962. The war ended on November 19, 1962, following the...

Colonel Commandants: An Archaic and Parochial Institution

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 October 2014

The concept of Colonel Commandants (Col Comdts) dates back to the 17th century when Colonels (both in rank and appointment) were the original owners and field commanders of their units...

India conducts successful flight trial of ‘Nirbhay’

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 October 2014

India’s first indigenously designed and developed long range sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay was successfully flight tested today the 17th October 2014 at 1005 hrs from the Integrated Test Range...

Is West Bengal becoming a new jihadi terror hub?

By: Saikat Datta |Issue: Courtesy: www.hindustantimes.com | Date: 17 October 2014

For several months, senior operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) quietly slipped into India to visit seven madrasas across three West Bengal border districts to build a robust...