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Naxalism – the Internal Bane of India
By: Savita Singh | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 08 Jul , 2011
The Naxalites, also called Naxals, are groups who claim that they are waging a violent struggle on behalf of landless labourers and tribal people against landlords and the government. They say...
Rain of terror on India
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 07 Jul , 2011
The terrorists are carrying out a murderous war against India, but India is unable to declare a war on terrorism. We are among the biggest victims of terrorism, but we seem to be making the...
Hate India to Survive in Pakistan
By: Col US Rathore | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jul , 2011
Events leading to Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan at Mohali generated a lot of optimism. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extended invitation to Pakistan’s...
Lack of Command & Control
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jul , 2011
Institutions and states tend to decay when there is a weakening of the command and control at the top. Many institutions and States do pass through such spells due to the failure of the human...
Kashmir American Council: Games Intelligence Agencies Play
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jul , 2011
The practice of intelligence agencies floating and funding non-Governmental organisations and even publishing houses for using them for PSYWAR purposes was born during the Second World War and...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace – III
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 06 Jul , 2011
Dysfunctional Polity: The duopoly of Pakistan’s polity denoted by Zulfiqar Ali–Benazir Bhutto family of Asaf Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif family continues unabated in the feudal,...
Jointmanship in the Military – II
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 05 Jul , 2011
The Air War : Simply stated the air war is about destroying/defuntionalising selected targets. As has been summed up so succinctly – “Air power is targeting and targeting is Intelligence”....
Mumbai Blasts 13/7: Q& A with B Raman
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jul , 2011
Q.Can the three blasts in Mumbai on July 13,2011, be attributed to an intelligence failure? A.Yes. I have always held that every successful terrorist strike is due to either an intelligence...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace – II
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 05 Jul , 2011
The current spate of violence by the Deobandis against the Barelvis began after the 1990 formation of Sunni Tehreek (ST) by Mohammad Salim Qadri. The organisation was believed to be an offshoot...
Jointmanship in the Military
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 04 Jul , 2011
Victory in any event, be it a playful game or a bloodthirsty war, is a joint effort of all the members. How one orchestrates this effort is Integration. These fundamentals are universal. These do...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace – I
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 04 Jul , 2011
Pakistan’s polity is in a crisis. Its society is in turmoil. And the country is in a state of flux, waiting to survive the deluge and see another day. On top of all that comes the deepening...
Import of Key Technologies: Need to revisit policy
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 02 Jul , 2011
Inaugurating a three-day international seminar on aerospace technologies in Bengaluru on 07 February 2011, Defence Minister Antony admitted that India had not benefitted much from the...
China is not Tunisia or Egypt
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jul , 2011
China is not Tunisia or Egypt. That is the message that the Chinese political leadership headed by President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is seeking to send across to its own people...
The Winnable War
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 21.3 Jul-Sep 2006 | Date: 01 Jul , 2011
On a scale of 1 to 10, an American editor of a defence newspaper told me that his threat perception on terror attacks inside the United States would merit an eight. A German minister rated it...
Intelligence Reform: no gains without a cultural shift
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 01 Jul , 2011
The reforms, as and when the discourse reaches the stage of finality, should also focus on the role of the National Security Adviser (NSA) about which there is much confusion today. Is he an...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation – III
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 01 Jul , 2011
Come September — Retribution and Retaliation: The unstinted support of the local population, which Sir Michael Howard had defined as the ‘forgotten dimensions of strategy’, emboldened the...
State, strategy, power & policy: China and India
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 30 Jun , 2011
The grand strategy of a state may be described as a long–term plan to accomplish its domestic and external objectives. Policies flowing from the grand strategy must aim to promote the vital...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation – II
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 30 Jun , 2011
Guerrilla Warfare in The Riverine Delta: Guerrilla warfare came into vogue during the Napoleonic wars. This type of warfare should not to be confused with the guerrilla tactics employed by...
Boeing Opens New 787 Vertical Fin Assembly Line in Salt Lake City
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Jun , 2011
Boeing commemorated the opening of a new 787 vertical fin assembly line at its production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Operated by Boeing Fabrication, the site will build the vertical fin...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation – I
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 29 Jun , 2011
Exploitation of East Pakistan: The East Bengal segment of Pakistan deeply resented the exploitation of the eighteen districts that comprised the four divisions of East Pakistan. The major source...