Finest Hour for the Indian Intelligence

Issue: Vol. 27.1 Jan-Mar 2012 | Date: 29 February 2012

If Kargil 1999 later became the scene of the most valorous acts of the Indian armed forces ever, Bangladesh 1971 stood out as the most successful Indian operation in which the military had moved with utmost dedication,...

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National Security: Decision Making

Issue: Vol 14.4 Oct-Dec 1999 | Date: 28 December 2011

The Indian State as it exists today is a consequence of the British presence in India. Prior to that, throughout history, the sub continental land mass was hardly ever a State in geographical terms. Culturally, there was a vast web of unity but...

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Pakistan's Emergence as the Epicentre of Terrorism

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 November 2011

The idea of Pakistan survives on the premise of enmity towards India. This premise came into existence well before Pakistan became a reality. Some in Pakistan believe that the country started incubating the moment the first Muslim stepped on...

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Islam and its many trends

Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 16 October 2011

Except the war zones, palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan and the proxy war zones Kashmir and India, for quite sometime the rest of the world has not witnessed a major terrorist incident. This is because of the high grade counter-terrorism measures...

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Is Indian Intelligence being made the whipping boy?

Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 17 September 2011

Indian intelligence is frequently in the news, often for the wrong reasons. It is a favourite kicking target for a large number of those who compulsively articulate, like the media, political leaders, academics, etc. Why should it be so when...

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The Arab Spring: opening a pandora's box?

Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 02 October 2011

The so called Arab spring represents a massive popular movement, not seen or predicted in the Arab world ever since the Suez sponsored Nasserite upheaval. It is as significant as the falling of the Berlin wall. The effects of the falling of the...

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Forebodings in J&K over spring

Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 18 July 2011

The advent of spring in Kashmir is creating apprehensions in some quarters in the State. Will there be a repeat of turmoil and tension, which marked the post spring period from 2008 to 2010?

In 2008 serious trouble had arisen over...

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Intelligence Reform: no gains without a cultural shift

Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 01 July 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 intelligence czar or the...

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Two Nation Theory Converts into Islamic Ideology II

Issue: Book Excerpt: Reassessing Pakistan | Date: 14 June 2011

Demand for Nizam-i-Mustafa: In the elections in 1970, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party had emerged as the single largest party in West Pakistan. Bhutto had denounced the Tashkent Agreement (January 1966) entered into between India...

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Two Nation Theory Converts into Islamic Ideology I

Issue: Book Excerpt: Reassessing Pakistan | Date: 13 June 2011

Jinnah's Secular Approach:In the final analysis it was the religious sentiment that was exploited by the Muslim League to secure Pakistan but Pakistan was not intended to be a theocratic state in the perception of its founder Mohammed Ali...

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