Articles By Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh
Guns versus Butter
Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 28 January 2011
India, with limited resources and rising aspirations, faces the age old “guns versus butter” question, which has become even more complex in the era of terrorism, piracy, insurgency, in the backdrop of large conventional forces...
Peep at the Nautical Crystal Ball
Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 24 January 2011
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), encompasses 56 littoral and hinterland nations with 33 percent of the world’s population, but only 25 percent of the land mass. The IOR, has numerous unresolved maritime boundary disputes including Sir Creek...
'Is war around the corner?'
Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 November 2011
A few month’s back, Bharat Verma, Editor of the Indian Defence Review, in an article, had predicted that China may attack India by 2012. Frankly, at that time, I did not agree with this prophecy, because in my opinion China would not want...
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