Articles By Brig Anil Gupta

Challenges for Naya Jammu & Kashmir: Summer of 2021
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jul , 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the roadmap for Naya Jammu & Kashmir with successful completion of the All–Party Meet convened by him at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg on 24 June. The meeting which has many...

Recalling Galwan Clash and One Year Since Then
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jun , 2021
The People’s Liberation Army – Army (PLAA) clashed with the Indian Army on the night of 15/16 June 2020 on the rugged heights of Eastern Ladakh at Galwan, where the icy cold Galwan river cuts...

Understanding Israel-Hamas Conflict: Lessons for India
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May , 2021
The 11-day bloody Israel-Hamas Conflict seems to have ended after an Egyptian brokered ceasefire came into effect on May 21, leaving behind tales of death and destruction. Hamas fired more than...

Pakistan shifts Goal Post from 370 to 35A
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May , 2021
Reeling under the pressure of a dwindling economy and the covid pandemic, Pakistan got a rude shock when the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution to review its preferential trade...

Armed Forces also join the Covid War
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2021
India is facing a war-like situation which requires cumulative national effort to defeat the enemy. The second wave of Covid 19 has engulfed the nation. The number of cases is growing...

The Hawks in Pakistan
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2021
The ray of hope regarding peace across the western border and normalization of relations between the two neighbours has become victim of power politics in Pakistan with the hawks all set to put...

Unrest in Pakistan: Consequence of Inherent Contradictions
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Apr , 2021
Pakistan emerged as a new nation on the globe on 14th August 1947 as ‘homeland for the Muslims of undivided India’ on the insistence of a strong Muslim lobby led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Jinnah...

Afghanistan: Drawdown or Abandonment-Its Consequences
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Apr , 2021
Joe Biden has ultimately announced 11 September as the final cut-off date for the complete pullout of the US and other allies’ troops from the war-torn Afghanistan. Earlier he had denounced the...

Geo-Politics trump over Geo-Economics
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Apr , 2021
The ‘thawing process’ in Indo-Pak relations which appeared to have begun with the sudden announcement in end February when the DGMOs of both nations announced ceasefire on the LoC and...

11th Round Also Ends in a Stalemate
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2021
The 11th round of India-China military talks to diffuse tension in Eastern Ladakh held after a gap of nearly two months has ended without any major breakthrough. The marathon talks lasted 13 hours...

Strategy to Eliminate the Red Corridor
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Apr , 2021
The nation is shocked yet again with mass causalities of the policemen who were part of an anti-Maoist operation launched in the forests of Bastar in Bijapur district of Chattisgarh, a Maoists...

Can Pakistan be Trusted
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2021
The leaders of the Kashmir-centric political parties have gone overboard with the prospect of peace with our immediate neighbour and the global hub of jihadi terror Pakistan. Backing Pakistan Army...

The New Terror Tactics of Pakistan
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Mar , 2021
Despite Pakistan undergoing the worst phase of its existence, it is unwilling and unrelenting as far as terrorism is concerned. Despite being on the grey list of Financial Action Task Force...

The Verdict is for the Rohingyas to Go Back
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Mar , 2021
After due humanitarian and security considerations it has been finally decided by the government to deport the Rohingyias to their country of origin. In a recent move, Jammu and Kashmir Police...

LOC Ceasefire: Need for a Formal Agreement
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Feb , 2021
An unexpected and sudden announcement merely 24 hours prior to the eve of the second anniversary of the Balakot air strike that had brought two nuclear neighbours to the brink of war has brought...

New wave of Terror in Jammu & Kashmir
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Feb , 2021
Post 05 August 2019, Pakistan has tried different tricks to remain relevant in Kashmir. However, most of the Pakistani moves have either failed or backfired. But as far as Pak sponsored terror is...

Why did the Dragon Relent
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Feb , 2021
The agreement reached between the two Asian giants to ease tensions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) took many by surprise. The implementation began on 10th February with phased withdrawal from...

Lasting Peace a Distant Dream Unless We Change
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jan , 2021
Despite ongoing series of talks to resolve the contentious military standoff in Eastern Ladakh, the Chinese incursions and aggressiveness continues on the borders. Close at the heels of revelation...

Five Fingers Dream of Mao Zedong
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2021
Chairman Mao Zedong, modern China’s most powerful ideologue, considered Tibet to be the right hand’s palm of China with Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and NEFA (Arunachal Pradesh) as its five...

Xi Jinping and the Future of CCP
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jan , 2021
In an unprecedented move effective from the New Year’s Day, China has removed the military from the government control and expanded the powers of its Central Military Commission (CMC), headed by...