Articles By Brig Deepak Sinha
So Where’s the Daesh?
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Aug , 2016
If some of those in the media, research and security establishment are to be believed Daesh or ISIS, as it is also known, is right here at our doorstep. As proof they point to reports on those...
Stemming the Rot of Self Inflicted Injuries in the Military
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jun , 2016
Self- inflicted injury, by its very nature and motivation, is considered abhorrent within military circles and dealt with quite harshly, not just in our military but also by other militaries...
Rightsizing the Military: The Need for a Comprehensive Examination
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May , 2016
The Defence Minister has recently announced the formation of an eleven member committee led by Lieutenant General DB Shekatkar (Retd) tasked to look into areas of “overlap” and convergence within...
Special Operations Forces: Transforming Command Structures
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2016
America is the world’s sole super power with immense economic clout and unbridled diplomatic access and influence over nearly all governments across the world. This enables them to conduct what...
Lessons from the Brussels Outrage: The Price of Appeasement
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2016
Finally, the attack on Brussels, and the earlier ones on Paris, has brought about a glimmer of realization among many Europeans that they are in the midst of a war, which while quite not like the...
India-Pakistan: Who’s Chicken? Playing for Keeps
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Apr , 2016
One is not quite sure, given the dissonant and discordant voices emerging from Pakistan, as to whether our search for a peaceful way forward has once again been completely stymied or has just hit...
Democracy and the Military
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Mar , 2016
Despite the accuracy or otherwise of whatever has been alleged by Mr. Manish Tewari, former Union Minister, his personal motivations aside, the stark truth is that citizens of this country have...
Only Self Interest Can Bridge the Indo-Pak Divide
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Mar , 2016
Despite opposition from some members of the US Senate, Think Tanks and Academics alike the US Government has gone on to approve the sale of F-16 fighters to Pakistan. The Secretary of State, John...
Airborne and Special Forces: Reassessing Role, Tasks and Organisations
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Vol. 30.3 Jul-Sep 2015 | Date: 20 Feb , 2016
The necessity for Special Forces (SF) is not in question. As I have myself written, in the context of Special Operations Forces, elsewhere “these forces can meet unorthodox security needs that...
From 26/11 to San Bernadino and Pathankot: Understanding the Evolving Terror...
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Date: 15 Jan , 2016
It is common knowledge that viruses of all types, be they health related or otherwise, move up the food chain and mutate from the simple to the more complex to ensure that they survive all...
Guts and Glory: All that went wrong with the Pathankot Operation
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jan , 2016
As the operations at the Pathankot Airbase wind down, it is but natural that they will now come under intense and thorough scrutiny, given the manner in which it played out and the...
Fresh Insights on the US Global War on Terror
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Dec , 2015
One of the enduring mysteries of US Foreign Policy was the shift of focus of the George W Bush Administration from destroying Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to acting against the Saddam regime in Iraq,...
Women in the Combat Zone - An Alternate View
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Nov , 2015
One must compliment the Chief of Air Staff for having taken the decision to permit women officers to opt for the fighter stream, a decision ratified by the Defence Minister as well. That they...
Russian Intervention in Syria: Just Putin’s Machismo?
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Oct , 2015
There are numerous examples that highlight the manner in which President Vladimir Putin, the former KGB spy and Russia’s nationalist leader, revels in his machismo. It could be his shirtless...
Divergent Paths: India’s National Security Strategy & Military Doctrine
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Vol. 30.1 Jan-Mar 2015 | Date: 18 Oct , 2015
From the beginning of the new century, the economic environment in India has rapidly improved despite the downturn of the last couple of years and our inability to live up to our potential. With...
The National Security Dilemma
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Date: 09 Oct , 2015
As a right wing conservative party the present ruling dispensation has always projected itself as pro-active nationalist party that wishes to be itself seen as the primary guardians of...
End Game Kashmir?
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Oct , 2015
These appear to be desperate times not only for the Pakistani Prime Minister and his government but also for the military that we know controls it. They both seem to have clearly understood, even...
Leading From The Rear, or Leaderless?
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jun , 2015
It is a commonly held perception that China deals pretty drastically with political leaders found guilty of corruption. They normally end up facing a firing squad or look at long years behind...
Manipur Ambush: The Real Lesson we need to Learn
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jun , 2015
The ambush of the 6 DOGRA convoy, in Manipur, resulting in the tragic death of eighteen soldiers and injuries to many more has brought out a virtual deluge of comments on what went wrong and the...
Understanding American Foreign Military Sales to Pakistan
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2015
Analysts and academics alike, especially in India, have still to come to terms with the recent announcement of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Pakistan amounting to 952 Million USD. As per the...