Articles By Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.)

India's National Security: Rhetoric needs to be matched by Action
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Date: 28 Feb , 2016
The annual budget will be presented at the end of February and the manner in which India allocates fiscal resources for its military and related national security will come under brief scrutiny,...

Pakistan needs to eliminate the malignancy
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 17 Dec , 2015
On December 16 Pakistan observed the first anniversary of the cold-blooded killing of its children in the Peshawar school massacre. As many as 132 children were killed in a terrorist attack that...

NSA meeting in Bangkok: Setting stage for Modi visit to Pakistan?
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 08 Dec , 2015
The unobtrusively arranged, below the radar meeting between the National Security Advisers (NSA) of India and Pakistan in Bangkok on Sunday (December 6) may be seen as a case of a belated but...

50th anniversary of 1965 war: Lessons remain elusive
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 04 Sep , 2015
The 50th anniversary of the 1965 war covertly initiated by Pakistan against India is being recalled by the Narendra Modi government in a month-long celebratory commemoration that commenced on...

Xi visit to Pakistan: Strategic implications for India
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Apr , 2015
The much-anticipated visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan is finally taking place on April 20 after having been postponed in September last year due to the internal political turmoil...