Articles By Lt Gen HPS Klair
Cantonments sans security
By: Lt Gen HPS Klair | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jun , 2018
The recent Raksha Mantri’s ‘farman’ to open all cantonment roads drew its due share of reactions that any surprise and surreptitious order would. While the RM has to be responsible for her...
Hegemonic Global Competition in the 21st Century
By: Lt Gen HPS Klair | Issue: Vol. 31.4 Oct-Dec 2016 | Date: 10 Dec , 2016
It is evident that the Great Power rivalry of the 21st Century has begun, which in Mackinder’s words, “Man and not nature initiates, but nature in large measure controls.” His prediction of...
Defence Services in Decision Making: AFSPA and Beyond
By: Lt Gen HPS Klair | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Sep , 2016
A recurring view in the media holds the Army responsible for withholding repeal of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) in the North East and in J&K. A powerful former Home Minister lent...