Articles By Col Harsh Vardhan Singh
Iran in Afghanistan: Running with the Hare and Hunting with the Hounds
By: Col Harsh Vardhan Singh | Date: 28 Jun , 2021
Iran has strong religious and cultural ties and a long shared border with Afghanistan, Dari, the Afghan dialect of Persian, is one of Afghanistan’s two official languages and is used by...
Looking for Chimera: Favourable End State
By: Col Harsh Vardhan Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 04 Apr , 2021
In military circles, Clausewitz aphorism; “war is merely the continuation of policy by other means”[1] is generally accepted as a truism. However, the situation is more contentious amongst...
Coup D’oeil and Intuitive Decision Making
By: Col Harsh Vardhan Singh | Date: 30 Mar , 2021
The more you read Clausewitz the more enamoured you get with his ideas. Coup d’oeil is one such idea which defines a great leader. Napoleon was the contrivable muse to which ‘On War’ may be...
Leadership of Ummah: Choices for Pakistan
By: Col Harsh Vardhan Singh | Date: 21 Sep , 2020
In an article published by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) in Aug 2019, I had elucidated on the (un)holy embrace of Pakistan with the Middle East[1] in a desperate attempt to seek an...