Articles By Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa
Modernization of the Chinese Air Force
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 28 Dec , 2014
Of all the PLA, PLAAF has been the slowest to modernize. In many respects this is linked to its history. The air force’s close identification with Minister of Defense Lin Biao and leftist...
Air Support for ITBP: MHA squandering tax-payers money
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Dec , 2014
It was reported in the Times of India that – “Dedicate air support for ITBP gets govt nod”. The Government’s decision to acquire helicopters for the ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) is...
The case of the ‘All Weather Friends’
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2014
The Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations of the Pakistani military establishment, Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, visited China from 14-18 October 2014. A statement made by...
Road Parallel to the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Oct , 2014
The announcement by the Government to construct an 1800 km long road running parallel to the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh (AP) is a purposive step but specious at best and is likely to remain a...
Review of India’s Security Imperatives: Agenda for the New Government
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 25 Aug , 2014
The armed forces of a country are a manifestation of the Government’s commitment to the people it represents of its concern for the pursuing the country’s national interests, for providing...
Lessons from the Henderson Brooks Report
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 16 Jul , 2014
The Government’s ‘White Paper’ relating to India-China Boundary issue, published between 1951 and 1960, clearly indicated the adversarial bilateral relations between India and China. The...
China: LAC impasse and Army-ITBP spat
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2014
First the facts – Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has five battalions deployed in Eastern Ladakh including those on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). ITBP does not have its own integral...
Mountain Strike Corps: A Strategic Audit
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 17 Feb , 2014
For India to emerge as a regional power and a global player, there is need for an attitudinal change. India has the wherewithal to protect its interests and assert its rights and claims. With...
Eastern Ladakh: Can India Afford the Luxury of Inaction?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 14 Dec , 2013
The Armed Forces are India’s “hard-power” assets and not a tool for diplomacy on the borders. Deployment of an armed force to support a diplomatic effort is axiomatic as it lends strength to...
The Chinese Incursion: Need to Introspect
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 28.2 Apr-Jun 2013 | Date: 04 Nov , 2013
Robert Kaplan in his book “The Revenge of Geography” suggests that, “India’s rivalry with China is not like the one with Pakistan: it is more abstract, less emotional, and (far more...