Articles By Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa
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...