Articles By Lt Gen PG Kamath
Xi Jinping: Waiting for Dawn??
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Date: 02 Jan , 2023
When Xi Jinping said ‘Dawn Ahead’; it is the first ever admission by the autocrat that it is night in his country; read, China is in a mess. So far, all statements from China smacked...
Cards against China which we never use
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2022
The informed public and armed forces in our country have always wondered as to why the Governments down the line from Nehru right down to the present regime though to a lesser extent, have always...
High Time India Jettisons Non-Alignment
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Oct , 2021
Though the Non-alignment Movement is languishing as a vestigial organisation in geo politics, Indian diplomats suffer from yesteryear hangovers and cling on to its decrepit concepts. As I had...
Taliban Recognition: To do or Not to do?
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Sep , 2021
This is one question that is tormenting our government; should we or should we not recognise the Taliban? If we have to recognise it then when should we do it? The present thought process is that...
Afghanistan: A Way Ahead
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jul , 2021
Pakistan is sitting pretty looking at the crumbling of Ashraf Ghani’s government in Afghanistan. All the terrorists’ groups nurtured and trained in Pakistan against various countries like...
North East: Asia’s Conundrum
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Vol. 33.2 Apr-Jun 2018 | Date: 13 May , 2018
The question that arises is – can the countries of North East Asia cooperate and bring stability in the region? For any meaningful cooperation in North East Asia, two factors stand out that would...
The Strategy of Moral High Ground in Jammu and Kashmir
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Vol. 33.1 Jan-Mar 2018 | Date: 18 Apr , 2018
The two epics of Indian Philosophy; Ramayana and Mahabharat portrayed wars fought for righteousness and justice. These wars depicted ‘Victory of Virtue over Vice’. Even Christianity supported...
Long Live; Emperor Xi Jinping
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Mar , 2018
Mao Zedong became a natural inheritor of China after his ‘Long March’ and the defeat of Chinese Nationalist Forces under Chiang Kai Shek. The Republic of China was quarantined to the coastal...
Pax Britannica Whittled down to an Island Kingdom: (Intrigues that Built an...
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Vol. 32.3 Jul-Sep 2017 | Date: 04 Oct , 2017
India, even after 70 years of independence, is still floundering to identify her strategic goals. Our national vision can be gleaned from the oath taken by the Constituent Assembly on August 15,...
Tibet : Strategic Frontier of India
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Date: 23 Sep , 2015
India has a border of 4057 Kms with China of which more than 90% is bordering Tibet and less than 10% borders the Xinjiang Province of China. In the State of Jammu and Kashmir 78,000 Sq Kms is...
Defence Preparedness : Who Is Responsible?
By: Lt Gen PG Kamath | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May , 2015
If one has read the CAG’s report on the state of Ammunition that was reported in all dailies on 9 May 2015, the alarm bells would ring. The report mentions that the Armed Forces have...