Articles By Maj Gen Harsha Kakar
The Exploitation of Ukraine
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 16 Dec , 2022
In early November the US State Department, in a note, post Biden releasing an additional USD 400 Million for military assistance to Ukraine mentioned, ‘This will bring the total US military...
Atmanirbhar Bharat in Defence
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 01 Feb , 2022
India is possibly the only nation on the globe which has land disputes with nuclear powered adversaries on both fronts. Both, China and Pak operate in unison. As a nation, India cannot let its...
100 Days of Taliban Rule
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 30 Nov , 2021
Last week Taliban completed 100 days of power in Afghanistan. The interim government (as it terms itself) was imposed by the Pak ISI, with the DG ISI visiting Kabul and brokering disputes on...
Xi-Biden Summit Flops
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 27 Nov , 2021
The over-hyped Xi-Biden summit held last week ended up as ‘much ado about nothing.’ The nearly three-and-a-half-hours summit was mainly both sides projecting their views with no joint...
Is China Planning Something?
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 24 Nov , 2021
In an interview to the media, the army commander of Eastern Command, Lt Gen Manoj Pande, stated that Chinese exercises in the region have increased as also has troop density. Its infrastructure...
A long way to go in Ladakh
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 12 Aug , 2021
Over the weekend, a Government press release stated that disengagement has taken place in Gogra Post, where the troops were deployed in platoon strength approximately 500 meters apart. As per the...
Iron Brothers have Similar Traits
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 07 Aug , 2021
The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Xie Feng, speaking to his US counterpart, Wendy Sherman, last week, stated, ‘The desire to seek hegemony or territorial expansion is simply not in the Chinese...
Now, Taliban controls Pakistan
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 22 Jul , 2021
Imran Khan in an interview with the New York Times, stated, ‘Given that the US gave a date of withdrawal, from then onward, our leverage diminished on the Taliban. And the reason is that the...
Summer is around the bend
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 30 Apr , 2021
The Indian armed forces have gained immense experience, over the decades, on the impact of the weather along its troubled borders. Hence, the army maintains separate summer and winter postures....
Divergences between India and China on Ladakh
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 25 Apr , 2021
The CDS, General Bipin Rawat, stated at the Raisinadialogue, ‘I think India has stood firm on the northern borders and we have proven that we will not get pushed. And I think whatever we have...
Playing with the Officer Cadre
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 22 Apr , 2021
A recent press report stated that the army is considering directly recruiting JCOs to fill vacancies in the officer cadre. They will be eligible for promotion upto the rank of Colonels. To assuage...
India-Russia Divergences
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 14 Apr , 2021
The recent two-day visit of the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, to India was followed by a similar duration visit to Pakistan. While in India he held discussions with his counterpart, S...
Stumbling blocks between India and Pak
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 01 Apr , 2021
General Bajwa, addressing the Islamabad Security Dialogue stated, ‘We feel it is time to bury the past and move forward.’ He added, ‘Kashmir dispute is obviously at the head of this problem....
Commenting on India’s Internal Matters
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 25 Mar , 2021
The Indian parliament, in retaliation to London’s actions sometime prior, discussed the case of racism in UK’s Oxford University, where Indian student, Rashmi Samant was forced to resign as...
Are the Armed Forces serious on Theatre Commands?
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: Centre for Joint Warfare Studies | Date: 22 Mar , 2021
Addressing the Combined Commanders Conference, Rajnath Singh stated, ‘We are working towards increasing jointness in the armed forces. The optimal utilisation of our resources and...
Increasing Cyber Threat
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 18 Mar , 2021
The New York Times (NYT) in a recent article blamed a Chinese hacker group called ’RedEcho’ for the failure in Mumbai’s power grid on 12 Oct last year which led to a power failure, stopped...
Entry and Exit- Decoding the Chinese Game
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 11 Mar , 2021
The disengagement process in Ladakh is well underway. This will be followed by de-escalation and finally de-induction, ending, hopefully, the most serious crisis which engulfed the country in...
China cannot Accept Body Bags
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 05 Mar , 2021
The Global Times, China’s official mouthpiece, commenting in an article of 20th Feb, post the announcement of Chinese casualties in the Galwan Clash, stated, ‘While the Chinese are mourning...
Post the Defence Budget
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 14 Feb , 2021
The budget speech by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, had no mention of the defence outlay. This left many wondering whether the budget did cater for the growing security threats that the...
Subtle Messages sent this Republic Day
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Date: 08 Feb , 2021
Republic Day celebrations have traditionally been occasions of displaying Indian military might, soft power and national culture. As a tradition, spanning over five decades, it has always had a...