Articles By RSN Singh
J&K is much more than the Valley
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2015
The deceit of Kashmiri leaders and separatists in the Kashmir Valley, rooting for Pakistan, has acquired outrageous proportions. These elements largely belong to five districts in Kashmir Valley...
Nothing surprising about situation in Nepal
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: The Unmaking of Nepal | Date: 08 Nov , 2015
The present state of Nepal is not a sudden development, but has been building up over the years. The tragedy was that Pakistan obsessed India was non-chalet and dismissive about Nepal. Most...
Do Not Drag Kashmir into an Abyss
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Sep , 2015
Hurriyat stalwarts Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Fraooq are insisting on attending the annual foreign ministers meet of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to be held at New York...
Raheel Sharif: The New Dictator of Pakistan
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Sep , 2015
The latest attack at an Air Base near Peshawar in which more than 30 air force and army personnel have been killed has not dented the honeymoon of the general public with the Army Chief Gen...
Exposé: How Hafiz and Hurriyat killed NSA talks
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Aug , 2015
It is not the military-intelligence establishment of Pakistan, which was solely responsible for the sabotage of NSA level talks between India and Pakistan, the pre-dominant role was that of Hafiz...
Indian Hypocrisy and Security
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 15 Aug , 2015
For any cogent action against a potential or a festering problem, the rudimentary requirement for decision makers is to be convinced that there is a problem, and then define its import. This...
The price of ignoring military mind
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Aug , 2015
In his book the ‘Himalayan Blunder’ Brig JP Dalvi mentions an episode, which clearly reflects the lack of strategic thinking in the 50s and 60s in the ruling class barring some exceptions...
Depleting Consensus to Fight Proxy War
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Aug , 2015
Underworld don and Dawood aide Chota Shakeel has warned about strong reprisal for Yakub’s hanging. Crime, politics and Pakistan’s proxy war have become inextricably intertwined. All at the...
Crass politicization of terrorism in India
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Aug , 2015
Ever since India began to be subjected to unremitting terrorism from Pakistan, mostly in direct collusion with the authorities in that country, there have been unmistakable signs on part of...
Why there is an attack in Dinanagar?
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Jul , 2015
The foregoing eighteen months have witnessed three major jihadi attacks along the Pathankot-Jammu highway. This highway, NH1 (A), which serves as the lifeline of J&K runs parallel to the...
Attack on Afghan Parliament: Wake Up Call For India
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jun , 2015
The Afghan Parliament was attacked on 23 June. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Queer, considering that Taliban, has been engaged in talks in overt and secret talks with the new Afghan...
Manipur Ambush was orchestrated by the ISI
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jun , 2015
The attack on Army convoy in Moltuk valley at Parolong in Chandel district of Manipur bordering Myanmar at 0830 hours on June 04, 2015 in which 18 personnel of 6 Dogra were martyred is being...
Nepal Maoists ride on hate India campaign amidst disaster
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jun , 2015
About 27 districts east and west of Kathmandu have been hit by the earthquake. More than 10,000 people have lost their lives. It will take an estimated $10 billion to rebuild Nepal. This...
Scrap Article 370 immediately
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 May , 2015
On 23-May-2015, some ten Pakistani women met the General Secretary of ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Nizamuddin Bhat. These women, as claimed by them entered into matrimonial...
Defence Preparedness Back on Track
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May , 2015
A successful foreign policy is predicated to a large measure on a country’s defence posturing. A robust defence posturing in turn is not possible without motivated men complemented by requisite...
Iran's Threat Perception
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 28 Mar , 2015
Enduring stability has eluded Iran ever since British Petroleum discovered oil at Majid Solemyan in the country in 1908. It completely transformed the society and polity in the country. The...
Threat from Nepal's Instability
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Mar , 2015
Nepal shares a 1751 Km land boundary with India and 1414 Km with China (Tibet). Although landlocked and surrounded by these two Asian giants, Nepal’s geographic, economic and cultural...
Pakistan's Nuclear & Missile Weapons Programme
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 16 Feb , 2015
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, as Minister for Fuel, Power and Natural Resources (1958-1962) and Foreign Minister of Pakistan (1963-1966), was a leading advocate for attainment of nuclear weapons...
Saudi Arabia's Threat Perception
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 02 Feb , 2015
The discovery of oil in 1938, in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia came just six years after the formation of the state. Post World War II, Saudi Arabia assumed great strategic significance as...
Afghanistan's Strategic Culture and Threat Perception
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 27 Jan , 2015
Afghanistan has geographical interface with energy-rich West Asia and Central Asia as also with nuclear capable China and Pakistan. Its direct interface with India is precluded by Pakistan...