IDR Blog
Russia-Pakistan Relations: The Bear at Gwadar?
Pakistan has decided to accord approval to a Russian request for using the Gwadar port for exports even as Moscow has reportedly showed its willingness to be part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).[i] This was announced after Russian and Pakistani officials met recently on the sidelines of the Global Conference on Sustainable...
The Ripple Effect
In the last 48 hours, the Indian Army has lost 7 brave hearts at Nagrota. It is with deep grief, immense helplessness and cold anger that I tell you today; we will lose many more, unless we realize that our response to Pakistan is woefully short of effective, and altogether wrong. We are applying Band-Aid, where chemotherapy is urgently needed....
India and Israel: Growing Warmth in Bilateral Ties
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s visit (November 14-21, 2016) to India has come a year after President Pranab Mukherjee visited Israel in October 2015. In the meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh (November 2015) and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (January 2016) visited Israel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be in...
Pakistan’s New Army Chief General Bajwa & India’s Futile Speculation
Pakistan’s announcement of new Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on November 24 2016 set in motion a torrent of futile Indian media speculation on positive implications for India in terms of his attitudinal postures. India must learn to recognise that no Pakistan Army Chief ‘controls’ the Pakistan Army even though by virtue of his...
Declining Readiness Affecting Rapid Response Against Hybrid Threat
If security forces are always reactive and not proactive, they are bound to suffer unacceptable losses, because the initiative is always with the adversary. 2016 has been a bloody year for soldiers in CI/CT operations in Jammu & Kashmir. Uri, Pampore 1 & 2, Machal and now Nagrota. In all the incidents Army reacted but by then the...