IDR Blog
Countering Future 'Pathankots' on the Ground
‘Pathankot’ has now become a synonym for the hybrid warfare unleashed by our adversary. A great deal has been written about the incident and even more debated on electronic media. While post mortems by participants and planners will doubtless lead to important outcomes affecting the entire canvas of such operations, the requirement to have...
Pak's Nuclear 'Normality' through External Deals: Chasing a Chimera
Several recent writings have recommended how Pakistan could and should be accommodated into the nuclear mainstream. Mark Fitzpatrick, a non-proliferation analyst at the IISS, London, had advocated this through his Adelphi paper entitled “Overcoming Pakistan’s Nuclear Dangers” in 2014. More recently in 2015, Toby Dalton and Michael Krepon...
Lashkar-e-Cyber of Hafiz Saeed
Social media has completely transformed the traditional means and ways of media communication. Social media applications such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or WhatsApp are now extensively used by individuals, governments and private organisations to disseminate information and engage in discussions over online platforms. Increasingly, terrorist...
Rafale Fighter Jet: Deal, No Deal?
During the recently conducted Indian Air Force drill (‘Iron Fist Exercise 2016’) in Pokhran, Rajasthan, attended by President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha declared: “This demonstration is the tip of an iceberg when compared to the overall capability of the air force.” Well, it is a melting...
Mission Accomplished: Russian Drawdown in Syria
The 2003 Mission Accomplished speech gets its name from a banner that read “Mission Accomplished” displayed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a televised speech by United States President George W. Bush on 1st May 2003. A controversy followed this speech because after it the insurgency in Iraq really began and, which as far...