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Military Ethical Leadership Deteriorating
The safety, honour and welfare of the country come first, always and every time. The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command came next. Your own ease, comfort and safety come last always and every time. Indian military leadership over the period has matured into a real time ethical leadership. Credit goes to exemplary qualities...
2016 for Afghanistan: Ominous spell will continue
The recent suicide bombing killing 12 and injuring over 40 in Kunar region of Afghanistan is yet another indication of growing instability in the country. But that is not all. Presenting the ‘Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Committee’ to the US Senate Armed Services Committee on 09 February, James Clapper, Director of...
The Escalating South China Sea Dispute - Lessons for India
In recent days, the fight for dominance in the South China Sea has escalated. A few days after a Washington-based think-tank released a report which featured satellite imagery showing further development of several of the Spratly Islands, China landed fighter aircrafts on the Woody Island, a subset of the Paracel group of islands. More...
The Salience of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons
Pakistan is reported to have the fastest growing nuclear weapon arsenal in the world. The arsenal is also seen by many military planners in Pakistan as a low cost option to make up for lack of conventional symmetry vis-à-vis India. But for a small and unstable, terrorist-infested country which is economically weak, its ever increasing...
Waziristan: The Sanctuary for Local and International Militants
With the launching of the US led ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan, Taliban was forced into a state of disarray. A regime that had managed to control as much as 90% of Afghanistan’s territory, and that too for a period as long as five years, the battery of attacks by the US, followed by the NATO invasion, attempted to wipe out Taliban...