IDR Blog
Is India confused between ground and sea realities?
I found during my recent interactions in New Delhi that our strategic thinking continues to be largely enchained to ground-based perceptions and that we are unable to reach for the skies and the seas. The skies and the seas have realities of their own distinct from ground realities. Unless we are able to perceive them in due measure and make...
Threat Perception: Is it China or Pakistan or China-Pakistan combine?
For over a year now, a strategic debate has been going on in Delhi on future threat scenarios relating to State and non-State actors. Our preoccupation till now has been with the continuing threats from the State of Pakistan and from the jihadi terrorist organisations nursed by it. It has also been with China’s continuing collusion with...
Is Army's profile changing?
The incidence of ill discipline in an artillery unit at Nyoma field firing ranges in the Ladakh sector has drawn nation wide attention. While some of the TV channels went ballistic in over playing the incident, the police too has come out with its own version. This incident took place within the precinct of a military unit where no civilians...
Modernisation of National Security Apparatus
The Government of India has taken the first important step towards the modernisation of our national security apparatus by commissioning a study of the apparatus as it stands today and as it ought to be to counter likely future threats from other States and non-State actors. National strength and national security go hand in hand. Without...
Iran-Israel spat: National Interest is Supreme
India appears to be caught in crossfire between Iran and Israel. New Delhi should evaluate the strategic dividends that accrue from Iran and Israel before it responds to the developing crisis. There are many advantages in our relationship with Tehran. Iran is the second largest oil supplier to India after Saudi Arabia. India’s access to...