IDR Blog
China’s Grey Zone Warfare & India’s Response
The conflict continuum has peace on one end of the spectrum and the open all out armed conflict on the other end. The concept of Grey Zone warfare refers the use of operational space for intense competition or conflict by states between one end indicating peace and armed conflict at the other extreme. In the Grey Zone, adversaries engage in...
Ridding Rajouri Sector of Terrorists
While the overall security situation in the Kashmir Valley has shown considerable improvement, the state of affairs in the forested mountainous areas south of PirPanjal area of Rajouri has worsened due to an extraordinary surge in terrorist activities that has resulted in the security forces suffering significant casualties. Though very...
Maldives: The drift away from India
On 30 September 2023, Presidential election was held in the Islamic Republic of Maldives and surprisingly, an anti-Indian opposition candidate, Mohamed Muizze of People’s National Congress won by defeating President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the Maldivian Democratic Party, who was holding the top post since 2018. Mohamed Muizze was sworn as...
Iran Dragging Syria into another War
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its all-time favorite Hezbollah have directly fought in Syria in support of the Assad regime since 2012. Iranians militarily and economically have heavily invested in Syria as the view from Tehran is that its alliance with Syria is among the oldest and most sustainable in the region....
Valour sagas of Bangladesh Liberation War
Pakistan can never forget the humiliation of 16 December 1971, when Indian forces entered Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan and accepted the unconditional surrender of almost four division strong Pak Army Eastern Theatre Command. Pakistan was dismembered and the whole world watched the birth of a new nation named Bangladesh. India declared...