Articles in Issues
Pakistan: Still ‘Under Increased Monitoring’ of FATF
By: KM Seethi | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 03 Mar , 2021
There is a great deal of disappointment in Pakistan with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Paris-based global money laundering watchdog, having resolved to put Pakistan again on its...
Importance of Military-Industrial-Academic Complex
By: Rajiv Malhotra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Mar , 2021
When I arrived in the United States in the early 1970s, to pursue a PhD in Physics and then shifted to Computer Science, one of the remarkable experiences I had was the extent to which my...
ISI Meddling Again?!
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Mar , 2021
Two alleged contract killers from Faridkot in Punjab, Sukhvinder Singh (25) and Lakhan (21), deployed through the aegis of Pak ISI Dubai network, were apprehended by the Special Branch of Delhi...
Indigenisation in Defence
By: Dr Sudershan Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 02 Mar , 2021
Under the dynamic leadership of our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, a great impetus has been laid upon atmanirbharta in various strata’s and areas in our country. Complying to the same, even in...
The Ceasefire Game
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Mar , 2021
Much has been said and written about the February 25, 2021 statement by Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan reiterating their commitment to ceasefire along the...
Indo-Pak Ceasefire: The Politics and their Ramification
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Mar , 2021
On 24 February, 2021, the Director General’s of Military Operations (DGsMO) of India and Pakistan jointly recommitted to ceasefire along the Line of Control (LOC) and International Border (IB)...
Announcing the Penta-Polar World
By: Navneet Bhushan | Issue: Vol. 36.1, Jan-Mar 2021 | Date: 01 Mar , 2021
India has been playing the power dynamics game without a long-term, consistent and constructed narrative or at least, there is not enough evidence of this being so. Secondly, India has perhaps...
LOC Ceasefire: Need for a Formal Agreement
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Feb , 2021
An unexpected and sudden announcement merely 24 hours prior to the eve of the second anniversary of the Balakot air strike that had brought two nuclear neighbours to the brink of war has brought...
Major Structural Reform for Defence Modernization
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Feb , 2021
Introduction The Union Budget 2021-22 has come in the backdrop of severe economic crisis, induced by a global Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian economy, whose growth was already decelerating in...
China’s 2021 Imperatives for Military Climb-down against India in Eastern...
By: Dr Subhash Kapila | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 26 Feb , 2021
China ‘s military climb-down in February 2021 against India in Eastern Ladakh after eight months of intense military confrontation and violent clashes has not been prompted by some ‘Divine...
Afghan Peace Deal: A Review
By: Col RN Ghosh Dastidar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Feb , 2021
Review of Situation On 29 February 2020, USA and Taliban inked a landmark peace agreement. It essentially stated that Taliban will eschew violence, will not harbour foreign terrorist groups,and...
Tenth round of Corps Commander level talks would ensure De-Escalation at the LAC
By: Col (Dr) P K Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Feb , 2021
India and China have completed disengagement on the north and south banks of Pangong Tso (lake) in eastern Ladakh as decided at the 9th round of military level commanders talks. Subsequently, the...
On Pakistan’s Minority Persecution ‘Concerns’
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2021
Last Thursday, while speaking at a virtual meeting of United Nations Economic and Social Council on “Reimagining Equality: Eliminating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination for all,”...
European Delegation Satisfied by Democracy & Security in J&K
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2021
A delegation of European Union envoys visited the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on February, 17-18, 2021. Such visits have been organised regularly by the Indian Ministry of External...
Need for Reinventing India’s Aeronautical Industry
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 22 Feb , 2021
Whether it was a scheduled visit, or happenstance, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was in Moscow, in June 2020 within days of the alarming sanguinary encounter between Indian and Chinese...
Quad in Focus
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Feb , 2021
India, Australia, Japan, and the US held their third Quad ministerial meeting on February 18 to discuss ways to enhance cooperation for maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific in the...
New wave of Terror in Jammu & Kashmir
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Feb , 2021
Post 05 August 2019, Pakistan has tried different tricks to remain relevant in Kashmir. However, most of the Pakistani moves have either failed or backfired. But as far as Pak sponsored terror is...
Disengagement in Ladakh: Heed words of Army Commander Northern Command
By: Jasbir Sarai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Feb , 2021
In March-April, 2020, taking advantage of the COVID situation, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China made India a target of its “wolf-warrior diplomacy” with simultaneous intrusions in...
UAVs: A Great Operational Asset
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 35.4 Oct-Dec 2020 | Date: 20 Feb , 2021
The precursor to modern day Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) flew more than a century ago as the Curtiss-Sperry Flying Bomb manufactured in 1917 – a 230kg empty weight aircraft capable of...
National Character is Indispensable for National Security
By: Maj Gen Rambir Singh Mann, VSM | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2021
If there is one battle that impacted the future of an entire continent, it would easily be the Battle of Plassey, where victory was enabled through deceit and betrayal.Siraj-ud-Daulah’s military...