Articles in Issues
Debunking Channel 4: How RAW and SIS worked together to prevent Easter...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Sep , 2023
The recent video documentary released by Channel 4 in the UK is akin to a good tale told by a storyteller full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing. It is a basic principle in media ethics...
Pakistan Army versus Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan: All-Out War or ‘No...
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Sep , 2023
On July 14, Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] released a rather stern statement that read, “The Armed Forces of Pakistan have serious concerns on the safe...
Blowback of BRICS Expansion
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Sep , 2023
There is an ongoing controversy whether the BRICS expansion by including Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as full members of BRICS is a challenge to the...
Cracking the Siachen Walnut
By: Amit K Paul | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Sep , 2023
Walnuts, also known as ‘doon’ in Kashmiri and ‘akhrot’ in Hindi are found in large numbers in the Valley. Vonth, Kaghazi and Barzul are three local varieties of Kashmiri walnuts or...
Taiwan ready to face China with support from the US
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Aug , 2023
Differences over Taiwan’s status have fuelled rising tensions between the island and the mainland. Taiwan has the potential to be a flash point in U.S.-China relations. Taiwan has been governed...
Chinese ‘Cartographic Offensive’ is a Part of its ‘Three Warfare...
By: Maj Gen SB Asthana | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Aug , 2023
Backdrop The 2023 edition of the standard map of China, released by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is neither the first attempt to illegally document...
South Asia Terror – Western USP?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Aug , 2023
A recent UN report highlights the following: Afghanistan is becoming epicenter of terror with 20 terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil; Al Qaeda has infiltrated law enforcement agencies...
Ashok Leyland concludes 4000kms+ ‘Manzilka Safar’ at Leh
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Aug , 2023
Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group and the largest supplier of logistics vehicles to the Indian Army has concluded the4000kms+ drive – Manzilka Safar in the Stallion Truck at Leh in the...
Grad-P on the Bilafond La in April 1984
By: Amit K Paul | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Aug , 2023
Despite drone warfare and other technological advancements in this field it is widely accepted that the Russian artillery and its traditional artillery practices played a pivotal role in creating...
The Curious Case of Pakistan’s Official Secrets and Army Act Amendment Bills
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Aug , 2023
It sounds like a typical Hollywood potboiler. Two contentious bills that strike at the very heart of the democratic rights of citizens that are introduced in the Pakistan’s National Assembly are...
Pentagon establishes Task Force Lima to Study AI Issues
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Aug , 2023
The U.S. Defence Department has created a Task Force to evaluate and guide the application of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for national security purposes, amid an explosion of public...
Demographic invasion of India from the North East
By: Brig Amrit Kapur | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 23 Aug , 2023
First Published in print issue of Indian Defence Review (Vol 22.2) Apr-Jun, 2007 Six decades of ‘Indian effort’, still Seven Sisters have not been fully integrated with the main landmass....
Return of Haji Pir Pass in 1965 – Myth and the Reality
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Aug , 2023
In 1965 war, Indian Army had captured the strategic Haji Pir Pass. During the Tashkent talks between Indian and Pakistan, held through the good offices of Soviet Union, India agreed to return...
India’s Mine Counter-Measure Vessels Gap: A Critical Maritime Security Concern
By: Rahul B Wankhede | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Aug , 2023
Introduction Over the last few years India’s military naval fleet has seen a constant growth with the addition of new vessels like: frigates, destroyers, corvettes and even a full fledged...
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Rawalpindi [Selectively] Cracks the Whip on Rioters
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Aug , 2023
In his farewell speech last year, former Pakistan army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed concern regarding burgeoning domestic criticism of the Pakistan army, and opined that “… the...
Ketagalan Forum 2023
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Aug , 2023
The participation of former Army Chief, General Manoj Naravane, Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria in the recent ‘Ketagalan Forum 2023 –...
Baloch Liberation Army Revs up its Activities
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Aug , 2023
Post the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) attack on a convoy of Chinese engineers in Gwadar on August 13th, the rebel outfit has issued a 90 days ultimatum to the Chinese citizens. The BLA has asked...
Manipur Revisited
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Aug , 2023
In 1978, the Congress (I) found itself as the main opposition at both the Centre and in Punjab. At the same time J S Brar, a farmer from Moga, was appointed as the Head of the Damdami Taksal, a...
Is the Quad India’s Foreign Policy Dilemma?
By: Gayatri Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Aug , 2023
Formation of the Quad The Quad officially known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a grouping between the U.S, India, Australia, and Japan. It started off as an ad hoc grouping as a result...
Manipur Unrest and Unfair Demonising of Assam Rifles
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Aug , 2023
It’s distressing to hear that 40 Members of the Legislative Assembly [MLA] belonging to various political parties have sought replacement of Assam Rifles to assist Manipur police for restoring...