Articles in Issues
Niger – Newest Global Hotspot
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Aug , 2023
The recent military coup in Niger ousting the government of President Mohamed Bazoum has created much turbulence in the in the West, more so because the new regime is viewed as pro-Russia with...
Reflecting on Afghan People’s Aspirations Marking Afghanistan’s 104th...
By: Neelapu Shanti | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Aug , 2023
“Empowering them to believe that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to. Despite challenges that our nation has faced in the last half century, Afghanistan possesses boundless...
Inter-Services Organisation Bill 2023: A Step Closer Towards Indian Military...
By: Rahul B Wankhede | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Aug , 2023
Introduction The passage of the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control & Discipline) Bill, by the Parliament on August 09, 2023[i] is a step closer towards realising the long-awaited...
To Transform or To Perish?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) VK Saxena (Retd.) | Issue: Vol. 38.2, Apr-Jun 2023 | Date: 10 Aug , 2023
Premise We are passing through changing times. The ‘pace of change’ driven by the fast grind of ‘enabling technologies’ is blistering. The bottom-line is ‘flow with the tide and time or...
Impact of UAVs on Strategic Air Warfare
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 38.2, Apr-Jun 2023 | Date: 09 Aug , 2023
Emerging technologies, with splendid assistance from Artificial Intelligence (AI), are driving remarkable Research and Development (R&D) in the area of unmanned systems for use on land, over and...
Strategic Necessity for Advancing Indo-Taiwan Relationship
By: Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Aug , 2023
In current scenario, Indo-Pacific region has become the hot bed of competition between the US and the China to enhance their geopolitical influence to exploit the Oceania for political, economic,...
Confronting China through the Prism of Reality
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Aug , 2023
It is a truism that while we are community minded and seek cooperation with others, our interactions tend to be guided less by altruism and more by our own self-interest and greed. It was...
Cycling 25,000 Kilometers Showcases Women Safety and Empowerment in India
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Aug , 2023
What would you do if you didn’t agree with the perception that India’s not a safe place for women? Perhaps you would simply dismiss this sweeping observation being motivated or an...
BRICS and De-dollarization
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Aug , 2023
There is perceptible glee in the US over Russian President Vladimir Putin physically not attending the upcoming 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit scheduled in...
SAM Manekshaw on Leadership and Discipline
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Aug , 2023
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw’s Lecture at Defence Services College, Wellington on Leadership and Discipline 11th November, 1998. Commandant, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am fully conscious of the...
Chandrayaan-3: What would landing on the lunar South Pole mean for India and...
By: Neeraj Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Aug , 2023
On 14 July 2023, Chandrayaan-3 India’s third spacecraft began its 384,400-kilometre journey towards the Moon atop the medium-lift Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) rocket, positioning India as a...
Muharram Procession in Srinagar: a ‘Win-Win’ Situation for All
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jul , 2023
It’s after more than three decade hiatus that Srinagar once again witnessed the traditional Alam Sharief procession that marks the occasion of 8th Muharram and the fact that this major event in...
DRDO Chairman lauds GRSE’s initiatives on Autonomous Vessels in the...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jul , 2023
Kolkata-based Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, launched an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) on Friday (July 28, 2023). In a pioneering move towards the...
Manipur: Into the Abyss
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jul , 2023
Common sense tells us that all successful businesses are primarily driven by the profits they hope to earn. A possibility only in a peaceful and stable environment where law and order are not an...
The India-China Relationship: The Way Forward
By: Sumant Dhamija and Neelotpal Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jul , 2023
In a desert region deep in the northern heart of China, in the town of Huangyangatan, is a 1:500 scale model reflecting 157,000 sqaure kilometres of Aksai Chin and Eastern Ladakh. This model,...
Air Power in decisive role in Kargil War
By: Gp Capt (Dr) DK Pandey (Retd.) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jul , 2023
To cut off the link between Kashmir Valley and Ladakh in April 1999, around 1500 Pakistani army personnel and Mujahedeen invaded Indian territory in Kargil sector of Jammu, and Kashmir. The...
Book review of the Book "Nation First"
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jul , 2023
Publisher: Hachette India | ISBN: 9789357311663 | B Format Paperback | Pages: 240 | Price: INR 399 This Book is not a historical record recounting the details of the Kargil War of 1999. Nor is it...
Lessons in Missile Warfare: Russia–Ukraine Conflict
By: Col Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jul , 2023
Introduction While there is mention of use of missiles at numerous places in the Vedic literature and other prehistoric epics of India, the modern use of missiles is attributed to the Germans who...
In praise of folly: How lifting the ban on Islamic radical organizations can...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jul , 2023
Sri Lanka witnessed its first brutal experience from the Islamic fundamentalism in 2019 April, which was known as “Easter attacks” resulted in more than 250 civilians’deaths including...
Kargil Controversy: Army trashes IAF perspective
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Mohan Bhandari, (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 24 Jul , 2023
While Air Marshal Bedi in his article ‘KARGIL-AN IAF PERSPECTIVE’ has tried his best to educate readers, in his words, “inadequate understanding of fundamental percepts of air power… and...