Articles in Issues
Indo-Bangladesh Relations – handle with care
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2019
On December 11, 2019, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen expressed concern over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said in Dhaka that it could weaken India’s historic...
No Relationship between CAA and NRC
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2019
Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) has nothing in common but yet the propagandists are spreading rumours and creating scare nationwide leading to...
Pakistan is moving ahead to devour occupied territories of J&K
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2019
Raja Farooq Haider Khan, the puppet prime minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) recently said that, “he may be the last prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).” AJK is the...
Why US-Taliban Talks Won’t Fructify
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Dec , 2019
With the Taliban ready to negotiate and Washington desperate to get out of Afghanistan, there shouldn’t have been any problems in working out a deal. But what’s surprising is that despite both...
1971 War: Battle of Sylhet-The first Special Heli Borne Operation
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Dec , 2019
The first Special Heli-Borne Operation of the Indian Army was not a pre-planned operation. It just popped up, out of nowhere and was executed exceptionally well by a small team of 10 Mi-4...
Time for a Final Payback!
By: Sudip Talukdar | Issue: Vol. 34.4 Oct-Dec 2019 | Date: 17 Dec , 2019
Questions have also been raised by Baloch leaders over Pakistan’s championing the cause of liberty at the UN when it (Pakistan) itself remains the biggest violator of human rights. Prime...
The Colombo-Beijing Connect
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Dec , 2019
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with Cheng Xueyuan, China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, visited Colombo Port City on December 7 and officially declared the 269 hectares land...
A World without Pakistan will be more peaceful
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Dec , 2019
Understanding the region from the Indus River to the Syrian-Turkish border is not always easy. Convoluted by thousands of years of history, including boasting the world’s first great power –...
A Paradgim Shift in India’s Security Strategy
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2019
In the wee hours of the morning of February 26, 2019, India reacted to the Pulwama suicide attack on the Indian Security Forces with a “pre-emptive strike on terrorist targets” by the Indian...
14-16th Dec 1971 - Inside Enemy Camp
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2019
Late night 14th December 1971, Peshawar, West Pakistan. General Yahya Khan, then President of Pakistan was giving a party in his newly constructed house. There were a few selected guests and a...
First India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2019
India and Japan held the inaugural meeting of the India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi on November 30, 2019. During the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit held in Japan (October 2018), Prime Minister...
Reflections on Kashmir Polity
By: Farooq Wani | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Dec , 2019
Late Sheikh Mohmmad Abdullah was the tallest and most towering personality in the political history of Jammu and Kashmir who during his long political career experienced many ups and downs. He was...
Human Right Day: Pledge complete constitutional democracy and freedom for J&K
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2019
On December, 10, the world will celebrate Human Rights Day. This date coincides with the adoption and proclamation of the universal declaration of human rights by the United Nations General...
Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities: An Assessment
By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | Issue: Vol. 34.4 Oct-Dec 2019 | Date: 10 Dec , 2019
The attacks on Saudi Aramco are a reminder of India’s dependence on a very volatile and unstable region of the world. The attack appears to fit a pattern of Iran targeting Saudi Arabia’s oil...
Recollections of the 1971 War
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 10 Dec , 2019
“Rockline Control from 202, request permission to start-up.” “202 from Rockline Control, standby for permission.” “202 from Rockline, permission denied, vacate cockpits and contact on...
Beyond Trump’s Bagram Thanksgiving
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Dec , 2019
The surprise visit by President Donald Trump to Afghanistan on November 29 to be with US troops for Thanksgiving was a good gesture in line with the respect and support the US gives to its...
Is the World Coming Apart at the Seams?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 34.4 Oct-Dec 2019 | Date: 08 Dec , 2019
“The darker and bigger the cloud, the more brilliant is the silver lining.” — Hope is not lost. The recent proceedings at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where the Pakistani Prime...
70 Years of China’s Independence: Its Message to the World
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.4 Oct-Dec 2019 | Date: 07 Dec , 2019
Nearly 15,000 military personnel, more than 160 aircraft, 580 pieces of weaponry and equipment were paraded in the Tiananmen Square in Beijing to mark the celebrations on the 70th anniversary of...
August-05: Pakistan’s Bangladesh Moment
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Dec , 2019
A former Pakistani diplomat, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, in his article ‘Whatever it takes’ in www.dawn.com on 02-December-2019, has poured his anguish, agony and anxiety about post-370 abrogation...
Visit of President Gotabaya – new beginning
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Dec , 2019
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s two-day state visit to India commencing November 29, his first foreign visit after assuming presidency, has signaled a new beginning, contours of which...