Articles in Issues
Ladakh: Challenges Posed by the Harsh and Unforgiving Winter
By: Maj Gen Yashpal Singh Mor, SM (Retd) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 17 Dec , 2020
“Trained to fight the enemy but now the fight is with elements of nature” Though the Indian Army has been defending the frontiers of the entire Ladakh region assiduously for the last 70...
China and the Geopolitical Impact of COVID-19
By: Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 16 Dec , 2020
China’s dazzling growth story has been rudely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent chaos it has brought down on global economic systems. Ironically, in the past, its growth...
14-16th Dec 1971 - Inside Enemy Camp
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Dec , 2020
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...
France Counters Islamist Radicalisation
By: Dr Adil Rasheed and Savini Mehta | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 15 Dec , 2020
Terrorism often hides behind the cover of individual and religious freedoms to attack liberal democracies. It even provokes overreaction from military and security agencies in order to then...
Rising Jihadist Recidivism in Tamil Nadu: A Red Flag
By: Dr V Balasubramaniyan | Issue: Vol. 35.4 Oct-Dec 2020 | Date: 15 Dec , 2020
On 08 January 2020, two alleged terrorists inspired by the Islamic State1, Abdul Shameem and Y Thowfeek, shot and killed Wilson, a Special Sub Inspector of Tamil Nadu Police at Kaliyakavalai,...
Animal Transport Remains Crucial for Future Warfare in Mountains
By: Maj Gen PS Narwal, VSM (Retd.) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2020
The bulk of Indian Army remains deployed in Himalayan range facing possibility of war on two fronts, with collusion of adversaries in north and west. This range, has nine of the world’s ten...
Human Right Day, 2020, witnessed a new dawn in Jammu and Kashmir
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2020
On December, 10, every year, the world celebrates Human Rights Day. This date coincides with the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General...
Artificial Intelligence in the Realm of Warfare
By: Col RN Ghosh Dastidar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2020
Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on 27th November 2020. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRG) claimed that a satellite-controlled machine gun...
Indian Army Chief’s first-of-its-kind visit to Saudi Arabia and UAE and...
By: Dr Manjari Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 13 Dec , 2020
The Chief of the Indian Army General MM Naravane has undertaken a first-of-its-kind six-day trip to Saudi Arabia and the UAE from 9-14 December.[1] Army Chief’s visit to the region indicates the...
Pakistan-Turkey-Russia Relations in Emerging World Order
By: Gp Capt TP Srivastava | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2020
Facts PAF pilots have been flying Turkish Air Force (TuAF) F-16s. Turkey has been involved in upgrading PAF F-16s with US supplied kits. TuAF has nearly 300 F-16 variants, latest being Block...
Emerging Technologies for Sixth-Generation Combat Aircraft
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 34.3 Jul-Sep 2019 | Date: 12 Dec , 2020
The air strike against Balakot by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the air combat that followed in response to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) riposte on February 27, 2019, rekindled interest in...
The United States and India: Active Partnership in Defense and Commercial...
By: Peter Marko Tase | Issue: Vol. 35.4 Oct-Dec 2020 | Date: 11 Dec , 2020
In one of his academic papers, Turkish retired admiral Cem Gürdeniz emphasized that: “the collapse and the demise of the Soviet Union created huge geopolitical and economic tsunamis as well as...
1971: Finest Hour for the Indian Intelligence Agencies
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 11 Dec , 2020
Many are of the opinion that the year 1971 was the most glorious year of the Republic with a focused government in operation, well-thought out plan, adjusting admirably to the unfolding of events...
Super Dam on Brahmaputra River
By: Col (Dr) P K Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2020
China is building a “super” dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River north of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tibet, as reported instate media, in a move that could have a...
Indo-British Relations
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be the chief guest at the 2021 Republic Day. The invitation was extended during a telephonic conversation between...
Iranian Nuclear Scientist’s Assassination: Its Implications and...
By: Dr Manjari Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 09 Dec , 2020
While novel coronavirus is the persistent crisis that the world is facing, the assassination of a key Nuclear Physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Iran on 27 November[1], has the potential to further...
OROP: Laying Out the Facts
By: Air Marshal SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Dec , 2020
Introduction Information has been obtained through RTI Act, 2005 from official documents has been utilised to arrive at views expressed herein and links provided for verification. Please accept...
Countering Attack Drones
By: Maj Gen Arun Chadha, SM, VSM | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Dec , 2020
Military Technology Adoption Lifecycle In the military arms race there is a constant effort to develop a counter to any new weapon being introduced in the services. That is the reason for the...
Strategic Lessons from Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict 2020, post Ceasefire
By: Maj Gen SB Asthana | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Dec , 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement to end the war for control of Nagorno–Karabakh enclavelast month, after a series of Azerbaijani victories in its fight to retake the disputed...
Is India Finally Emerging: From its Strategic Reticence?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 35.4 Oct-Dec 2020 | Date: 07 Dec , 2020
“The world is a gymnasium where nations come to make themselves strong.” — Swami Vivekananda Ancient Indian identity was forged by distinct geographical reality that insulated India from...