Articles in Courtesy: CLAWS
Indo-Pak Discord: The Existentialist Question
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 24 Sep , 2014
As we again react against an intransigent and hostile Pakistan by cancelling Foreign Secretary level talks, one cannot but conclude that there is a fair bit of similarity between our long term...
The WhatsApp Soldier
By: Ganapathy Vanchinathan | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 06 Sep , 2014
The army has been in the news over the last fortnight, and again for all the wrong reasons. These include an incident regarding the functioning of the Army Wives Welfare Association, and a...
Review of Policy on FDI
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 02 Sep , 2014
The recently released Press Note 7 of 2014, dated 26 August 2014, notifies the changes brought about by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...
Turning India into an Arms Exporter
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 04 Aug , 2014
While dedicating the formidable Indian warship INS Virkamaditya, the retrofitted Russian aircraft carrier to the nation at an impressive ceremony held in June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a...
Managing Perceptions for Maoists
By: Shashank Ranjan | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 01 Aug , 2014
The militant groups have tendency to show inclination to address the civil society, rather than the state – as an endeavour on their part to strike at the very thought process of the society....
Strategies for Defence Modernisation and Self-Reliance
By: Bikramdeep Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 28 Jul , 2014
In defence parlance, modernisation may be defined as relevant upgrades or improvement of existing military capabilities through the acquisition of new (imported or indigenously developed) weapon...
Critical Deficiencies in the Indian Army
By: Sanjay Sethi | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 17 Jul , 2014
The Prime Minister was briefed by the Army Chief in the War Room of Military Operations Directorate on critical hollowness afflicting the army on June 13, 2014. As per media reports, the...
Pakistan is looking at a long-term disaster
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 02 Jul , 2014
On Sunday, 15 June 2014, a press release from Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR), announced the launch of “Operation Zarb-e-Azb”, to clear North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of...
Indian Army: Enhancing Night Capability
By: Raveen Janu | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 26 Jun , 2014
.Across its spectrum, future conflict will occur in a continuous 24 hour engagement cycle to enable a Force to maintain the tempo of operations. An essential component of progressing operations...
Seven Reasons Why We Need to Disinvest in Ordnance Equipment Factories Group
By: Sanjay Sethi | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 13 Jun , 2014
The Ordnance Equipment Factories Group (OEFG) is one of the five product-based operating groups functioning under the control of the Ordnance Factories Board at Kolkata. The OEFG produces general...
Danger at Sea
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 08 Jun , 2014
Vietnam, India’s strategic partner in the east is facing the heat. Not that Vietnam has not seen much worse days, having fought years of war with the US, latter using every known weapon system...
Demographic Fault Lines in Assam
By: Ashwani Gupta | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 19 May , 2014
The ethnic killings in the first week of May 2014 once again exposed the demographic fault lines in Assam. 45 persons lost their lives in violence perpetrated by suspected insurgents of National...
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile : Cementing Deterrence
By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 10 May , 2014
With the Indian Army successfully test firing an advanced version of the 290 km-range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos in April 2014, India has displayed its continuing advancement towards...
Pakistan: On the Edge
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 15 Apr , 2014
In the 2013 elections in Pakistan, all the mainstream political parties emphasised their commitment to seek a durable peace with the Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP). A peace deal is off course a...
The Fall of Crimea
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 06 Apr , 2014
It was the autumn of 1854 in Crimea. British, French, and Ottoman troops were in Crimea to battle Russia. The issue was over the question of who would have control of churches in the Holy Land...
Pakistan: Prospects for 2014
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 12 Feb , 2014
The conflict within Pakistan has multiple dimensions. Three of Pakistan’s four provinces, Baluchistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to be plagued by violence, and FATA is, for the most...
India Needs to Be Proactive in Afghanistan
By: Maj Gen N S Sapre | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 09 Feb , 2014
As the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) prepares to withdraw by the end of 2014, there is growing uncertainty about the situation in Afghanistan post-2014. There is an...
Assisting Afghanistan Militarily
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 11 Jan , 2014
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Hamid Karzai discussed the US-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Arrangement (BSA) when they met in New Delhi last month. The US withdrawal from Afghanistan...
Time for Adopting a Life Cycle Approach to Defence Acquisitions
By: Bikramdeep Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 09 Jan , 2014
Till very recently Indian Army has been looking at acquiring weapon systems and platforms to meet operational voids and emerging requirements to deal with known and perceived threats, without due...
Leadership Changes in Pakistan: Portents for the Future
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 11 Dec , 2013
Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani finally demitted office on 28 November 2013, ending weeks of speculation. General Raheel Sharif has replaced him, marking an important change...