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India's foreign policy last year and the challenges of 2017

India's foreign policy last year and the challenges of 2017

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 13 Jan , 2017

The vigour of the Indian prime minister’s diplomacy did not abate in 2016. Ties with the United States of America received particular attention, with five meetings with Barack Obama during the...

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Society and politicians must respond to the sacrifices

Society and politicians must respond to the sacrifices

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 01 May , 2016

Of late the Indian armed forces have more often than not been in the news for reasons that appear to reflect a lowering of both personal and institutional moral and ethical standards. The reasons...

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The battle that rages within the Nation

The battle that rages within the Nation

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 11 Oct , 2015

Since Independence, the nation has grown up with the knowledge and belief that its armed forces are pillars of strength and symbolize probity and the spirit of sacrifice. This belief is reflected...

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National War Memorial: A question of honour

National War Memorial: A question of honour

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 22 Aug , 2014

Before the flicker of the last candle to commemorate those who laid down their lives for their motherland during the Kargil conflict dies out and memories of this 15th anniversary of Kargil Diwas...

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Know Yourself and Your Enemies

Know Yourself and Your Enemies

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 12 Jul , 2014

Two books titled ‘Deception – Pakistan, The United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy’ by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott- Clark and ‘Military Inc.- Inside Pakistan’s...

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Political parties’ manifestos mean little for the armed forces

Political parties’ manifestos mean little for the armed forces

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 22 Apr , 2014

The eagerly awaited election manifesto of the principal opposition party is now in the public domain and it is natural for students of national security to look at it in some depth since opinion...

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UPA-II Failed Armed Forces

UPA-II Failed Armed Forces

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 07 Apr , 2014

Writing in these columns when the United Progressive Alliance II commenced its innings (“Through Thick and Thin”, June 3, 2009), one was optimistic that the new dispensation would not sit...

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Strategic Miscalculations

Strategic Miscalculations

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 06 Mar , 2014

The United States of America is, once again, not managing its relations with India well. Gains made during George W. Bush’s presidency in building strategic trust between the two countries are...

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Remembered Only at Election Time

Remembered Only at Election Time

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 05 Mar , 2014

It is no secret that the armed forces of the Union have, to an extent, been viewed by our ruling elite as a necessary burden. Reportedly at one time our first prime minister even wondered if they...

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Managing the neighbours

Managing the neighbours

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 23 Dec , 2013

India’s search for a successful neighbourhood policy continues. Sections of our society are anxious about our failure to manage our relations with neighbours properly. We tend to blame ourselves...

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India’s expanding power gap with China

India’s expanding power gap with China

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 13 Nov , 2013

We have a tendency to overstate the positives of our relations with China and downplay the negatives. This creates the impression that our ties are better than they actually are, and that the...

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Avoidable Tragedies

Avoidable Tragedies

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 20 Jul , 2013

It is now nearing a month since disaster struck the upper reaches of Uttarakhand, unleashing nature’s fury and shattering the lives of thousands of pilgrims and local people. The number of...

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Mounting threat from China, lackluster Indian response

Mounting threat from China, lackluster Indian response

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 05 Jul , 2013

India will have to manage its relationships with China and Japan with greater finesse. China constitutes by far our most difficult diplomatic challenge as its rise impacts us directly in view of...

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Time To Walk A Thin Line

Time To Walk A Thin Line

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 12 Jun , 2013

In a season where scams are tumbling out of Lutyens’ Bhavans with an embarrassing regularity, it may appear that the AgustaWestland helicopter graft case has receded from public memory. Rather...

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Defence production- a battle between free market and state control

Defence production- a battle between free market and state control

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 08 Jun , 2013

In a season where scams are tumbling out of Lutyens’ Bhavans with an embarrassing regularity, it may appear that the AgustaWestland helicopter graft case has receded from public memory. Rather...

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A Turning Point in History

A Turning Point in History

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 01 Jun , 2013

Even as the full scale of the tragedy that struck the United States on September 11 is unfolding, it is worth pondering its strategic implications. A leading American daily has termed it as war...

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Guns, Helicopters and the Treaty

Guns, Helicopters and the Treaty

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 27 Apr , 2013

The United Nations general assembly has approved the arms trade treaty on April 2, causing India some discomfiture. India participated actively in the negotiations but could not endorse the final...

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How to Resolve the Problem of Roles and Missions

How to Resolve the Problem of Roles and Missions

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 11 Apr , 2013

A national daily recently reported that highly classified documents pertaining to weapon system requirements and acquisition plans of all the three services along with those of surveillance...

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A single person cannot subvert the defence procurement system

A single person cannot subvert the defence procurement system

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 15 Mar , 2013

A report by prosecutors filed in Italy in connection with the arrest of the chief executive officer of Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, has alleged that the then Indian air force chief was...

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No Time for Turf Wars

No Time for Turf Wars

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 09 Mar , 2013

Nothing could have painted a clearer security picture of our neighbourhood than three prominent news items on the same day in one national daily .Osama plotted to nuke US with AQ help, India...

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