Articles in Vol 22.4
Tibet: The Real Issue
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 18 Sep , 2014
“Following the logic of power, empires in their expansive phases push out their frontiers until they meet the resistance of a strong neighbour, or reach a physical barrier which makes a natural...
Image of the Armed Forces
By: Gp Capt AG Bewoor | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 27 Jun , 2014
A significant constituent of India are her Armed Forces, to defeat aggression, wage war, and for ceremonial functions. Misemployment erodes their morale, efficiency, integrity, loyalty, sense of...
NBC Disasters: Prevention & Management
By: Lt Gen Shankar Prasad | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 19 Sep , 2012
Nuclear, Biological and Chemical weapons, fall in the category of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Each one of these is capable of causing major havoc, manifesting in unprecedented...
Democracy and Security
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 10 Sep , 2012
We are constantly led to believe that since elections are held regularly, India is therefore one of the most successful democracies in the world. The truth unfortunately is different. The number...
Punjab's Pakistan
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 13 Nov , 2011
The part that constitutes the Punjab province in Pakistan, like other provinces of Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan, were not enthusiastic about the concept of Pakistan. It was much later, in the early...
Terrorism: The Indian Drama
By: Raunaq Rathore | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 25 Oct , 2011
Hyderabad has been once again rocked by twin blasts. Innocent lives have been lost. Our national pride has been dented. Somehow, such tragedies draw a familiar and set piece response from all of...
IAF flying into the Future
By: Air Commodore Jasjit Singh | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 21 Sep , 2011
As one of the less than half a dozen air forces of the world which have remained independent from the very birth, the Indian Air Force has rendered a yeoman service in the defence of the country...
Pakistan: A Convoluted Script
By: Wilson John | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 14 Sep , 2011
When the time comes for writing an epitaph for Pakistan’s President-General Pervez Musharraf, two critical blunders committed by him in 2007 would be mentioned without fail. First would be the...
Defence University for India: an appraisal of the proposition
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 25 Mar , 2011
Establishment of a defence university in India was first suggested in an article that appeared in College of Defence Management Journal in 1978. The article evoked considerable interest and was...
Blue Print for Indian Aerospace Industry
By: Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 26 Jan , 2011
All of us would agree that aerospace power has multiple applications in peace or war. It impacts our lives, energises international relations and economic activity. It also matches the demands of...
Indian Intelligence: the fiddling has to stop...
By: B Raman | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 25 Nov , 2010
The evolution of the Indian intelligence community since 1947 has been on the basis of periodic reviews of our enquiries into perceived intelligence failures. After the Sino-Indian war of 1962, a...
China: Friend or Foe?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
Year 2008 will be a special year. It is a leap year and for the first time in modern history, China will organize the Olympic Games. One remembers that in ancient Greece, this was a time for...
Military Service Pay
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
The sixth pay commission is now about midway in their task of preparing their recommendations for the revision of wages of more than 33 lakh central government employees, including the personnel...