Interviews/Spotlights
US may fret & and fume but its options are limited with Pakistan
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jun , 2011
The “New York Times” (June 15,2011) has claimed that the Pakistani authorities have detained a Major and four other Pakistani nationals during the course of their in-house enquiry into the...
Two-Nation Theory Converts into Islamic Ideology - II
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Book Excerpt: Reassessing Pakistan | Date: 14 Jun , 2011
Demand for Nizam-i-Mustafa: In the elections in 1970, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party had emerged as the single largest party in West Pakistan. Bhutto had denounced the Tashkent...
The Air Force in War-II
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 13 Jun , 2011
On the other hand, IAF first fought an independent war of counter-air action of its own, and later one of deep interdiction, but these did not influence the course of the land battles. IAF ground...
Two-Nation Theory Converts into Islamic Ideology - I
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Book Excerpt: Reassessing Pakistan | Date: 13 Jun , 2011
Jinnah’s Secular Approach:In the final analysis it was the religious sentiment that was exploited by the Muslim League to secure Pakistan but Pakistan was not intended to be a theocratic state...
Tibet and British India - II
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Book Excerpt: Tibet - The Lost Frontier | Date: 11 Jun , 2011
The Russian Threat : The element which was to play a major role in Britain’s foreign policy toward Tibet and thereby decide the fate of Tibet as a nation, is what has been called the ‘Russian...
The Chinese Invasion: The Reckoning & After - II
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 09 Jun , 2011
During the hostilities, India had appealed to friendly countries for assistance who responded generously. Britain and the United States were the major contributors. After the cease-fire, the two...
The Chinese Invasion: The Reckoning & After - I
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 08 Jun , 2011
Many surmises were made at the time on the reasons for China’s sudden invasion and the equally sudden pull-out. A year after the event, the Chinese themselves stated that their aim had been...
Indian Army: 2020
By: Gen. S Padmanabhan | Issue: Vol 20.4 Oct-Dec 2005 | Date: 06 Jun , 2011
National security, is that ambience, in which a nation is able to protect and promote its national values, pursue its national interests and aspirations, in spite of, or, in the absence of,...
Germination of Pakistan - II
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Book Excerpt: Reassessing Pakistan | Date: 03 Jun , 2011
Emphasis on Muslims as a Distinct Entity Thanks to the efforts of Syed Ahmed Khan, separate electorates and the political ambitions of League leaders including Jinnah, some academic interest had...
The Navy in War-II
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 02 Jun , 2011
After 1965 Pakistan tried to keep pace with the Indian naval program, but the stoppage of US military aid and lack of foreign exchange prevented matching progress. But three Daphne class...
Germination of Pakistan - I
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Book Excerpt: Reassessing Pakistan | Date: 02 Jun , 2011
Entry of Islam into the Subcontinent: The embryo of Pakistan, for Mohammed Ali Jinnah, its founder, was conceived the moment the first Muslim set his foot on the subcontinent.1 That was in AD 712...
Salvaging America's Botched Strategic Foray into Asia - III
By: Brig Vijai K Nair | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 01 Jun , 2011
The Saudi–British Nexus: “Saudi Arabia has always relied heavily on Pakistan in shaping its policy towards Afghanistan. During the jihad of the 1980s, Saudi funds and expertise were...
Salvaging America's Botched Strategic Foray into Asia - II
By: Brig Vijai K Nair | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 31 May , 2011
Islamabad has already begun to take steps to appease the Pashtuns by announcing that NWFP will henceforth be named Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.26 This is to impress upon the Pashtuns who live in NWFP...
The Chinese vision of Sino-Pak strategic partnership : III
By: Prof. Priyadarshi Mukherji | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 30 May , 2011
Chinese Projects in PoK :On 14 October 2009, in a report titled “India objects to proposed Chinese projects in PoK”, it was stated that “the Chinese President Hu Jintao had also said that...
Salvaging America's Botched Strategic Foray into Asia - I
By: Brig Vijai K Nair | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 30 May , 2011
Perception is all too often reality. Add to the Afghan debacle syndrome that 31 out of 50 U.S. states are seen as insolvent. Some local governments are readying bankruptcy proceedings. State...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - IX
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 26 May , 2011
Wake-up call The Day of Infamy in New York and Washington DC on September 11 is a wake-up call for all nations grappling with the menace of externally-directed terrorism. More so for India. Also...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - VII
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 23 May , 2011
Details of the HUM, JEM & LET The report gave the following details of the HUM, the JEM and the LET. The HUM “Formerly known as the Harkat-ul-Ansar, the HUM is an Islamic militant group based...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - VI
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 22 May , 2011
Terrorism & Bush Jr Administration Terrorism was an important theme during the presidential election campaign of George Bush Jr in 2000. It figured in his election platform and in the studies...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - V
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 19 May , 2011
Indian Efforts to secure US support In addition to stepping up counter-terrorism operations by the Security Forces on the ground, the Government of India has also been trying, since 1991, to draw...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - IV
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 17 May , 2011
The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM): During the 1980s, many ostensibly humanitarian relief organisations came into being in Pakistan through which Western and Saudi intelligence agencies could funnel...