Geopolitics
Changing Strategic Realities in India’s Immediate Neighbourhood
By: Dr Ashok Kapur | Issue: Book Excerpts: India's Strategic Problems | Date: 26 Feb , 2015
Despite Nehru’s optimism and high profile in international conference diplomacy in the Far East, Indo-China and in Geneva and New York regarding nuclear, disarmament and peacekeeping issues,...
What makes nations great?
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2015
As India celebrates 62 years of Independence, one wonders as to what makes nations great. Why is the US an undisputed world power? Why has Britain remained undefeated for centuries? Why has India...
Arunachal Pradesh – China’s fallacious claims
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2015
It was a surprise to receive an e-mail from the Press Attache in the Chinese Embassy at New Delhi titled ‘Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on Indian Prime Minister Modi...
Does Obama really want to split China?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 13 Feb , 2015
When it was announced that President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama were both going to attend the US National Prayer Breakfast, an annual ‘religious’ gathering held in Washington, Beijing...
US Policy: Time to spell out a South Asia Policy
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 12 Feb , 2015
India is not sitting idle any longer and has begun to initiate moves to have its presence felt in the South Asian countries, barring Pakistan. Under the new administration led by Prime Minister...
Turbulence in South and West Asia
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 06 Feb , 2015
Increase in cross-border firing, attempts to attack coastal areas and targeting army camps in Kashmir show a new aggressive posture of the Pakistan army. The dramatic rise of the Islamic State in...
Specter of ISIS on South Asia
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Feb , 2015
The terror attack on Charlie Hebdo office in Paris made global headlines, as did its aftermath with three million copies of the magazine’s subsequent issue with more cartoons sold like hot...
Obama’s Visit: A Paradigm Shift in Strategic Partnership
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Jan , 2015
President Obama and the First Lady came to India this week on a state visit from 25 to 27 Jan 2015. This visit underscored the importance of the fact that the USA and India are true global...
The Dud of banning JuD – Zebra can’t change stripes
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jan , 2015
Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s High Commissioner was recently centre stage on one of our national TV channel. The competition for TRPs being never ending it didn’t really matter that Basit...
As the Western Powers Withdraw: Afghanistan at a Crossroads
By: EN Rammohan | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 24 Jan , 2015
The withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has left the troubled country in an undecided state. NATO alone had 1, 30,000 troops on the ground. By the year’s end this number will become...
Chinese Wild Claims in Arunachal
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 22 Jan , 2015
The Chinese are not happy at all. Why? Because the Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida dared to speak about what Beijing calls "a Chinese territorial area adjacent to India as Indian...
Military Courts: Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Intervention
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 21 Jan , 2015
On 6 January 2015, the National Assembly of Pakistan approved the 21st Constitutional Amendment and Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2015. The President of Pakistan, Mr Mamnoon Hussain, gave assent...
Ceasefire violations: Hostile Pakistan is facing international isolation
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 17 Jan , 2015
The cross border firing by Pakistan along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir is attaining unacceptable proportions. The Indian Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh, in the course of...
Beyond the Paris Incidents
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2015
In the movie, Lord of War, Nicholas Cage as the arms dealer Yuri Orlov says “Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947,...
Strategic perspectives on China’s South Asian connectivity
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jan , 2015
China’s presence in South Asia is now firmly established. Most of the South Asian countries including India are trying to take advantage of China’s desire to increase its trade and economic...
Modernization of the Chinese Army
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 11 Jan , 2015
The gross structure of how the PLA elements are organized is fairly discernible. The Army is divided into main forces (including the Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF), independent formations and the...
Thinking the Unthinkable: Rise of ISIS
By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2015
The United Nations Security Council has given a top priority to eliminate the threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL popularly known as IS or ISIS) that posses a grave danger to the...
Turkey with Presidential Pardons
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jan , 2015
On 27 November of last year, President Obama stepped outside the White House for pardoning a lucky turkey named Popcorn saving it from slaughter during the upcoming Thanksgiving festivities,...
The myths on Pakistan
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Dec , 2014
Indians have been spoon-fed for decades that stable Pakistan alone is necessary for India’s growth. Or that united Pakistan poses less threat than fragmented Pakistan. The myth propagated is...
What Type of War did the US Fight in Afghanistan?
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Dec , 2014
It is confusing that the US fought in Afghanistan the strange type of war it fought. For years, they had nothing more than the equivalent of one division in the whole of Afghanistan – hardly...