Spotlights
Sartaj Aziz’s Visit : Stupidity Compounded
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2013
Editorials in prominent dailies today headline the ‘Lankan Impasse’ by stating that talk of Prime Minister missing CHOGM meet on 15-16 November will be a signal of foreign policy paralysis...
Rebuff the blackmail over Sri Lanka
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
By the time these lines are read by the readers, one hopes that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have taken a clear and firm decision to attend the Commonwealth summit at Sri Lankan capital...
Payback Time Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2013
Following the US drone strike killing Pakistan Taliban Chief Hakimillah Mehsud, it was hilarious to watch the somber faced Interior Minister of Pakistan accusing the US of scuttling efforts...
Teeth to Tail Ratio: Looking beyond the Obvious
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 03 Nov , 2013
` For India, a country struggling to find its soul after centuries of foreign domination, the primary strategic objective would of necessity, remain the human development of its people. While...
Military be included in the National Security Decision Making Loop
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2013
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne Chairman Chiefs of the Staff Committee (COSC) pitched for a common pay commission for armed forces and said it must have representation from their side. In the light...
A New Low in Army Leadership
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Oct , 2013
The dawn of 20 September 2013 will long be remembered for the headlines of a national daily of suspect credentials screaming “Unit setup by V K Singh used secret funds to try and topple J&K...
The Chinese vision of Sino-Pak strategic partnership : I
By: Prof. Priyadarshi Mukherji | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 13 Oct , 2013
What was China’s mega-strategy at the outset in setting up ties with Pakistan? According to Mao Zedong’s calculations, Pakistan was nothing but China’s easy access to the Atlantic and the...
Understanding Nawaz Sharif
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Oct , 2013
In the face of the recent revelations by well-placed sources that the Manmohan Singh government has been underplaying a series of border intrusions by and effective loss of Indian territories to...
घुसपैठ भारत की कमजोरी
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Rashtriya Sahara | Date: 09 Oct , 2013
केरन सेक्टर में घुसपैठ का खुलासा 23 सितम्बर को हुआ लेकिन पाकिस्तान की यह...
Defence PSUs: The Great Betrayal
By: Gp Capt AG Bewoor | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 05 Oct , 2013
When the Saras crashed, killing its crew, the deafening silence in the media, as also from those who know about flight testing, design and manufacture of aeroplanes, and the unforeseen dangers in...
China: Task ahead for India
By: Brig Pillalmarri Subramanyam | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Sep , 2013
The peaceful resolution of Despang impasse was a great relief not only to India but as well to China. In the end, the persistent diplomacy by both and the working mechanisms that were set up for...
India and the US: Slow and Steady Relationship
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 24 Sep , 2013
All eyes will be on the meeting between our Prime Minister and President Obama this week and what it produces. This is natural as our relationship with the US is, in many ways, the most important...
Pakistan: Peace remains a Chimera
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 13 Sep , 2013
The successful holding of elections in Pakistan earlier this year marked a significant forward movement in the country’s politics with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) handing over power to the...
Syria: Need proof to pass judgment
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 10 Sep , 2013
The G 20 meeting in St Petersburg has further exposed and deepened international divisions on Syria. President Obama believes that the Syrian government is responsible for last month’s chemical...
New Procurement Procedure and DRDO
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol. 28.2 Apr-Jun 2013 | Date: 09 Sep , 2013
New amendments to DPP assign a position of pre-eminence to DRDO. It will exercise total control over sub-categorisation of development cases and decide as to what all projects it should undertake....
India's Open Secrets: Effects on sovereignty and democracy
By: Maj Gen S G Vombatkere | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Sep , 2013
American spying challenges comprise three categories, namely, friends, enemies and problems. The top two challenges are Brazil and Egypt. That India is No.3 challenge to U.S intelligence1 is...
China-US- North Korea: The Dynamics of a Strategic Triangle
By: Ashok Kapur | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 31 Aug , 2013
China has developed a double policy in relation to North Korea. Its primary interest was and remains to maintain North Korea as a strategic buffer against the extension of American commercial,...
Reactivation of the Kashmir Frontiers
By: Brig Amar Cheema | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Aug , 2013
The Line of Control (LC) that marks the de-facto Indo-Pak border in the disputed state of J&K is witnessing the familiar sequence of infiltration, reverberating gunfire and mindless violence which...
Killing of Indian Soldiers on LoC
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Aug , 2013
Five Indian soldiers were killed in Poonch Sector without warning or getting a chance to defend themselves. This was a sneak attack in an area covered by the ceasefire agreement signed by both...
Have we done enough to secure the borders?
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Aug , 2013
A heavily armed team of terrorists and Pakistani troops ambushed an Indian Army patrol along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of August 7,...