Spotlights
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - II
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 05 Jul , 2011
The current spate of violence by the Deobandis against the Barelvis began after the 1990 formation of Sunni Tehreek (ST) by Mohammad Salim Qadri. The organisation was believed to be an offshoot...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - I
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 04 Jul , 2011
Pakistan’s polity is in a crisis. Its society is in turmoil. And the country is in a state of flux, waiting to survive the deluge and see another day. On top of all that comes the deepening...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation - III
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 01 Jul , 2011
Come September — Retribution and Retaliation: The unstinted support of the local population, which Sir Michael Howard had defined as the ‘forgotten dimensions of strategy’, emboldened the...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation - II
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 30 Jun , 2011
Guerrilla Warfare in The Riverine Delta: Guerrilla warfare came into vogue during the Napoleonic wars. This type of warfare should not to be confused with the guerrilla tactics employed by...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation - I
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 29 Jun , 2011
Exploitation of East Pakistan: The East Bengal segment of Pakistan deeply resented the exploitation of the eighteen districts that comprised the four divisions of East Pakistan. The major source...
Small Arms Proliferation in the Northeast: The Chinese Connection - II
By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 28 Jun , 2011
Hubs, Routes and Rates: Most of the consignments used to originate in Thailand, which received arms from China and Cambodia. Ships with arms would reach Cox Bazar and other regions of Chittagong,...
Small Arms Proliferation in the Northeast: The Chinese Connection - I
By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 27 Jun , 2011
The illicit proliferation and misuse of small arms is among the most pressing security threats that have affected a large number of countries. Thousands of people are killed or wounded every year...
The Indian Army must speak!
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jun , 2011
The Indian Army is a cohesive, secular and dedicated organization. In fact, it is dedicated to the fault. Most army personnel are innocent and sensitive. It is these personnel who were in the...
Links between Harkut-ul- Mujahideen (HUM) and Bin Laden, Al Qaeda
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jun , 2011
The Harkut ul-Mujahideen (HuM), also known as the Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), the Jamiat-ul-Ansar (JUA) and Al Faran, is reported to have denied a report published by the “New York Times” on June...
The Hizbut Tehrir & its focus on Pak Army
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jun , 2011
Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas confirmed on June 21,2011, that Brigadier Ali Khan, who served in the “regulation directorate” at the army headquarters, had been...
Washington's failed policy towards Islamabad: The worst is yet to come - III
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Date: 17 Jun , 2011
Bickering on the Kerry-Lugar Bill : In early October 2009, the Obama administration moved to continue significant assistance to Pakistan but at the same time put it on a more transparent...
Washington's failed policy towards Islamabad: The worst is yet to come - II
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 16 Jun , 2011
The Ghosts at the Table: As these and other analy: sts’ views reflect, it has become evident that the U.S.-Pakistan relationship cannot be discussed without acknowledging the ghostlike presence...
Washington's failed policy towards Islamabad: The worst is yet to come - I
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Jun , 2011
One feels tempted to describe the recent years’ interactions between the United States and Pakistan in terms of the proverb of the tail wagging the dog. However, that would be inappropriate...
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...
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...
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...
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,...