Articles By Lt Gen (Dr) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.)
Remembers: CDS General Bipin Rawat (16 March 1958 – 08 December 2021)
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) | Date: 25 Dec , 2021
As I heard the unfortunate demise of General Bipin Rawat – India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) – multiple thoughts ran into my mind. Eyes gloomed to the television set; I went into a...
Crystal Gazing: India-China Boundary Dispute
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 13 Jun , 2021
History is replete with examples where despite best efforts to predict or crystal gaze the conflicts of the future, most countries and the armed forces have gone wrong. One of the primary reasons...
Re-calibrating Strategies to Combat Maoists’ Violence
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 07 Apr , 2021
The recent dreadful attack by the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, on the joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) including elite elements of Commando Battalion for...
Counter China’s Design on India – China Border
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) | Date: 07 Oct , 2020
While India and China are in constant dialogue at diplomatic and military levels, to find short-term and long-term solutions to the conflict; the five-month-long border stand-off only confirms to...
The Unfolding Situation at the India-China Border: Call to Prepare for a...
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) | Date: 12 Sep , 2020
While the talks were at play at different levels to diffuse the tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), on 30 August, the Indian Army pre-empted Chinese provocative actions to occupy the...