Col Rajinder Singh

-An ex-NDA and Wellington Staff College graduate, Col Rajinder Singh is a renowned author and security analyst. He has authored four books, two individually and two in collaboration. His best-selling books are Kashmir – A Different Perspective and The ULFA Insurgency. The views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

General Asim Munir’s Hollowed War Rhetoric

The other day General Asim Munir (promoted to Field Marshal in May 2025) thundered in Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul in Abbottabad that he would change the geography of India and punish Afghanistan. He...

War Making: Analysis of Post Operation Sindoor Narrative

There are a plethora of articles, post Operation Sindoor, both in Indian and Pakistani media, electronic as well as print, with bizarre articulation of arguments of its success or failure. Some of these authors...

Should India Take Back Pakistan Occupied Kashmir?

These days, the Indian media is making much noise over Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement regarding the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The speculation is rife because of ongoing protests in PoK. Based on these protests,...

Wars of the Future: The Need to Re-Orient Indian Air Force

Technology-driven weapon systems have reshaped the very nature of modern military conflicts. Revolutions in military affairs have pushed the arena of war from ‘non-contact’ to ‘invisibility’. It simply means whatever is visible to the...

Gaza Peace Plan: What’s Cooking Among USA, Israel and Pakistan

"Great leaders coming — Prime Minister of Pakistan coming and Field Marshal (Asim Munir) coming. Field Marshal of Pakistan is a great guy and so is the Prime Minister of Pakistan — both coming....

Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Defence Pact Targets Iran

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a strategic defence pact on September 18, 2025, which implies that both nations would come to each other’s help if attacked by any enemy. It also includes nuclear attack/threat....

Israel’s Operation ‘Lucky Drop’: A Lesson for India

An Israeli airstrike on August 28, 2025, killed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, Defence Minister Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi, and its Army Chief of Staff, Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, along with several other senior officials...

Threat from Within: India’s War of Survival!

"-----Explosions are still a viable tool of war, but implosions are the new defeat mechanisms” - General Raheel Sharief, former army chief of Pakistan at a seminar in Karachi, as quoted by The Dawn...

Field Marshal Asim Munir’s Anti-India Verbosity!

An Indian journalist, Praveen Swami of The Print wrote on August 10, 2025 that Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, on a recent visit to Tampa, in Florida, USA, addressed a selective gathering of...

Operation Sindoor and India’s Military Conflicts: A Historical and a Critical Analysis

The winning strategy of war is: “If you want to shoot; shoot, don’t just talk”.  What it means is to go for the “Total Kill” right from the beginning, with no moral strings tied....

Paradigm Shift in India’s Tibet Policy

Ever since Xi Jinping’s rise in 2012, China has been acting offensively and aggressively against India. In the past, India had always responded in a muted manner to aggressive Chinese acts. Accordingly, for far...

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and India’s Lack of Strategic Vision – Both Military and Political

“ ……………… I, Shriman Inder Mahendra Rajrajeshwar Maharajadhiraj, Shri Hari Singh Ji, Ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, in the exercise of my sovereignty in and over my said State, do hereby execute this my...

Good Bye Old Value Systems: It’s the Age of Transactional Relationships 

"It does not matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the problem,” said Coretta Scott King. Ethics, ethos, moralities and old...
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