Lt Gen A B Shivane

All eyes are on the assembly elections for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which will be held from September 18 to October 1, 2024. In particular of interest are the polls in J&K...

India has been an abode for cultural heritage, vibrant human potential, and a thriving democracy with a blessed geography. However, the nation's vision for Viksit Bharat as a global destination for peace, growth and...

  The defence of a nation is the prime constitutional responsibility of the government in power with the defence forces as its principal executers. The government transforms intentions into fiscal allocations to bridge capability gaps....

  “Congratulations ISRO …. India is Proud of You” Those who dare to dream big with their eyes open only they can make their dreams come true. Failures only reinforce the will to win which knows...

  The global powerplay and geopolitical flux are creating strategic security fragility at an unprecedented scale, from the Indo-Pacific to the trans-Atlantic. For India, China’s Himalayan forays and the Russia-Ukraine war have brought their fallouts...

  The Idea of India: "The Idea of India" is a phrase that often refers to the diverse and pluralistic nature of India as a nation, encompassing its cultural, social, religious, and historical complexities. The idea...

  The 21st century has witnessed technological changes and disruption in all sectors of society, resulting in the creation of new yardsticks with distinct outcomes. With globalisation and the technology boom, a new term ‘geo-technologies’...

  There is a proverb that says, “As you sow, so shall you reap”. This best defines Pakistan’s state of confusion and turmoil. Born a nation with a sense of severe insecurity and utter confusion,...

  The 21st Century poses multiple, complex, and dynamic global security challenges that nation-states face today. The world is seeing a transition to a multi-alignment world order shaped by intensified competition for resources and markets...

"From Kabul to Kandahar my Taimur family created the Mogul Sultanate. Iraq, Iran, Turkistan, and many more countries my army defeated ferocious warriors. But in India Shivaji put brakes on us. I spent my...

  The exhilarated motto “India First, Citizen First” is indeed as inspirational as "Today's era must not be of war", yet devoid of the geo-political context and realities of threats to the nation. To keep both...

  The rapid transformation in society, geopolitics and the character of war will require a deeper understanding of the larger construct of warfare. Legacy structures, processes and doctrines are increasingly at odds with emerging realities....

  “The greatest victories that have been won in war do not depend upon a simple superiority of technology, but rather on a meshing of one side’s advantages with the other’s weakness so as to...