Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane

The author, a PVSM, AVSM, VSM has had an illustrious career spanning nearly four decades. A distinguished Armoured Corps officer, he has served in various prestigious staff and command appointments including Commander Independent Armoured Brigade, ADG PP, GOC Armoured Division and GOC Strike 1. The officer retired as DG Mechanised Forces in December 2017 during which he was the architect to initiate process for reintroduction of Light Tank and Chairman on the study on C5ISR for Indian Army. Subsequently he was Consultant MoD/OFB from 2018 to 2020. He is also a reputed defence analyst, a motivational speaker and prolific writer on matters of military, defence technology and national security. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily carry the views of Raksha Anirveda

Is Pakistan’s Drone Confession a Live Fuse for South Asian Peace?

The latest admission by Pakistan during the failed talks in Turkiye, that it has a secret agreement with a ‘foreign country’ allowing drone strikes on Afghanistan, should raise alarms far beyond the immediate border...

Budapest Summit Cancelled: Can Diplomacy Survive Its Own Paralysis?

The cancelled summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest has since become synonymous with something bigger in its failure to maintain diplomacy in a world that now appears at ease, trading threats...

Asim Munir’s Speech: A Masterclass in Bluff and Frustration

Field Marshal Munir’s address at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul was not a strategy, it was a cry for relevance. A general speaking not to India but to a fractured institution that has...

Gaza Ceasefire: A Pause Before the Next Storm

The Gaza ceasefire, brokered under Donald Trump’s 20-point plan, marks a fragile halt in a war that has raged for two years. Hamas released all 20 living hostages and four bodies in exchange for...

Terror Niti vs Chanakya Niti: Afghanistan Exposes Pakistan’s Strategic Bankruptcy

The Depth That Collapsed: Afghanistan has often been called the graveyard of empires, but it may well become the mirror that shatters Pakistan’s illusions. For decades, Pakistan sold the idea of ‘strategic depth’, using...

Digital Steel: Transforming the Armoured Corps for Integrated Multidomain Wars

The Imperative for Doctrinal Transformation: India’s Armoured Corps faces transformation challenges unique to the digital age of multidomain battlespace. The predominance of C5ISR and digital kill webs, along with unmanned aerial systems cum missiles,...

Snapback Sanctions on Iran: Punishment Without Strategy

The reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran this September has been described in Western capitals as a triumph of resolve. In practice, it reveals the fundamental ineffectiveness of diplomacy and the failure of...

Has US Antagonism Taught India the Cost of Dependencies?

Operation Sindoor underlined India’s ability to impose its will on the battlefield. Yet the weeks that followed have shown that the bigger war is not about missiles or drones. It is about autonomy. The...

Trump’s Department of War: A Return to Old Names or A New Strategic Intent?

United States President Donald Trump, on September 5, 2025 signed an executive order to rename the “Department of Defence” as the “Department of War,” reverting to a title it had held until after World...

Nepal in the Eye of the Storm: Riots, Rivalries and the Future of the Kingdom

Once again, Nepal is in the eye of the storm. Kingdom, republic, coalition after coalition changed labels, but the faultlines never quite closed. However, the present storm has its epicentre beyond the domestic crisis...

Trump’s Wake-up Call: US Needs India – The Anchor Amidst Geopolitical Chaos

The geopolitical storm with multiple conflicts and Trump's disruptive politics is churning the global arena. The concept of power and stability is now a quicksand with alliances in constant pendulum swing, supply chains confused,...

RIC, SCO and the Global Chessboard: India’s Real Test of Strategic Autonomy

The images from Tianjin spoke more than visuals. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the podium with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, it was more than a...

America’s War Machine, Not Modi’s: The Truth Behind Ukraine

Peter Navarro’s attempt to brand the Ukraine conflict as “Modi’s war” is more than absurd political theatre. It is a calculated distraction from America’s own hand in fuelling and prolonging wars across the world....
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