Lt Gen Prakash Katoch

  After his recent visit to Ladakh, Army Chief General MM Naravane stated that the Chinese Army has deployed its troops in considerable numbers all across Eastern Ladakh and Northern front right up to our...

  Punjab has always been in the crosshair of Pakistan’s ISI especially after the last round of Pakistan-sponsored militancy in Punjab that witnessed a blood-soaked period before subsiding. In recent years, Pakistan’s induction of weapons,...

  Entering the third decade of the 21st Century, we are approaching an even more operationally-demanding future that entails radical changes in our approach to conflicts and wars. Dimensions of conflict include aerospace, land, sea, electromagnetic...

  Behind the continuing subterfuge of statements emanating from the US is the American excuse that Afghans must fight their own war. But did the Afghans ever ask the US to fight their war? America...

In January 2020, Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh of J&K Police was arrested travelling in a car with two hardcore terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. His arrest made huge headlines...

  US President Joe Biden is adamant that America has achieved its aim in Afghanistan and that there are bigger threats than Taliban. He did not qualify whether the bigger threats are from China, Russia...

World Order: World Order in simple terms is an international relations term describing the distribution of power among world powers, including the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, the International Monetary Fund...

  National security implies not only safeguarding territorial boundaries but also shaping the environment so that the nation is able to build a cohesive, egalitarian, technologically efficient and progressive society with a good quality of...

  There has been a debate in the media of late about the adequacy of professional military education (PME) and military jointness and joint operational training. Jointness in our military is coming up gradually for...

  Some voices have emerged like ‘endgame Afghanistan’ but it is only America’s endgame in Afghanistan coming September. Geopolitical games in Afghanistan will certainly not end. There is plenty talk of ‘India rising’ as well....

  The Maoists struck another deadly blow to security forces on April 3, 2021, in Tekulguda, Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, killing 23 as initially reported. The number has already gone up to 24 killed and...

Recently, I had a long conversation with Mr Srinivas of ‘Hindu Businessline’ who wanted to write an editorial on this issue. He told me that in the 500 odd words of an editorial all...

In a recent interview to ‘Brighter Kashmir,’ AS Dulat, former head of R&AW eulogised both Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. According to him Imran Khan is not...