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When Soft Checks Become Harder Option to Implement

Maj Gen Lav Bikram Chand - August 17, 2021

Psychological warfare, perception management and other forms of undeclared hybrid warfare is now the preferred warfare techniques. Under the existing provisions of Article 39 of UN Charter read with article 41 and 42 makes...

Making the Armed Forces Future Ready: Challenges and Opportunities

Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar - August 11, 2021

The Indian Armed Forces has been undergoing rapid modernisation over the years. There has been a progressive upgradation of our weapon systems and platforms in keeping with our threat perceptions. However, due to budgetary...

50 Years of Indo-Soviet Treaty and Friendship: Accommodating Change and Strengthening Further

Sri Krishna - August 9, 2021

As August 9 marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Indo–Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation signed between India and the Soviet Union in August 1971, the relations can be best summed up...

India’s Afghan Conundrum

Pranay K Shome - August 4, 2021

It is coming back to where it all started two decades ago. The Taliban this time is in the driver’s seat, it is on a relentless northward march taking town after town, district after...

Afghanistan – The Turmoil Ahead and Ramifications for the Indian Subcontinent

Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar - August 1, 2021

The planned withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan commenced last month and resulted in an unprecedented crisis in this land-locked country. No sooner as this happened, the Taliban went on an all-out offensive...

US – India Defence Ties Set to Grow

Sri Krishna - July 30, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the Indo-US “growing security and defence cooperation is very important,” is indeed significant since defence relationship has emerged as a major pillar of India-US strategic partnership with the...

Afghanistan Turmoil and India

Maj Gen C P Singh - July 22, 2021

‘You can change friends, but you can’t change your neighbours.’ What does one do when some rogue people come and occupy your neighbourhood? They pay a damn to the rules of civilized society, harbour...

The Future is Digital

Abhishek Jain - July 22, 2021

Houston, we have a problem! It was not a problem, it was a catastrophe in the waiting. Major systems had malfunctioned and there was a real danger of losing the astronauts and the vehicle....

Humour in Uniform: When Blue Force Became a White Man’s Burden!

Cdr Retd KP Sanjeev Kumar - July 22, 2021

Long before the CDS and Department of Military Affairs poured the jointmanship glue into inter-service cracks, every service had a distinct way of going about their business. Sometimes contrasting cultures, ethos and traditions intersected...

Afghanistan Crisis: Taliban Towards Power Sharing!

Col Rajinder Singh - July 21, 2021

Taliban’s initial euphoria of all round victory in Afghanistan is now turning into a nightmare. A stark reality of a stalemate awaits it, because capture of Kabul & Kandahar, power centres of Afghanistan, seem...

India Needs Strategic Edge in Naval Contest with China

Pratap Singh Rathore - July 20, 2021

The India-China quest for Asia’s maritime strategic space has become a bone of contention between the two countries. The Chinese Maritime Silk Route initiative and its active presence in the Indo-Pacific region are perceived...

Inter-Services Military Integration: How Well Can India Do It?

Maj Gen Amardeep Bhardwaj - July 18, 2021

Transformational Change in the Offing Going by recent media reports and publications, it appears fairly certain that the Indian Government has already made up its mind to introduce ‘Integrated Theatre Commands’ for the military –...

Dragon Trap: How India Can Shape an Alliance Against China

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 16, 2021

Can the expansionist communist regime in China be brought down in our lifetime? Can anyone stop the salami slicing policies of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)? Is there hope for the 1.4 billion Chinese...

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