‘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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
When you read the real stories behind the headlines in newspapers and news websites; when you read the narratives behind TV news campaigns, slickly produced Youtube videos, viral memes, Instagram posts, Whatsapp forwards and...
On May 31, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) released a list of 108 items whose import is to be progressively banned by December 2025. Christened ‘Second Positive Indigenisation List’, it supplements the first...
The new Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) released in September 2020, while continuing with the focus on indigenisation, added piquancy to the tale by including “Leasing” as a mode of induction of military equipment. Indian...
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...
China’s belligerence, its hegemonistic behaviour in the Asian neighbourhood and its strategy to establish a ring of military bases in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) call for a well-coordinated and determined response from India’s...
From a European standpoint, India is currently sitting where certain Western defence apparatuses were, just a few decades ago. How to increase military potential, while maintaining control over military affairs? The global standard, just...