Owing to some explicit concerns, India has been beefing up outreach to the Central Asian Republics (CARs) with greater vigour and focussed vision through bilateral exchanges […]

Earlier, I wrote about the option of UN peacekeeping as a solution to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.[i] Even though an opportunity for preventive diplomacy has […]

Introduction The Honourable PM Narendra Modi made his first official tour of European countries since the outbreak of covid pandemic in 2020. The visit signals the […]

Introduction Agnipath-Tour of Duty, is a new idea and should not be discarded at the outset as un-implementable, however cautious approach is required so that it […]

There is a famous saying in geopolitics “superpowers do not have any permanent friends or enemies but only permanent interests”. From cold war to post cold […]

The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics. It is a forum that brings together India’s friends and partners – seeking common ground […]

“Strategic communications is the aggregate of your kinetics and messaging and both have to be credible”. Lt Gen Raj Shukla, USI Seminar, March 2022 Though the […]

Today, the geopolitical landscape stands divided into two camps of either with the West or with Russia by overt or covert means. There have been calls […]

In the last two years, there has been immense development in the domain of Indo-Pacific. Earlier, the Indo-Pacific was seen as a construct and now, it […]

Europe which had been in the rear view mirror, as far as the US is concerned as its sights were focused on Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and […]

On 11 February 2022, the United States published its “Indo-Pacific Strategy” (hereafter IPS)[i]. For analysts in India, this document is an important indicator of the framework […]

The year 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of India-Japan diplomatic Relations. The ties between India and Japan can be traced back historically to the 6th century […]

India belatedly has woke up to the importance of establishing closer and more favourable relations with the Central Asian Republics after they declared their independence in […]

Fifty years ago, India was a major part of the Bangladesh War of Liberation on 1971 as it helped the then, East Pakistan turn into a […]

On 1st December 2021, the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy launched the ‘Global Gateway’ Plan to counter the Belt […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited India this week, making it his one of the two foreign trips this year. The newly born 2+2 Dialogue of Russian […]

In the recent weeks, the Indo-Japan relations have steadily expanded and intensified into a serious strategic partnership. From being a stage of the Second World War, […]

Introduction Media plays a crucial role in the functioning of a society. It brings in awareness and keeps the public at large updated regularly. It plays […]

The first in-person summit meeting of the leaders from the QUAD countries on September 24 in Washington could potentially be the beginning of an effort by […]

Amidst the spotlight on Chinese designs in the South China Sea or its investment in CPEC with its implications on India — we often miss out […]

One of the few aspects of the Taliban victory which has taken most analysts by surprise has been the manner in which the Afghan National Army […]

Introduction A large number of articles and discussions have appeared in the media and social sites, over the past few days, on the need to review […]

The War in Afghanistan has ended ‘again’ upholding the distinction of being the ‘Graveyard of Empires.’ The capturing of Kabul without firing a single shot by […]

The reality today is that the Taliban are now firmly in control of Kabul. India’s stand of a government by the Afghan’s and they being responsible […]

The way many American veterans are arguing about the Biden Administration, it would seem that they were arguing for continued presence in perpetuity of the US […]

The Indian Army intends to reduce one lakh soldiers in the next 3-4 years, as per recent media reports citing 20th Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence […]

  US President Joe Biden  in a departure from his earlier seemingly soft approach towards China, ordered, around 10 days back,  his intelligence agencies to ‘redouble […]

Introduction Pakistan was carved out of the Indian sub-continent on 14 August 1947 solely on the basis of religion, to be the homeland of Muslims of […]

Introduction President Joe Biden’s promised withdrawal has started on 01 May 2021 and is likely to be completed by September 21, coinciding with two decades of […]

Overview India’s counter-insurgency policy in the past several decades is remarkable for several reasons as compared to its immediate neighbours, who have witnessed asymmetrical warfare or […]

Overview The relationship between India and Bangladesh is based upon the historic significance of India being the first country in the world to recognize the sovereignty […]

The first virtual summit of the Quad will be held on 12 March 2021. This follows up on the 3rd Quad Ministerial Meeting held on 18 […]

On 01 February 2021, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (MAH), C-in-C Defence Services Myanmar Tatmadaw announced a takeover after an interlude of ten years of partial […]

 The article analyses India-US Defence relations in light of the change of Presidency in the USA. It brings out that India must prevail upon President Joe […]

During the present pandemic, when nations around the world are still grappling with the health crisis; some have been compelled, due to their own misadventures, to […]

Introduction The lessons from conflict in West Asia suggest that the State’s response may be focused on security and military operations but the real threat can […]

Backdrop With India being part of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent member from 01 January 2021, and UN 75 years of celebration (2020) hangover […]

Assam Rifles (AR) in collaboration with The United Service Institution (USI) of India organised a webinar on 20th November 2020 on the topic ‘Assam Rifles Role […]

Ever since May 2020, Indian and Chinese soldiers have been involved in an intense standoff in the Ladakh region. According to media reports, there was a […]

The Foreign Secretary delivered a speech at Policy Exchange, London on “India’s Vision of the Indo-Pacific” on 03 November 2020.[1] Among other things, he said that […]

  The war in Afghanistan is one of the most distinctive actions of the US foreign policy in the last two decades. It is distinctive primarily […]

The three biggest players in South Asia viz; India, China and Pakistan have had a history of animosity that goes back to the time when India […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined India’s concept of the Indo-Pacific in his Keynote Address at the Shangri-La Dialogue on 01 June 2018.[1] The following year, in […]

For decades, India’s concentration of offensive forces remained on its western borders. Four wars, including Kargil, and decades of terrorism being propagated by Pakistan, compelled India […]

22 October should be remembered as the day of genocide when unaccounted number of Hindus, Sikhs and Christians were massacred by Pakistan sponsored non-state actors. Pakistan, […]

Ordnance Factories were set up in British India to provide military hardware to the armed forces, and till today they equip them with “modern defence and […]

Comments over the weekend by Imran Khan on the addresses by Nawaz Sharif to his party and at the conclave of the Multi-party Conference, leading to […]

With tensions rising on the India-China border, Nepal is at a crossroad. Being a nation between the two power giants, it is facing a Catch-22 situation, […]

Imran Khan in his address to the UNGA, which was almost a repeat of 2019, raised Kashmir and the threat of war. He stated, ‘In order […]

As per Indian media reports Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in his video-recorded speech praises the UN yet observing that the institution faced a ‘crisis […]

The evolving global and regional geo-political scenarios point towards a host of critical uncertainties, that could derail the Intra-Afghan peace process. The major cause of concern […]

The United Service Institution of India (USI) and Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS), Taiwan, jointly organized the Webinar on the topic ‘New Cold War […]

The events in Eastern Ladakh, from Galwan Valley to Panggong Tso and Kailash Range, have literally thrown up a major question – is the PLA on […]

Secure, reliable, and sustainable access to natural resources is an important aspect of national security. While access to oil and gas is crucial for traditional energy […]

Recent events along the LOC/LAC have revealed a possibility of a collusive hybrid threat to India from China and Pakistan, all declared nuclear powers. Therefore, a […]

The ongoing situation on the Sino-Indian border offers a unique opportunity for the military leadership. They could impel the political leadership to facilitate the formulation of […]

“The road ahead for Artificial Intelligence depends on and will be driven by Human Intentions. We need to make Artificial Intelligence in India and make Artificial […]

The recent incidents exhibiting Chinese offensive posturing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) along with Pakistan’s increased activities along the Line of Control (LOC) is […]

USI and ICWA jointly organized a webinar on the 24 July 2020 on the theme ‘Re-Imagining Pakistan’s Strategic Behavior Vis a Vis India.’ This discussion was […]

New Delhi : The prolonged crisis along the line of actual control in Ladakh since May has prompted many questions about India’s preparedness to face the […]

After the Covid-19 outcry against China, which has been accused across continents of deliberately or inadvertently spreading the virus, Beijing is sending out a stern message—it […]

Mao Zedong was serious when he had preached the five fingers concept for Tibet in the 1950s. While Tibet was the palm, the five fingers were […]

On June 19, 2020, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian, one of the ‘Wolf-Warrior’ diplomats, asserted that the Galwan Valley is located “on the Chinese […]

India-China relations have gone through a noticeable slump in the past decade, culminating in the recent violent events along the LAC. This together with China’s collusivity […]

Ever since 05 May, when the Pangong Tso stand-off and scuffle became public, and as details of other face offs then and dis-engagement talks now have […]

China in its latest incursion at Galwan and Pangong Tso Lake areas has only continued with their unstated domineering philosophy and should not come as a […]

At a time when the whole country is focused to the North with eyes fixed on the activities in Ladakh, it may sound odd to write […]

Media is considered to be the ‘Fourth Pillar’ of democracy and some now consider the Social Media as its ‘Fifth Pillar’. Despite restrictions, media, because of […]

Dictionary defines war as an armed conflict between two or more countries or groups.  The strategic grandmaster Carl Von Clausewitz visualized war from a far more […]

As the entire world including India battles, rather grimly, the China originated Covid-19 pandemic, another unexpected strategic challenge now confronts India. In a move which indeed […]

The Ladakh crisis has triggered calls for resurrection of the Mountain Strike Corps (MSC), whose raising had been put on hold in 2018, due to lack […]

The nation remembers the 1999 conflict with Pakistan so very vividly because the media could provide live coverage from the front line in people’s bedrooms, located […]

The on-going tension on the India-China border is reminiscent of similar incidents in the past. However, the intensity and the extent of friction appear to be […]

This is the second of the series on Comprehending the LAC Dynamics. The first part ‘Grasping the Line Of Actual Control (LAC) Dynamics: Tactical Events with […]

The Sino-Indian relationship in coming years will be defined by competition rather than collaboration. 2020 will be known for two defining events – COVID 19 and […]

China may have, more or less, successfully dealt with the COVID-19 pandemics, but the global wrath and the internal issues have intensified, as accountability remains ambiguous. […]

Myanmar is poised to go to the polls in November this year[1]. The parties in the fray are the Aung San Suu Kyi led National League […]

Talks between the two senior most military commanders on either side of the LAC in Ladakh have ended. Each side has now assured the other of […]

On May 21, 2020 Imran Khan said that a false flag operation by India against Pakistan is imminent to divert attention of the global community from […]

The current situation in Eastern Ladakh has spawned many write-ups, tweets and talks on media by few arm-chair strategists without a clear understanding of the terrain […]

REPORT OF THE WEB DISCUSSION HELD ON 22nd MAY 2020 After around two decades of the Kargil Committee Report, the Government of India acted upon a […]

Shifting Paradigms in World Order The recent US statement condemning aggressive Chinese behaviour in Ladakh[i], even as there was no official Indian statement on it, underlines […]

  Myanmar Economic Corridors In a world changing because of the COVID pandemic, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has taken a back seat. Numerous challenges […]

The dawn of 2020 heralded, three simultaneous, path breaking and long- awaited steps in India’s defence reforms – the institution of the posts of the Chief […]

Report of the Web Discussion held on 20th May 2020  The Indo-Pacific, specifically the Western Pacific is presently the primary theatre of Great Power rivalry between […]

North East Region (NER) of India is known for her natural beauty, energetic people, and abundance of natural resources. The region has a great history of […]

With the news of Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurating Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra Route, Nepal has witnessed an uproar of protests claiming the territory. It has established […]

The COVID-19’s relentless journey has already covered 213 countries and territories. In Indian official circles, there is growing acceptance of the reality, that we will have […]

The Army has revealed that it intends to start a three year “Tour of Duty” (TOD) scheme for graduates from colleges and universities to enable them […]

The Hon’ble Finance Minister announced May 16, 2020, a slew of measures meant to provide a much stimulus to India’s defence industry. The Make in India […]

Introduction The proposed defence reforms announced by Finance Minister on May 16, 2020 should objectively improve military capabilities and capacities. There is a need to maintain […]

“God is great” was cheered right after the signing of the deal between the Taliban and the United States[ii]. This signed on 29th Feb 2020 and […]

Even with the U.S government and the Taliban signing a troop withdrawal agreement to pave the way to end a 19-year-old war, peace remains elusive for […]

For India to be self-reliant and pursue its national interests, the components of Comprehensive National Power (CNP) need to be strengthened. Issues like hard and soft […]

On the 29 February 2020, the USA and Taliban signed the much-delayed deal in Doha, Qatar, named as ‘The Agreement to Bring Peace to Afghanistan’. It […]

The announcement of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by Prime Minster Modi in the course of his Independence Day address to the nation, which came after […]

The world at present is battling the devastating COVID-19, a global pandemic, which has impacted the global financial markets, the world economies, halting supply chains and […]

“Bargains, deals, and tacit understanding between states and insurgents are common in civil wars. This fascinating mix of conflict and cooperation shapes the pattern of the […]

The people affected by the COVID 19 pandemic is reaching the 4.3million mark worldwide. In India, the detected cases have crossed the 70,000 mark, within two […]

India retained its position as the second biggest importer of arms for the period 2015-19 according to the SIPRI Report released on 28 April 2020. On […]

Pakistan deep state and its proxies in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) were surprised when India took a historic decision by abrogating Article 370 and reorganising state […]

REPORT OF CS3’S WEB DISCUSSION HELD ON MAY 6TH 2020 To discuss the regional security dynamics in South Asia, the Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation […]

The COVID pandemic has forced the military to terminate all activities being done collectively with special reference to training courses being conducted at various Institutions. While […]

The tragic loss of Col Ashutosh Sharma, the Commanding Officer (CO) of 21 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) along with Major Anuj Sood, two jawans and a Sub-Inspector […]

This paper is being published in two parts, Part -I dealt with China’s capabilities, while Part – II will deal with the Global approach for security […]

This paper is being published in two parts, Part -I will deal with China’s capabilities, while Part – II will deal with the Global approach for […]

It still seems more fiction than fact: a near apocalypse caused not by a nuclear winter in the aftermath of a showdown between superpowers, but by […]

Speaker: Dr Roshan Khanijo, Assistant Director, CS3 Moderator: Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Head CS3 Nuclear weapons have a significant role in International Politics […]

  Speaker: Brig. Vivek Verma Moderator: Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Head CS3 The Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation (CS3), USI organized a […]

Key Points The outbreak of COVID-19 has demonstrated the destructive potential of virus as a weapon of mass destruction. The strategic competition amongst major powers has […]

It has been three months since COVID-19 reached the Indian shores. Unlike many countries across the globe it has not so far overwhelmed India’s public health […]

Key Speakers:  Maj Gen B.K Sharma, AVSM, SM**(Retd), Director USI, Maj Gen Rakesh Bhaduria, VSM (Retd), Maj Gen Pawan Anand, AVSM (Retd) Moderator: Maj Gen Rajiv […]

Images of state police enforcing the national COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across India have gone viral (no pun intended) – sometimes using excessive force, more often ‘soft-skills’ […]

During his address at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), China on 29 October 2014, the current Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled his vision for Afghan […]

The international consensus on ‘hybrid warfare’ is clear: no one understands it, but everyone, […] agrees it is a problem.                ——— Understanding Hybrid Warfare[i] Introduction […]

The US 7th Fleet aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt, carries the biggest punch in the Pacific Ocean. When its Captain is sacked overnight, something serious is […]

Introduction For some time now, the United States and China have engaged acrimoniously in theatrical fashion regarding the U.S.-China trade war and the Covid -19 Pandemic. […]

The Indian Armed Forces has the unique distinction of having two additional forces that it can embody during war – the Territorial Army (TA) and the […]

Introduction The metaphor of war has been universally invoked to describe the conditions under which ‘victory’ over COVID-19 is sought. The metaphor is certainly useful to […]

As the world grapples, rather unsuccessfully so far, with its worst pandemic in a century, COVID 19, it would be an understatement that the world, as […]

Uncovering the Origin of COVID-19 Officially on 31 December 2019 China reported its cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in its Wuhan City, Hubei […]

Introduction Geo-strategic trends have nearly always impacted the national and corporate economics. Turbulent times more often than not, change the existing geo-strategic trends and lead to […]

Like many countries currently focusing their priorities to contain the deadly coronavirus, simultaneous measures by economic stimulus packages are being taken to support the economies that […]

Notwithstanding the internal challenges India faces and the imperative need to focus on economic growth, it would be prudent for the governing establishment and the strategic […]

Introduction On 15th Aug 2019, the Prime Minister in his annual Red Fort address to the nation announced a major decision: India would have a Chief […]

Prelude India’s military planning will be severely challenged by the inevitable and adverse economic impact of COVID 19. It also exacerbates the long term and unresolved […]

As the world confronts its most formidable existential challenge since the end of World War II in the currently raging coronavirus pandemic, almost all vexed geo-political […]

A lot has been written about impact of Covid-19 on health and day to day functioning of the society but not much has been discussed about […]

Making a prediction in the midst of a situation as uncertain, unusual and fluid as is existing today is fraught with danger that it may be […]

Backdrop In the history of restructuring of Indian Armed Forces, the Year 2020 started with a hopes and anxiety with long awaited appointment of Chief of […]

Introduction Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) security is a matter of grave concern for many nations today. CBRN security in India is still in its […]

Why is it that Kautilyan principles are invoked only when India tries to outdo its neighbor through an unconventional military endeavour (recent India-Pakistan conflict), or when […]

The Big Picture Corona virus pandemic has emerged as a ‘Black Swan’ event of the 21st century. While this article is being written, globally, more than […]

Even as this paper is being written, the worldwide coronavirus cases have crossed 7,20,00 and the deaths crossing 33000. This pandemic is likely to have far […]

The coronavirus – COVID 19 – that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has swept now over to 177 countries causing incalculable cost to […]

Introduction Post Coronavirus pandemic world will never be same again. The system of governance, national security is likely to see paradigm change. Pandemic will redefine the […]

The South Caucasus region primarily consists of three nations – Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey, which is adjacent to this region, has adversarial relations with Greece, […]

The Deal On 9 March, the newly elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was taking the oath in the Parliamentary lawns at Kabul. Just a block away, […]

The attack on the Kabul gurudwara on 25 March 2020 allegedly by the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) killing many devotees has clearly exposed the […]

World at the Brink of Destabilisation COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the world with a rapid intensity. More than 170 countries are infested with the contagion. […]

With the Coronavirus no more just being a problem of China, but a pandemic as declared by World Health Organisation, there is global activeness not only […]

India’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favour of equal rights in the armed forces, ordering the government to grant permanent commission and command positions to […]

Introduction Analysts had watched the earlier “howdy Modi” in the United States of America and now “Namaste Trump” in Ahmedabad. Both shows projected Modi and Trump […]

Introduction In contemporary times, all other major events and shifts have been overshadowed by the impact of COVID 19 which has led to comparatively few deaths […]

It is a great initiative to create Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Department of Military Affairs (DMA) to develop military capabilities to fight future wars. […]

Introduction The President of Brazil, Mr. Jair Bolsonaro, was on a State visit to India from 24-27 January 2020. He was the Chief Guest at India’s […]

India faces a very challenging strategic environment, with its immediate opponents possessing significant capabilities and militaries that are modernizing rapidly.[1] In fact internal and external factors […]

The last few weeks have witnessed the Afghan situation go round in circles without an idea of where it is heading. There is total ambiguity on […]

Abstract This paper identifies and examines the foreign policy challenges and opportunities for the NDA 3 Government. It provides an insight into the change in foreign […]

The Pakistani establishment must remember the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s words in the context of Pakistan in 2011 that, “You can’t keep snakes in […]

Kashmir is all that Pakistan talks about these days. On 14 August—the day on which Great Britain created Pakistan in 1947—Imran Khan was in Muzaffarabad instigating […]

Emotional integration of Kashmir ought to be the objective of the Indian Government, all of the Indian political class, the whole of Indian polity and of […]

Introduction The accession of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) State with India was absolute and had similar conditions that were granted to other 562 states that amalgamated […]

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION AT THE USI ON “EVOLVING SECURITY DYNAMICS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: ROADMAP FOR  A COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC RESPONSE”             The United Service Institution of India […]

Introduction On 24 July 2019 China’s State Council Information office released the white paper on ‘China’s National Defense in New Era’. The document divided into six […]

Introduction The United Nation in its report has suggested that there are 73000 abandoned unaccompanied families of Islamic State fighters that are not being claimed or […]

The article espouses a view of a son of the soil from the grassroots level. Someone who has seen all the phases of violence, hate and […]

The Relevance of Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz connects the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman to the     Persian Gulf Strait. The Persian […]

 Introduction On June 20, 2019, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone.[i]  Iranian officials claimed that […]

Introduction Recently, Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organisation, invited India to become an observer for […]

Premature proclamation of end of the Islamic State (IS) led the world to believe that Islamic religious extremism is on the decline. It is now emerging […]

The rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have such widespread implications that it is time to consider AI development, funding and implementation as a national imperative. […]

The President of India visited Croatia (25-28 March 19), Bolivia (28-30 March 19) and Chile (30 March-01 April 19). It was the first ever visit by […]

US-Pakistan Relations at the Crossroads—An AnalysisK.N. [email protected] A fracas over a telephonic message from the Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to Imran Khan on 23 August […]

You Cannot Kill an Idea By the Gun: Rebirth of Insurgency in Punjab and North Eastern States a Possibility Narender [email protected]   Insurgency and terrorism are […]

The Kashmir Valley: Is The Die Cast?Dr Ganesh [email protected]   When President’s rule was imposed in J&K on 20 Jun 2018, most J&K watchers as well […]

China looms large over Africa, India needs to do moreDr Raj Kumar [email protected] India and China have competed for influence in Africa for decades. But in […]

India-Japan Bilateral: Reflections after the 13th MeetingCommander Subhasish [email protected]   Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Japan on 28-29 October 2018 for the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit. […]

On the Side-Lines of G20: India-LACCommander Subhasish [email protected]   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit at Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 30 November […]

Afghan Peace Process: Chasing a Mirage Gaurav [email protected] The year 2018 is a year of contradiction for Afghanistan, primarily for two momentous yet contrasting phenomena. First, […]

Siding with Pakistan – Typical British Sport?Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)@   In a recent article titled ‘Pakistan’s Military Reaches Out to […]

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS – SEMINAR ON CHINA ON 04TH MAY 2018 S No TIMINGS TOPIC SPEAKER 1 1000 – 1030h  -Tea and Registration   2 1030 […]

Unarmed Jihadi: The Real Enemy of KashmirBrig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd)@   There is a debate about the phenomenon, “why youth are joining terror groups […]

Indo-Russian Ties: Backdrop & Fall-Out of Sochi MeetDr Manmeet Bali [email protected]   There’s been a flurry of activity on the foreign policy front, of late. Prime […]

Governors Rule in J&K: Challenges, Implications & Way [email protected] Bali Nag   As soon as BJP pulled out of its three-year alliance with the People’s Democratic […]

 Carrier Versus Island Debate And India’s Maritime [email protected] Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)   1In a recent article titled ‘Glug, glug, glug: India’s […]

US-North Korea Talks and Implications of the Triadic China-North Korea- Pakistan Relations on [email protected] Gururaj G Pamidi (Retd) Now, that the dust has settled on the […]

Accommodation and Adjustment a Way Forward for Naga Conflict Resolution Brig Narender Kumar, SM,VSM (Retd)@   The Government of India signed a landmark Framework Agreement with National […]

Role of History in Narrative Building: With Special Reference toMaharaja Gulab Singh   Manu [email protected]   Introduction The recent imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu & […]

Pakistan Elections 2018—Saleable Symbols and Maladroit Manifestos Ghanshyam Singh [email protected]   Pakistan votes for a new National Assembly on 25 July 2018. There are 342 seats […]

 India at SCO: Challenges Supersede [email protected] Kumar   The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, including newly inducted India and Pakistan attended the […]

Peaceful Pashtun Protests : New Challenge For Pakistan ArmyShaman [email protected] Manzoor Pashteen, a 26-year-old veterinary student from Pakistan’s militancy-hit tribal areas of FATA, has emerged as […]

India Requires Technologically Driven Approach for Internal SecurityNarender [email protected]   In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a police officer wearing facial recognition glasses spotted a heroin […]

China’s Hypersonic Test a Precursor to Arms Race: India’s OptionsDr Roshan [email protected]   China’s Hypersonic Test China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) has been very active […]

First Nepal India Think Tank Summit On 31ST July 2018 At Kathmandu: Key Take AwaysMaj Gen Rajiv Narayanan AVSM,[email protected] Background             With the launch of the […]

Pakistan Elections and the Emergence of Religious Parties Shaman [email protected] General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the […]

Jihadi Threat to India is Real and EnduringBrig Narender [email protected]   Anwar al-Awlaki the English-speaking propagandist and leader of Al Qaeda had said in one of […]

Imran Khan’s Pakistan: A Subjective-Objective ForecastingGhanshyam Singh [email protected] “It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all”                     ——    Henri […]

India’s Extended “Act East” in the South Pacific IslandsCdr Subhasish [email protected] The 49th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) was held on 03 – 06 September 2018 in […]

State Succumbing to Terror Dictate Exposes the Vulnerability of Counterterrorism Strategy in KashmirNarender [email protected]   The two essential ingredients for terrorism to succeed are its extreme […]

China – Consolidating in IOR at Incredible PaceLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) @ An article in the China Daily in mid-2014 had […]

To Die on the Battlefield is too Sacred to be Evaluated by MoneyBrig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd) @   No nation can pay the cost […]

Beyond Shaksgam – China Scorching Himalayas BlatantlyLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) @ 1Barely two months after the India-China Doklam standoff was peacefully […]

Linking Kashmir Conflict as a War against Muslim a DogmaBrig Narender Kumar SM, VSM (Retd) @   Usama Mehmood, second in command of Al Qaeda Indian […]

The Growing Opium Economy in Afghanistan and the Role of the Taliban Mr. Gaurav [email protected] The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its […]

US National Defense Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the SummaryAir Cmde (Dr.) Ashminder Singh Bahal (Retd) Department of Defense’s enduring mission is to provide combat-credible military […]

‘Maritime Silk Route’ in the ArcticCdr Subhasish [email protected]   In recent decades, the Arctic region has witnessed the decline of the ice cover on the Arctic […]

Analysis of Nuclear Posture Review 2018Dr Roshan [email protected]   Introduction Few days back the American Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) 2018 was published, which gave an insight […]

Slashing Manpower of the Army without Restructuring National Security:A Flawed Viewpoint  Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd)@    Introduction There is a debate that, with the […]

Xi Jinping Era – Endless?Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd)@   On Sunday came the news flash that the ruling Communist Party had proposed removing […]

The China Factor in the Troubled US-Pakistan RelationsGaurav [email protected]    In a series of actions consistent to the US new strategy towards Pakistan, the US Government […]

India-France Strategic Partnership Graduates to the Next LevelCdr Subhasish [email protected]   Introduction The prelude to the four day visit of French President, Emmanuel Macron, was awash […]

Drones: New Weapon of Terror AttacksBrig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd)@   Introduction India is home to a diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious population. This diversity […]

Alleged Use Of “Novichok” To Poison A Former Russian Spy: A Dispassionate AnalysisColonel Gururaj G Pamidi(Retd)@   Introduction The newspapers, electronic media as well as internet […]

US-China Trade War: Advantage India?Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd)@   The first salvos have been fired by both, China and USA in the emerging […]

Russia Proposes to Sell 21 Used MiG-29s to IndiaGp Capt Sharad Tewari, VM (Retd)@   It is a well-known fact that the Indian Air Force (IAF) […]

China’s Changing Strategy in Greater South China SeaMaj Gen RPS Bhadauria, VSM (Retd)   Introduction The overall situation in South China Sea ( SCS ) is […]

Defence Planning Committee: A Step Forward for Military Capability BuildingBrig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd)@   There is a need to determine what exactly is required […]

US Dumping Iran Nuclear Deal: Global ImplicationsDr Roshan [email protected] Introduction With Mr. Donald Trump becoming the President of US, it was anticipated that the Iran Nuclear […]

Revisiting Kashmir Demographic Complexion Kashinath [email protected]   J&K State, like other parts of the country, is a mosaic of religious, linguistic, ethnic and cultural identities. This […]

Central Asia Warily Welcomes China’s OBOR Dr Raj Kumar [email protected]   Introduction   China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is giving anxious moments to Central […]

Indigenous Weapons Programmes Need Armed Forces Support Brig Rahul Bhonsle (Retd) India’s defence R & D and industry mainly government and public sector [so far] have […]

Doklam Standoff : A Diplomatic & Reasonable Indian Stand  By JK Verma New Delhi. 24 August 2017. A town which very few outside the Army had heard […]

Middle East Boils Over Qatar Air Mshl Dhiraj Kukreja  Introduction             The Middle East has never been a picture of stability, much to the chagrin and […]

Pakistan: The Nawaz Ouster Rana Banerji Though not entirely unexpected, the five-nil Supreme Court denouement disqualifying Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as Member of Parliament for an […]

Trump’s Afghanistan StrategyRana Banerji After procrastinating for almost five months, US President Donald Trump chose the symbolically significant platform of Fort Myers, Arlington to announce (Aug […]

Is China’s ‘Frontline State Strategy’ Going out of Control or Is North Korea Crazy? Major General S B Asthana, SM, VSM (Retd) @   The Frontline […]

Inglorious Anniversaries I – The Jaffna University Raid, 12 Oct 1987 By Lt Gen Ghanshyam Singh Katoch, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)@   On 12 September 2017, a […]

3rd Afghanistan – India Security Dialogue: 08 Sep 2017 A Report   The United Service Institution of India (USI), New Delhi and Afghan Institute for Strategic […]

 Afghan Taliban Peace Talks: Uncertainty Remains Mr Gaurav [email protected] In a recent call for reviving peace talks, the representatives of the US, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China […]

Referendums and Muscular Nationalism Lt Gen Ghanshyam Singh Katoch, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)@   In the past 30 days two referendums grabbed headlines, the first was […]

3rd India – Afghanistan Security Dialogue & the 6th Herat Security Dialogue : Options for India Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd) @   The […]

BrahMos ALCM with Su-30 MKI Fighter Provides Significant Deterrence Capability Air Cmde (Dr) Ashminder Singh Bahal, VM (Retd)@   BrahMos, a 290 km range ramjet propulsion […]

Trump’s Jerusalem Card, Impact on Middle East Security: Implications for India Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (Retd)@ True to form Donald Trump has announced that […]

India Joins the Wassenaar Agreement (WA) Dr Roshan [email protected]   Introduction India joined the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) on 8 December 2017. The negotiations for this were […]

Multi-Alignment – Pragmatism By Another Name? Cdr Subhasish [email protected] If Non-alignment was the stated principle of Indian foreign policy in the Cold War era, its primary […]

Strategic Implications of Chabahar Port Air Cmde (Dr) Ashminder Singh Bahal, VM (Retd)@ Introduction Chabahar Port in Iran is located on the Gulf of Oman. It consists […]

Battle of Narratives in Jammu & Kashmir: A Perspective  Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd)@   General There has been a debate on how war of perception […]

Should India go in for an ASAT Test?Dr Roshan [email protected]   Introduction “Star Wars” the popular sci-fi series in the US had ages ago exposed man’s […]

Strategic Significance Of Pakistan’s Ormara Naval Base  Dr Roshan [email protected]   Introduction The Jinnah naval base at Ormara, in Baluchistan, situated 350 km west of Karachi and […]

Deciphering the Dance of the Dragon:  Unraveling China’s behavior at the NSG Colonel GG [email protected]  Introduction The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was founded in response to […]

All Party Delegation’s J&K visit Prof K.N. [email protected] Twenty-six MPs from 20 political parties comprising the parliamentary delegation enjoyed a pleasant 24-hour stay in salubrious Srinagar. […]

Central-South Asian Connectivity: New Security Panorama Prof K.N. [email protected] Long before the partition of India, famous Urdu poet Iqbal praised the Himalayas in glowing words and […]

Kashmir- Terminating Groundhog Day Ghanshyam [email protected]   ‘Groundhog Day’ is a 1993 Hollywood movie in which a man re-lives the same day again, and again, and […]

Need For Indian Armed Forces to Respond To PLA Reforms Major General P K Chakravorty, VSM (Retd)@ Introduction Xi Jinping the current Commander-In-Chief of Chinese Armed […]

Beyond The Surgical Strikes – Future Trajectory of Indo-Pak Security Matrix Maj Gen RPS Bhadauria, VSM (Retd), and Col IS Panjrath, [email protected] The usual humdrum of […]

American Missile Shield in South Korea: China’s Options and Implications for Asia Dr Roshan [email protected] Introduction South Korea’s decision to install the American missile system – […]

Hollow slogans for Indo-Pak dialogue K.N. [email protected] The oft-repeated narrative of Kashmir valley leadership is that India should talk to Pakistan. Dr. Farooq Abdullah has been […]

The Rhetoric of Bilateral DialogueProfessor KN [email protected] Valley leadership of all hues, counsels New Delhi to hold bilateral dialogue with Pakistan for resolving outstanding disputes including […]

Exit Abdul Wahhab Enter Chairman MaoProf KN [email protected] Three articles which I published during past three months did not evoke any curiosity among the readers about […]

 President Rivlin’s visit to New Delhi:  Renewing the spirit of India-Israel CooperationDr Amit [email protected]   Israeli President Reuven Rivlin recently concluded his India visit aimed to […]

A State with Trilateral Power Centre KN [email protected]   The Dawn of December 6, 2016 published full length statement of Nafees Zakaria, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman that dealt […]

India-Japan Cooperation to Develop the Chabahar Port in IranDr Raj Kumar [email protected] The Asian geopolitics over infrastructure development has further intensified as India and Japan have […]

Major Takeaways from Indonesian President’s Visit to India Dr Roshan [email protected]   Introduction HE Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia, was on his first state visit to […]

PRAGMATIC CYBER TECHNIQUES IN USE Maj Gen PK Chakravorty, VSM (Retd)@ Recent Usage On 20 January 2017, the United States of America had the 45th President […]

Kashmir: A Saga of Blunders Kashinath [email protected]   Decades long persuasion of Indian National Congress (INC) failed to stop Indian Muslim League (IML) from pushing its […]

Beyond Rescinding the Xiangshan Forum Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)@   China has cancelled the Xiangshan Forum this year held annually in […]

Paris Attack Intensifies EU Division over Refugees, Open BordersRaj Kumar [email protected] The Paris attack mastermind, Abdelhamid Abaaoud was able to infiltrate EU borders with ease while […]

TAPI: Ensures Regional Energy SecurityDr. Nivedita Das [email protected]  The long awaited Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline construction process started on 13th of December from Turkmenistan in a […]

Restructuring of Cyber Warfare Organisation by PLAColonel Rohit [email protected] Among the first use of Cyber Space and Cyber Warfare as a means to control information on […]

Japan-India: Strengthening RelationsDr Roshan [email protected] Introduction The India-Japan ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ was further enhanced during the three day Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit […]

Deepening Distrust between India and Nepal Post Constitutional CrisisColonel SK [email protected] Constitution of Nepal came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Moscow Visit Expanded Scope of Make in India MissionDr. Nivedita Das Kundu*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Russia from 23rd […]

Continuing Evolution of Chinese Armed Forces-A Review of Recent Organisational ChangesCdr MH Rajesh, Research Fellow, [email protected] (Summary:- On 31 Dec 2015, China instituted a Ground Forces […]

China’s New  Defence Service: The PLA Rocket ForceDr Roshan [email protected] Introduction The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) established the PLA Army’s leading organ, the PLA Rocket […]

Continuing Evolution of Chinese Armed Forces- China Announces its Theatre Commands Commander MH Rajesh, Research Fellow, USI of India (Summary:-The transformations of the PLA has continued […]

China’s Push For Cyber Sovereignty Col Rohit Mehrotra, Senior Research Fellow In the current era, Internet has become a part and parcel of almost every facet of […]

Xi in Middle East: Focus on Iran, China Repositions Itself Raj Kumar [email protected] Introduction After cancelling his first Middle East visit last year due to Yemen […]

PLA Reorganisation: Strategic Support ForceColonel Rohit [email protected] The reorganisation of PLA was on the cards for quite some time and gained momentum since the taking over […]

Cold War Relapse: China could be the Real Gainer Raj Kumar [email protected]   Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev seemed to have turned back the clock when […]

Nepal – China Transit AgreementGroup Captain Sharad [email protected] General On Monday, 21 March 2016, Nepal signed ten Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with China. According to a […]

India –US Defence Ties : Gathering Momentum Major General RPS Bhadauria VSM (Retd) @ The recent visit of US Secretary of Defence, M. Ashton Carter, generated […]

Dealing With Iran: Quandary For The United States Colonel GG [email protected] Background            West Asia or the Middle East as the region is more widely known; […]

India and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG): Is NSG a Fair Organisation? Dr Roshan [email protected]   Introduction Forty eight member strong NSG will have its Plenary Session […]

India-Iran Eurasian Partnership Takes Off Maj Gen B K Sharma, AVSM, SM** (Retd) and Dr Raj Kumar [email protected]   Introduction Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Iran visit has […]

Hypersonic Glide Vehicles – A Game Changer Dr Roshan [email protected] Introduction America’s zeal to develop ‘Conventional Prompt Global Strike’ (CPGS) weapons in the garb of developing […]

Economic Slow Down Of China – A Generalist Perspective Brigadier Sandeep [email protected]   The debate about economic slowdown of China has now been raging for quite […]

Greek Tragedy: Implications For IndiaColonel Akshaya [email protected] Introduction The Greek economic crisis is being enacted. The popular verdict has been that the crisis is essentially economic […]

Iran Nuclear Deal: Implications for AsiaDr. Roshan [email protected] Introduction After months of negotiations, finally the six powers (U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) have been […]

China: Plugging A WeaknessCommodore Lalit Kapur (Retd)@ A widely talked about weakness of growing Chinese maritime power is its anti-submarine capability.  Barely six weeks after China […]

What The Chinese Stock Market Crash ForetellsColonel Akshaya [email protected]   Introduction The Shanghai Composite Index soared 150 per cent over the past year before shedding 30 […]

Iran Deal and ChinaCommander MH [email protected] P5+1 countries have been working on a deal with Iran regarding its nuclear capabilities for the past 12 years. The […]

From Cam-copter to Cyber-copterLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, [email protected] Drone terror and use of drones by drug cartels has been a concern for the […]

NSA Level Talks and ManoeuvresLieutenant General PK Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)@   That Indo-Pak relationship is hostage to Pak Army’s fear of losing control to civilian […]

China’ Pursuit for Self-Reliance in Science and TechnologyCol Rohit [email protected]   U.S. chipmaker Intel was recently denied an export license to supply chips for Chinese supercomputer projects as […]

Dynamics of India-South Korea Special Strategic PartnershipRaj Kumar [email protected] Introduction India and South Korea share 15th August as their independence day and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee […]

Myanmar on The Verge of A Historic Nationwide Ceasefire AgreementShri EN Rammohan, IPS (Retd)@  Myanmar is one step away from an historic deal that could end […]

New Alliances in Afghanistan Maj Gen Alok Deb, SM, VSM, [email protected] Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s statement in New Delhi recently that India ‘should seek to […]

Afghanistan – unending Great Game Lt Gen PC Katoch PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)@. A fortnight into the October 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan, a delegation […]

Proposed US-Pakistan Civil Nuclear Deal: A Critical Analysis Colonel GG [email protected] Introduction The New York Times reported that the Obama administration is exploring a nuclear deal […]

Will the Myanmar Army Allow the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement to be Signed?  Shri EN Rammohan, IPS (Retd)@ Recently the Myanmar Government announced that several groups who […]

Economic Slowdown: Political Costs For ChinaBrigadier Sandeep [email protected] The Chinese slowdown is a subject of much international debate and speculation. It is a subject of interest […]

South China Sea – Testing Times or Routine ?  Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)@   South China Sea (SCS) is increasingly in […]

US – China Engagements to Address Transgressions in Cyber SpaceCol Rohit [email protected]  The first half of 2015 saw tensions rise as the US protested China’s brazen island-building […]

Long Term Impact of China Rescinding Its One Child PolicyBrigadier Sandeep [email protected]   In the ongoing fifth plenum of the Communist Party the one child policy […]

 Prospects for Stability In AfghanistanMajor General Alok Deb, SM, VSM, (Retd)@ The security situation in Afghanistan remains challenging with rapidly evolving dynamics. The fall of Kunduz, […]

China and the Indian OceanCommodore Lalit Kapur (Retd) History tells us of the Chinese eunuch Admiral Zheng He and his seven voyages in the early 15th […]

The Islamic State Make Its Terror Plans Even More ‘Dirty’Colonel GG [email protected] In July 2014, approximately 88 pounds of uranium was reported missing from Mosul University […]

18th SAARC Summit: Focus on Regional Integration and ConnectivityCol S K  Shahi  The 18th summit of ‘South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation’ (SAARC) was held in […]

Report on the International Symposium on “Afghanistan and Regional Security” organised by the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) Beijing, Dec 10-11, 2014 Maj Gen B […]

A Close Presidential Race In Sri Lanka Nitin A Gokhale* A few days from today, Sri Lanka’s 15 million voters will be exercising their franchise in […]

Who Will Prevail in the Struggle against Radical Islamist Elements Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)   A recent article titled, ‘Egypt’s Sisi: […]

Obama’s Landmark Visit – A Big Boost to Indo-Us Ties But Worrisome For China and PakistanColonel PK Vasudeva, PhD (Retd)   President Barack Obama’s visit to […]

Defence Budget 2015-16 : An AnalysisColonel PK Vasudeva, PhD (Retd)@ The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on 28 February a modest 7.9 per cent increase in […]

The Iranian Nuclear Agreement: Global Implications With Particular Focus On India Colonel GG Pamidi @ Introduction             A framework agreement has been reached between Iran and […]

Return Of Displaced Kashmiris Needs Deft Handling Dr. Ramesh Tamiri   The reaction in Valley to NDA Govt.’s proposed move to resettle internally displaced Kashmiris in ‘Composite […]

India’s Space Capability: Warning Signals Amidst Successes Air Marshal M Matheswaran, AVSM, VM (Retd)              The recent success of the Mars […]

Reflections on Modernisation of Defence Forces Major General Alok Deb, SM, VSM (Retd)   Defence Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar last month, during his address to the […]

Munir Akram’s Joke BookLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) In his article ‘After Iran, Pakistan’ dated 01 May in irgamac.com1, a Symbiosis University […]

Vietnam: Managing Challenges in 2015Major General PK Chakravorty, VSM (Retd)   Introduction The Communist Party of Vietnam elected the Eleventh Party Congress in 2011. The tenth […]

What Next: Ghani’s India Visit and India-Afghanistan Relations Raj Kumar Sharma[*] The Context Afghanistan has been in a state of security and economic transition, since the […]

China’s White Paper on Military Strategy  Dr Roshan [email protected]  Introduction  The Chinese Ministry of National Defense on May 26, 2015 issued a white paper on China’s […]

The ISIS and a Nuclear Weapon in West Asia Colonel GG [email protected] Introduction The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has garnered attention for their […]

Decoding China’s White Paper on Military Strategy Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd) @   Introduction Chinese White Paper on Military Strategy released by the Chinese Ministry […]

Revitalising Indigenous Defence IndustryA Misplaced Focus? Cmde Lalit Kapur (Retd)@   Military platforms, whether tanks, artillery guns, aircraft, ships, submarines or helicopters are enormously complex mechanisms […]

Ships, Pipelines and United Nations Conventions For the Law of the Sea- A Contextual Analysis Of Transporting Natural Gas  Commander MH Rajesh* Introduction Ships and pipelines […]

US Approach to ISIS and Implications for Afghanistan and IndiaColonel Akshaya [email protected]  US withdrew from Iraq in end 2011, since then the Iraqi insurgency has grown […]

Strengthening Relationship Between India and Bhutan Col SK Shahi,   Bhutan was the first foreign country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  chose to visit on 15-16 June […]

Geopolitical Perspective on Russia-Pakistan Arms Deal Raj Kumar Sharma Introduction Russia has lifted an embargo on sale of weapons to Pakistan and a deal is being […]

India and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)Dr Roshan Khanijo* Introduction The Indian government’s announcement that India will ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol is […]

Conduct of the Indian Security Forces in Disturbed Areas Lieutenant General KK Khanna, PVSM, AVSM and Bar (Retd)   Reference an article ‘In Remote Corners of […]

Turnabout of ‘Haiyang Shiyou’  Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* Less than two months back, on 27 May, China had shifted her oil […]

The New EU Maritime Security Strategy Implications for India  Cmde Lalit Kapur (Retd) The “Age of Discovery” commencing 15th century AD first saw Europeans venturing into far off […]

War Memorials Serve a Purpose*  Lieutenant General Harwant Singh, AVSM (Retd)@   Government’s decision to build a National War Memorial in the vicinity of India Gate in Delhi […]

Unintended Consequences of US Airstrikes in Northern Iraq Adil Rasheed The current US intervention to protect Americans in Erbil and the Yazidi community from an IS […]

Increase in Para-Special Forces without A Unified Structure is an Exercise in Futility Colonel PK Vasudeva, PhD (Retd)  The Army is slowly and steadily expanding and modernising […]

Live Fire Military Training Drills in East China Sea: An Appraisal Col NSP Bisht   On July 27, 2014 the Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced […]

PNS Siddique Commissioned: The Virtues of Dispersal Commodore Lalit Kapur*   On 03 September 2014, Pakistan’s naval chief Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila commissioned a new air […]

Pakistan’s Relations with Tajikistan: The Indian Dimension Raj Kumar Sharma* Introduction Pakistan had close security relations with the US during the Cold War era due to […]

Report on the Discussions on “Afghanistan and Central Asia 2015” The United Service Institution of India, in partnership with NESA Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense […]

One Year Shy Of First Destination : MDGs – A Status Commentary              “The Millennium Development Goals have shown that we […]

US – Vietnam Civil Nuclear Energy Agreement Dr Roshan Khanijo*    As part of building a strategic relationship, the US is helping Vietnam become the first […]

Afghanistan on the Threshold of a New Era By Professor Nirmala Joshi*          The Herat Security Dialogue III, a calendar event of the Afghan Institute […]

The Pakistan Factor in Afghanistan Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)  The propensity of the West to overlook Pakistan-generated terrorism is well known […]

CONDUCTEDBY ON 16 SEP 2014 A brainstroming session on ‘Security Scenario In West Asia & Af-Pak Region’ was organised at the USI of India, New Delhi […]

Nuclear Lockdown- Reevaluation of Nuclear Security Summit Dr. Roshan Khanijo   Introduction The Prague speech of US President Barack Obama in 2009 declared nuclear Terrorism as  […]

Ukraine at the Cross Roads of History   Professor Nirmala Joshi        By incorporating  Crimea into the Russian Federation , President Vladimir Putin  has given a decisive […]

Baghdad Calling Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)  The First International Conference on Combating Terrorism held at Baghdad, Iraq on 12-13 March 2014 […]

Politics of Nuclearization Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* Way back in June 1994, Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata stated in the Diet […]

Japan’s Agreement To Hand Over Weapons Grade Uranium To The US: Merely Symbolic Or Substantial & Significant? Colonel GG Pamidi*             Aspiring sincerely to an international […]

The World Order Set to Change Yet Again : Need for a New Strategic Direction for India Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd), Deputy Director & Editor, […]

Does India Need to Relook its Nuclear Doctrine? Dr. Roshan Khanijo  BJP’s 2014 election manifesto has rekindled the debate regarding India’s Nuclear Doctrine. The proposal to […]

Rethinking Military Doctrine Lieutenant General PK Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)@ Today there is a shift in the conflict paradigm where conflicts have become hybrid in character […]

Nuclear Doctrinal Revision For The China Front Col Ali Ahmed*  Missing in the ongoing debate on NFU, prompted by reference in the BJP manifesto to a […]

Analyzing the Crisis in Ukraine and Its Repercussions Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi * The recent eruption of tensions in the Ukraine has initiated a debate among the analysts […]

Few Slivers From Military History:Essentially For The Reading Pleasure    Lieutenant General Baljit Singh, AVSM,VSM (Retd)   Most prescribed military history books seldom make interesting reading. For […]

Roadmap for Economic Revival Ravi Shanker Kapoor   The new government will do well to learn lessons from the mistakes made by the Congress. The biggest […]

The Aftermath of Pakistani Nuclear First Use Ali Ahmed   Thinking about the aftermath of Pakistani nuclear first use is not a vote on India’s nuclear […]

The UN : Memo to the Next Prime Minister – A RejoinderLieutenant General RK Mehta, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM (Retd) Apropos  Richard Gowan’s article ‘The UN […]

Comments on Neville Maxwell’s Article in The Times of India – 03 June 2014 Lieutenant General KK Khanna, PVSM, AVSM and Bar (Retd) Apropos the article […]

Dealing with China Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd)   During the run-up to the recent Lok Sabha elections in India and soon after the new Government […]

India-China Border Conundrum Lt Gen PC Kaoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) In early 2000, US scholars had recommended that India should resolve its borders with […]

Beyond Mosul Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC * As the ISIS juggernaut led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi advances on Baghdad, the world […]

Leveraging International Pressures to Neutralise Pakistan Based Terror NetworkColonel Akshaya Handa*   India has long been subjected to terror sponsored from Pakistan. It however, has not […]

Commentary: South China Sea – China vs. Vietnam  Grant Newsham is a Senior Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, with 20 years of experience […]

Blood and Guts Lieutenant General Harish Dutta, PVSM (Retd)   The story has it that once Winston Churchill was asked as to which attribute he considered […]

India Russia An Enduring PartnershipProfessor Nirmala Joshi * The time tested India’s relations with the Russian Federation were soon able to find a new basis for […]

The Appointment of Permanent Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee in Doldrums Despite Consensus Among Service Chiefs Colonel (Dr) PK Vasudeva PhD (Retd) * The government’s readiness to […]

Interim Nuclear Deal Between Iran And Five Permanent Members Of The Un Security Council Plus Germany (P5+1): Implications For India Maj Gen YK Gera (Retired)*   […]

Pakistan Gets More Belligerant as US Withdrawal Looms  Lt Gen HC Dutta, PVSM (Retd)* India spends billions on defence, yet ever since Independence, India has not […]

The 2014 General Elections in Bangladesh and theWestern Attempt to Sabotage It Shri EN Rammohan, IPS (Retd)* Background The Awami League (AL) decided to set up […]

          Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Regional Security Professor Nirmala Joshi*   As the draw down date for the withdrawal of the coalition forces nears, hectic […]

China’s New Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) In East China Sea (ECS) Major General PK Goswami, VSM (Retd)*   “The Chinese, charm you when they want to […]

China’s New Air Defence Identification Zone And Its Impact Group Captain Sharad Tewari, VM (Retd)* General 1.         People’s Republic of China, on 23 Nov 13, announced […]

GETTING SERIOUS ON DEFENCE PRODUCTION – THE CASE OF MBT ARJUNLieutenant General Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)  Every now and then, the media reports some scam […]

China’s Proposed Nuclear Umbrella to Ukraine – Its Geopolitical Implications Dr. Roshan Khanijo* Introduction Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych made a four day visit to China in […]

EMPLOYMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) IN FUTURE BACKGROUND   1.  An article titled “It’s time to abolish the Air Force” by Mr James […]

 Similar Concerns Draw Russia-India-China to a Dialogue on Afghanistan  Nirmala Joshi, Professor         There is no doubt that the year 2014 is going to be highly critical […]

Jammu and Kashmir, Where Are We And Where Are We Going ? Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM**, VSM**  Commentaries on Kashmir […]

India  and Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)  Nuclear Material Security Index Dr Roshan Khaniejo* Introduction In order to make the world aware of “Nuclear Materials Security Conditions”, […]

Unattended Ground Sensors Lieutenant General (Retd) Davinder Kumar , PVSM,VSM Bar*  The single most significant development in the digital battlefield of 21st century is the provision […]

Hypersonic Weapons : Is India Prepared For the Next War? Col Saif Ul Islam Khan* Introduction A new flying platform travelled the length of Chinese territory […]

NEXT LEVEL TERRORISM Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* Warfare has undergone changes in recent years; some major, some subtle. Structure of global […]

China’s Maritime Silk Road Diplomacy: A New Tapestry or Reweaving An Old DesignCaptain S Dewan (IN) *   Historical Perspective The term “Silk Road” has fascinated […]

Indian Semiconductor Fabrication (FAB) Facilities – At Last! Lieutenant General (Retd) Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar   A very important and long overdue strategic Policy by […]

China’s UAV Programme Gp Capt AK Agarwal*           The Chinese Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) programme dates back to 1950, when it procured La-17 […]

Double Jeopardy Wars Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)*  D Stiegman’s article in Small Wars Journal dated 13 June 2013 outlining seven emerging […]

The Recent Ambush of A Congress Party Convoy In Chattisgarh And The Maoist Insurgency In India. Shri EN Rammohan, IPS (Retd)*   Part-1 On 25 May […]

Next Round : Great Game AfghanistanLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* The US move to talk to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (official […]

India’s Energy Faux Pas Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* The emergence of shale gas on the global scene has ushered a new […]

Need To Consolidate Indo-Japanese RelationsMaj Gen YK Gera (Retd)* Introduction  1.         India and Japan are major powers in Asia. India is a major population centre, whereas […]

Zeroing onto Ground Zero  Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) The news about Barack Obama pondering over the ‘zero option’ of withdrawing all […]

Higher Defence Organisation Lieutenant Colonel BS Varma (Retd)*  Over two millennia ago, India had an admirable Higher Defence Organisation (HDO).  According to Magasthanese, the Greek Ambassador […]

                 The Military Coup In Egypt – The Aftermath  RS Kalha* According to the US and the EU the […]

India’s Isolation And Strategic Encirclement:Chinese Foreign Policy Goal Maj Gen SV Thapliyal, SM (Retd)   Recorded history shows that India and China have loomed large in […]

India-Russia Relations: Need For Consolidation Major General YK Gera (Retd)*   Introduction 1.         India relied considerably on the erstwhile Soviet Union both politically and in the […]

India’s Border Defence Deficit Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) * India’s border defence deficit could not be requiring more national focus both along […]

The Strike Corps Debate Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd)* A lot has lately appeared in the print , visual and social  media after the Cabinet approval […]

The Currency of Terror  Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* Anatol Lieven’s book ‘Pakistan – A Hard Country’ exposes the cross section of […]

Striking Syria Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) Presently it appears that the US President Obama describes as the “anchor of global security” […]

An Indian Perspective on the Syrian Imbroglio and its Implications  By Colonel GG Pamidi *   Background             The future of the regime of the President […]

Border Defence Cooperation Agreement – What Next? Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd)   There was a general feeling of déjà vu at the end of Dr […]

Terror Signals China Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) When 34 year old wheelchair bound Ji Zhongxing detonated his crude home-made device at […]

India’s Connect Central Asia Policy Professor Nirmala Joshi            India’s engagement with the Central Asian Republics ( CARs ) gained a new momentum with the […]

Will Pakistan Play Ball Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India, Shaiza Mohammed Abdali recently stated at the Press Club […]

The Maldives Cauldron Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) *  Chairing an international leadership conference in 2009 on invitation of the Maldives National […]

COMMENTS ON ‘PROXY WAR’ BY DR AMARJIT Lt Gen KK Khanna, PVSM, AVSM** (Retd)   It is encouraging to find non-military personnel looking for solutions to […]

SEATO Syndrome : Pakistan’s Afghan Epiphany Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)*  The recent strategic comments by IISS, London titled ‘Pakistan’s Afghan Epiphany’ […]

Grounding of USS Guardian in Philippines – Playing with or Playing by the UNCLOS Captain S Dewan (IN) * USS Guardian (MCM-5) was commissioned on 16 […]

China’s Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier ProgrammeCaptain S Dewan (IN) * USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, recently completed its 25th and […]

Defensive Fire Support in Anti-Maoist Operations Group Captain AK Agarwal*   Rural India has a history of social hierarchy and discrimination through casteism and communalism, with […]

THE CHINESE CHEQUERS Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd)* The Chinese move to establish a post across the perceived Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh on […]

Intrusions in Ladakh Lieutenant General  KK Khanna, PVSM, AVSM, Bar (Retd)* From the Media we learn that about 20 troops of the PLA have intruded in […]

Recipe for Redemption Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* A study published in April 2013 by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point […]

Chinese Intrusion – Psychological Challenge ? Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* As per indigenous media, the government has surmised that the Chinese […]

US Drone Attacks and Targeted Killings: Legal IssuesGroup Captain AK Agarwal* After the 11 September 2001 attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the US […]

Needed – Reflection and ActionLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) The ambush by Maoists of a 30 vehicle convoy of a political party […]

Special OperationsLt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd) Sub conventional war is and will remain the order of the day in 21st Century considering […]

India and the Arctic Council Captain S Dewan (IN) *  The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council as a high level intergovernmental forum to […]

China’s Unclos Reciprocity Captain S Dewan (IN) * Paragraph 2 of Page 39 in the US Annual Report to Congress on the Military and Security Developments […]

An Indian Perspective on Chinese Premier’s Visit to India By Dr Roshan Khaniejo*   Mr. Li Keqiang, the newly elected Premier of the People’s Republic of […]

Cyber War – A Tutorial Lieutenant General (Retd) Davinder Kumar, PVSM ,VSM and Bar* The rapid and all pervasive deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) […]

Swarming Doctrine of Asymmetric Naval Warfare Captain S Dewan (IN) * Warfare theorists and practitioners were unanimous in opinion that the information age had reshaped the […]

Pakistan’s Recent Elections and The Tale of The Hare and The Tortoise Colonel GG Pamidi*             An Op Ed in the reputed “The New York Times” […]

A Strategy to Deal with NaxalismCol Akshaya Handa In the wake of the 25 May 13 ambush by Maoist’s a large number of articles have appeared […]

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT IN INDIA AND A NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE WORLD- A VIEWPOINT  Col GG Pamidi & Dr Roshan Khaniejo** Introduction   The United Nations General Assembly […]

An Indian Perspective of Possible Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria Background The future of the regime of the President of Syria, Bashar al Assad has […]

AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE ON NUCLEAR AND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE DEALS   Colonel GG Pamidi and Wing Commander RK Singh**  In response to the astute observations made by […]

CAN CHINA AVOID THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN Colonel SC Tyagi (Retd)* To remember your visit to a country, if you wish to pick up a memento from […]

ATOMIC ENERGY REGULATORY BOARD AND NUCLEAR SAFETY  Dr Roshan Khaniejo* “The legal status of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) continues to be that of an authority […]

INDIA AND TAJIKISTAN SCALING NEW HEIGHTS Professor Nirmala Joshi & Major General BK Sharma, SM** (Retd) * The high point of President  of the  Republic  of […]

SYRIA : CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER Colonel Amar Ramdasani, YSM Introduction Syria has remained in the clutches of a repressive minority dominated regime led by the […]

THE RELEVANCE OF CTBT Dr Roshan Khaniejo* The Comprehensive Nuclear Test- Ban Treaty (CTBT) has been in the news for all the good reasons .Its contribution […]

WHY CHINA WENT BACK IN 1962? Colonel Amar Ramdasani, YSM* “He who holds Tibet dominates the Himalayan piedmont; he who dominates the Himalayan piedmont threatens the […]

AFRICAN GRAVEYARD OF WEST Lieutenant General PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* The French are likely to find operations in Mali quite different from their […]

  Know Them ,To Deal With Them -‘Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen’ Col Amar Ramdasani, YSM*    "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur’an is our law. […]

Afghanistan Subcontracted Lieutenant General PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* The cliché ‘Endgame Afghanistan’ is misnomer as Afghanistan will continue to exist as always no […]

REDESIGNED BRITISH ARMY: SMALLER, WITH MORE RESERVES (COMMENTS) Lt Col Harish Katoch*        British Government’s decision to reduce its army by 20 percent and […]

Fiends Next Door Lieutenant General PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)* Recent revelations that Anwar Khan who beheaded martyr Hem Raj, part of the trans-LC […]

  Protecting Helicopter Assets in Anti-Naxal Operations Group Captain AK Agarwal    Since 20 December 2009, the IAF is undertaking Operation Triveni in support of the […]

THE PERFECT APPROACH: INCREMENTALISM, SYMBOLISM OR REALISM  Dr. Roshan Khaniejo*    The article “Beyond Incrementalism: Rethinking approach to CBMs and stability in South Asia “ by […]

 North Korea Quagmire Dr Roshan Khaniejo*   North Korea detonated a “miniaturized and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force” on 12 Feb 2013. She has […]

Is   A Military Deployment in Afghanistan in India’s National Interests? Col Amar Ramdasani, YSM*   “Under the right conditions – UN flag, viable logistics support – […]

The Preacher and the Naïve Lt Gen PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)*  The continuing clamour by some US scholars and think tanks, Stimson Centre […]

BREAKING THE DEADLOCK AT THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT : PRESIDENCY SHIFTS TO INDIA Colonel GG Pamidi[*] Background             The Conference on Disarmamnent (CD) was formed in […]

DEMYSTIFYING SOME FACTS ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY By Gp Capt AK Agarwal* The CPI (Maoist) was formed on 21 Sep 2004 with the merger of the […]

Pakistan’s Pursuit of Nuclear Parity: A Recipe for Disaster By Colonel GG Pamidi* Introduction  American intelligence assessments have concluded that Pakistan has steadily expanded its nuclear arsenal since President […]

TIME TO RECONSIDER RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN ANTI MAOIST OPERATIONS By Gp Capt AK Agarwal*   1.         In the fight against Maoist insurgency, at present, nine […]

ANALYSIS OF AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN: A MILITARY VIEWPOINT By Colonel GG Pamidi* The article by Daniel Wagner and Michael Doyle on "Contemplating an Israeli […]

  UAVs AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN ANTI MAOIST OPERATIONS By Gp Capt AK Agarwal* 1.         In the last three months, Maoist cadres have carried out three […]