• Reviewing J-K in the backdrop of an active Ladakh border

    • July 6, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
    • Categories: Counter Insurgency, Military, Strategic Affairs
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    With all the public focus on the LAC in Ladakh, there has hardly been any analysis of the situation in J&K even as the Union Territory approaches the first anniversary of the landmark decisions taken on August 5 last year. The decisions themselves being too well known, any recall of these may be unnecessary.

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  • Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond

    • July 3, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
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    Editor’s Note

    Pakistan Army makes hay as long as the sun shines. Over and above its bid for a 20 per cent pay hike, it’s expanding business interests at a hitherto unforeseen scale. Now they are partners in funding the construction of DiamerBhasha Dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan along with a Chinese company. Are there any options left for Pakistan beyond the dark abyss or the unfathomable dungeon. The author gives his assessment of the future Pakistan that we have to contend with.

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  • Modi govt’s silence on China gave ‘satellite warriors’ a free run

    • July 3, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Categories: Domestic Issues, General Topics, Military
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    The Ladakh stand-off has boosted transparency, for it has given greater visibility to a species of information soldiers who could be described as ‘Satellite Warriors’.

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  • India must prepare for a multi-domain war

    • July 3, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Military, Strategic Affairs
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    China’s confrontation with India is not all about the boundary issue, but a political act to offset its present challenges, and demonstrate its rising comprehensive national power (CNP). The Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership that increasingly relies on nationalism for its legitimacy will not find it easy to make the compromises necessary for a boundary settlement.

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  • Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone prevails)

    • July 3, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: China, Military, Strategic Affairs
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    My thoughts are with Col Santosh Babu and our soldiers who sacrificed themselves for us in Galwan. Their bravery will be an example and inspiration for future generations of Indians.
    They have given their today for our tomorrow.

    My heart goes to their families and near and dear ones. My salutes to them.

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  • The Weak Heart of CPEC – Neglected Beyond Repair?

    • July 2, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Pakistan, SAARC, Strategic Affairs
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    Editor’s Note
    We have already published a fairly large number of articles by the author on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in BharatShakti. in. This article focuses primarily on the cascading effects of the CPEC on Baluchistan. Baluchistan, apparently, will barely have marginal gains while contributing the most among the Pakistani provinces for CPEC. The protests of the locals are already audible and are likely to rise in decibel levels as the project progresses.

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  • All About Strategic and Defence Matters

    • July 2, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people.

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  • Role of Political Guidance for Self-Reliance in Defence

    • July 1, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people.

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  • National Security, Military Modernisation and Budgets

    • June 30, 2020
    • Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
    • Categories: General Topics, Military
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    Unforeseen events have a tendency to upend all assumptions, and 2020, thus far, has turned out to be an “annus horribilis” in this regard for Indian defence planners. The global pandemic has squeezed economic activity, forcing a 20 percent reduction in defence spending for Q1, with the likelihood of it being extended for the entire FY.

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  • India Needs to have ‘Chini Kam’

    • June 30, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Foreign Affairs, Strategic Affairs
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    Profound myopic vision consistent with its turbulent history has led China to squander a strategic opportunity to achieve global greatness when the Wuhan virus broke. If only they were honest about their “Peaceful Rise” rather than being treacherous, they would have been a superpower by now. So anything long-term about Chinese is a carefully cultivated myth. Their invincibility was brutally exposed by our gallant Biharis, Punabis, Sikhs, Thambis and others in Galwan Valley. The action of our boys shows that a united India can ensure “Chini Kam”.

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