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Review the charter of CDS and DMA. Theatre command reform must not fail
- January 17, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
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In identifying areas of indigenisation, there is a need to strike the right balance between maintaining operational readiness and allowing time to promote indigenisation.
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Fear is the key to rule minds, or is it?
- January 17, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India


Today’s politicians exploit every opportunity to use fear for recruiting volunteers to their own personal causes without realising the flipside
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Here’s why the P5 joint statement on ‘Preventing Nuclear War’ makes all the right noises
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: China, USA
While we can’t trust nuclear weapons to maintain peace, believing in human rationality is the greater danger.
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Pakistan Armed Forces’ Art Of ‘Institutionalising’ Corruption – OpEd
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Pakistan


“… Which country’s army operates housing schemes? The army’s job is to protect the country’s borders; not to participate in commercial activities. — Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, 2019
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The Transatlantic Alliance Looks Up
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Europe


With the arrival of 2022, Germany took over the presidency of the G7. It is a new experience for the ‘traffic light’ three party coalition of Germany which has an SDP chancellor and Green Foreign Minister.
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AFSPA debate: What could be a possible solution?
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India


We need to restore confidence on both sides and ensure an atmosphere of reasonable operational freedom without harming people, whom the military also treats as its centre of gravity.
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India-China Talks Tomorrow to Focus on Establishing Confidence Ahead of Summers in Eastern Ladakh
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India, Ladakh


Different confidence building measures are likely to be discussed in the meeting between Indian and Chinese military commanders prior to the onset of summers in eastern Ladakh, when the snow melts making troops movement faster and easier.
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India-China military talks today: Hot Springs resolution likely, but Beijing’s actions may impede progress
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India


After 13 rounds of talks and little progress, both nations are back on the negotiation table once again on Wednesday
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War in the air, resources on ground : Checkmating the threat
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India


I recently came across an article by Lt Gen K K Khanna, PVSM, AVSM** (Retd) published in Indian Defence Review’s Oct–Dec 21 issue on the subject ‘Air Wars: Evolution and Application in the Indian Context’.
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Challenges Confronting the Indian Army in the New Decade
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India
On the Army Day, it is a matter of pride to place on record the great contribution that the Indian Army has made in protecting and building the nation. India would not have been the thriving democracy and the rising nation it is but for the hard work and sacrifices made by the officers, JCOs and men who shaped the Army.