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NDA, military can learn from US how to tweak standards for women without sacrificing fitness
- September 4, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India
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The Supreme Court of India opened gates. Now military leadership must support gender justice and Service imperatives.
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The mystery of how Pakistan gets away each time
- September 4, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
Pakistan escapes retribution due to its instability, with terrorists being the currency of exchange and barter. No country backs its antics, but no one is willing to punish it either.
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THE RUSSIA-CHINA NEXUS: GEO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR USA AND INDIA
- August 26, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Category: India
Russia-China relations have followed a sinusoidal curve and finally come full circle.
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AFGHANISTAN: REVIEW OF THE SITUATION AS ON AUGUST 24, 2021; FINALLY IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY
- August 26, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Category: India
From the Side-lines. Ever been to be an entertainment park and taken the most thrilling roller-coaster ride.
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Leadership in the Indian Armed Forces: The Need for Merit
- August 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
The collapse of the ANA, the hasty withdrawal of USA and the rapid gains of Taliban in Afghanistan have major lessons for military and political leadership. ANA lost it completely due to poor motivation and training.
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The Mess that is Afghanistan
- August 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
I chose this title to keep the scope of this essay open ended because the current situation in Afghanistan is too tenuous at present to get any clear cut answers. What we should be getting to look at is the trends and what we make of them.
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Indian Armed Forces in Afghanistan?
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
- Category: Uncategorized
They are a mass of contradictions, murderers at heart, poetry on lips, with a brand new rifle, followed by an old wife (they’ll change the rifle but not their wife), they love music but hold musicians in contempt, they love fighting but make very bad soldiers, very poor discipline! Gen Tariq on Afghans.
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India post-Taliban takeover in Afghanistan assessing the risks
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Afghanistan
Afghanistan is an ancient mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia and is surrounded by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast.
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J&K as a separate theatre questionable. It should come under western continental command
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should refrain from making theatre command announcements on Independence Day.
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Sino Indian Logjam and Tang Ping – The Geopolitical Dimension
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: China
Reports have alluded to PLA transgressing the LAC and occupation of locations / heights in violation of accepted terms of the recent military agreements. One report also claimed that a clash had taken place at Galwan.
