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Unending Ladakh Story
- August 10, 2020
- Posted by: Brig Deepak Sinha (Retd)
- Categories: Domestic Issues, Military, Strategic Affairs
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The Modi Govt is in a fix today, not because of the negligence of previous regimes but because of its own deliberate neglect of the military. We have failed to learn lessons
An interesting anecdote doing the rounds among military veterans’ groups on social media pertains to an incident just after the 1971 war.
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A Stunning Defence Reform – Atmanirbharta from Atmavishwas (Self Reliance from Self Confidence)
- August 9, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (Retd)
- Categories: Defence Production, Domestic Issues, General Topics, Military
Sunday, 09 Aug 2020 will go down as a red letter day in India’s history. While the world and India too remained largely hunkered down thanks to the ubiquitous Chinese virus (COVID-19),
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A year after Abrogation of Aricles 370 and 35A, the Outcomes are Barely Understood
- August 5, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Domestic Issues, Military, Strategic Affairs
On the first anniversary of the effective abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A and the administrative reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir – truly landmark political decisions – year-end stock taking is being done with a fine tooth-comb.
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Jammu & Kashmir: A year after: Last year’s big moves broke self-perpetuating cycle, could potentially end intractable proxy war
- August 5, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Domestic Issues, Military, Strategic Affairs
On this day last year, much against the run of events in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), the Centre took some major decisions to give a new course to the proxy hybrid war troubled state. It involved two basic changes: abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution which gave J&K a special constitutional status, and its administrative downgrade from a single state to two separate Union Territories of Ladakh and J&K.
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J&K – Less War, More Peace : An Assessment of the Year after the Decisions of 5 August 2019
- August 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Military, Strategic Affairs
On 5 Aug 2019 India stunned the world, and perhaps itself, with decisions regarding the constitutional exclusivity attached to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). These were related to abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution and the administrative division of J&K.
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India’s QUADratic Equations
- August 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: Military, Strategic Affairs
India has reinforced the LAC with 35000 troops. It is considering banning more Chinese apps. Chinese entities are being excluded from – telecom, railways, non-essentials, infrastructure and more. Our stance against the Chinese is hardening. The question is – should we continue to do it alone or as part of the QUAD? Needs a logical examination.
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Belling the cat of intellectual mediocrity
- July 31, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: Military, Strategic Affairs
An article titled ’Military Mediocrity – Who Will Bell The Cat’ by Mr Mohan Guruswamy is doing the social media rounds.( published in the citizen.in). It paints the Indian Armed Forces leadership in poor light. Casting aspersions on the leadership of the Armed Forces, at present, sows doubt in the minds of common people. Is the safety, security and wellbeing of the nation in the right hands?
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Need Bravery not Bravado
- July 31, 2020
- Posted by: Brig Deepak Sinha (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Rest of the World, SAARC, Strategic Affairs, USA, West Asia
In the preface to his insightful work, Generalship: Its Disease and Cure, British military tactician Major-General JFC Fuller quotes an apocryphal tale told to him by a member of the French General Staff. “At the battle of Waterloo, Colonel Clement, an infantry commander, fought with bravery; but unfortunately, was shot through the head.
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QUAD 2.0 or TIANXIA
- July 29, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Foreign Affairs, Rest of the World, SAARC, Strategic Affairs, USA, West Asia
Gordon Chang says ‘Xi, thinks everyone should acknowledge not only Chinese hegemony but also China’s rule,… China’s ruler has both the right and responsibility to rule Tianxia, or all under Heaven’! Does the world want to be in this Chinese hell? If not, it needs the QUAD. It is a global imperative.
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The China-Iran link could be a Geopolitical Game-changer : The Stakes for India
- July 28, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Foreign Affairs, Military, Strategic Affairs, West Asia
The Covid 19 pandemic has paralyzed the world and created geopolitical opportunities galore. In consequence pin pricks, pressure points and strategic messaging have all become the order of the day.
