An overlook at the Insurgency in Kashmir and way forward
Abstract Insurgency is Kashmir is the order of the day since early 1989. Though, Kashmir is not the lone state facing the heat of insurgency and nor it is the first one to come...
Category: Defence
Modernization of Indian Armed Forces
As the cloud of fighting a two-front war is hanging over India, the diplomats are having a tough time as they are busy buying time for New Delhi. Though, in the era of a...
Pakistan Army and the Milbus in Defining Foreign and Defence Policy
Pakistan’s military has expanded its tentacles across so many businesses, it has become a parallel economy in itself. Ayesha Siddiqa has termed it “milbus” which refers to “military capital that is used for the...
India’s Defence Ties with Major Powers and Its Impact
Abstract India as often said came to existence only after 15 august 1947. But it has a glorious past. It always saw itself as a major power and believed itself as a ‘Jagat Guru’...
Iran’s Indigenous Defence Industry
Iran’s relations with the US have shaped its defence policies since the days of the monarchy, and they still continue to do so. We have become accustomed to the historic post-revolutionary rivalry between the...
Vishakhapatnam case highlights honey traps as a growing concern
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this month arrested a 53 year old man named Abdul Rehman Abdul Jabbar Sheikh from Maharashtra’s Mumbai for being an alleged terror funding conspirator in the Visakhapatnam espionage...
How the Terror Landscape in Kashmir is Evolving
The Indian security forces killed nine terrorists belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in two separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district within 24 hours. Five terrorists were killed in an operation in the Reban area...
China ‘preparing for an Armed Combat’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the People’s Liberation Army to step up their war preparedness. In a meeting with the Chinese military leadership on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress, the Chinese...
India’s Unrealised Flattop Dreams: Chief of Defense Staff says no to Aircraft Carriers
Last week, in an exclusive interview to the Times of India, India’s Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat targeted the Indian Navy’s carrier plans, saying that “anything on the surface can be picked...
Right sizing the Military to Meet Future Threats: Integrated Theatres or Fronts?
General The CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, immediately after assuming command, spoke about the creation of an Air Defence Command followed by the announcement of proposals for Peninsular Command. As per newspaper reports, he is...
