Lt Gen (Dr) JS Cheema, (Retd) George Tanham identified ‘four key factors shaping India's approach to power and security: geography, historical understanding over the past 150 years, socio-cultural beliefs, and British colonial rule. Following the Allied victory in World War II, Britain perceived the Soviet Union as a major threat. The Indian sub-continent, … [Read more...] about India-Pakistan War, 1947-48: British influence on India’s strategic decisions
Defence and security
The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack: The Causes and the Way Ahead
Jaibans Singh A terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on 22 April witnessed the brutal murder of 27 tourists and left many critically wounded. A group of terrorists, said to be about seven in number, descended from a nearby jungle of pine trees into the scenic meadow of the Baisaran valley in Pahalgam and shot the innocent tourists. The incident has left India and the world … [Read more...] about The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack: The Causes and the Way Ahead
The two-front security challenge and options for India
Jaibans Singh The Indian response to the reprehensible terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir on 22 April 25 in the form of Operation Sindoor has created a new strategic paradigm in the South Asian sub-continent. The new policy has been clearly enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his assertion that, “every act of terror will be treated as an act of war,” and … [Read more...] about The two-front security challenge and options for India
SSBN Arighat joining the Indian Navy is a big strategic leap for India
Col Alok Mathur, SM (Veteran) INS Arighat , Code Name S 3 , indigenously built second Nuclear Powered Submarine equipped with Nuclear tipped Ballastic Missiles (SSBN) Joined Indian Navy on 28 August 2024 in presence of Raksha Mantri Raj Nath Singh , Chief of Naval Staff and other Military officers at Ship Building Centre, Vishakhapatnam ( Andhra Pradesh) . SSBN Arighat … [Read more...] about SSBN Arighat joining the Indian Navy is a big strategic leap for India
Jamaat-e-Islami tried to destroy Kashmir; it is now destroying Bangladesh.
Lt General PS Mehta (veteran) Despite the outwardly mask of "student protest," the current political crisis in Bangladesh is driven, in large part, by the cunning political conspiracy of the powerful South Asian Islamist ideology of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI). Its intention goes beyond the limited objective of dislodging the democratic government of Sheikh Hasina Wajid to … [Read more...] about Jamaat-e-Islami tried to destroy Kashmir; it is now destroying Bangladesh.