Kategorie: Articles - Analyses

India’s pol­i­cy of extend­ing a hand of friend­ship and accom­mo­da­tion has been a total fail­ure. On the con­trary, it has embold­ened Pak­istan into con­sid­er­ing India … 

Pakistan’s descrip­tion as the ful­crum of Asia is most emi­nent, as it is locat­ed at the junc­tion of South Asia, West Asia, Cen­tral Asia and … 

The three A’s that dom­i­nate the des­tiny of Pak­istan are the Army, Allah and Amer­i­ca — not nec­es­sar­i­ly in that order. Today the pow­er play … 

Gen Chakra­vorty talks of Syn­er­gy and Joint­ness in the Indi­an con­text. He cites exten­sive­ly, exam­ples from recent glob­al his­to­ry. We must look at the American … 

Increas­ing­ly strained rela­tions between Iran and oil-rich Arab Gulf states spilled on to the soc­cer pitch this week­end with the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates can­celling a … 

A high­ly cere­bral for­mer Vice Chief of the Army reflects upon the recent intro­duc­tion of Nasr Tac­ti­cal Nuclear Mis­siles by the Pak Army. He feels … 

The sta­tus of India and Pak­istan as declared nuclear pow­ers with grow­ing nuclear arse­nals has raised the risks of a nuclear exchange between them, if … 

A row in the US Con­gress over Pen­ta­gon spend­ing on a soc­cer pitch for sus­pect­ed ter­ror­ists incar­cer­at­ed in Guan­tanamo focus­es atten­tion on the impor­tance of … 

An excel­lent civil­ian per­spec­tive on the aspect of Lim­it­ed wars against a Nuclear back­drop. India is per­haps the only coun­try that faces the chal­lenges arising … 

When we con­sid­er the nature of wars in South Asia, which includes China’s bor­der with South Asian nations, at the out­set, two impor­tant facts need … 

The era of the mighty Bat­tle­ships became his­to­ry dur­ing the Sec­ond World War with the Japan­ese attack on Pearl Har­bour. The US became the foremost … 

The Indi­an Navy has been very for­tu­nate to have had vision­ary lead­ers. From a minor lit­toral force of hand-me-down frigates, sloops and craft at independence, …