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Gurmeet Kanwal
The writer is former director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, Delhi
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As long as the army calls the shots in Pakistan, it will continue the conflict with India
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Don’t nuke the debateSubscriber Only
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Manohar Parrikar has been criticised for suggesting a re-evaluation of ‘no-first-use’. But nuclear doctrines are not written in stone.
Wed, Nov 16, 2016
Getting aggressive on defenceSubscriber Only
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How to recover from UPA’s record on military modernisation and national security.
Mon, May 26, 2014
Where is the Strategy?Subscriber Only
November 27,2010 23:56:11 PM
According to a recent KPMG report,India is likely to spend up to $100 billion on the purchase of military equipment over the next 10 years.
Sat, Nov 27, 2010
Learning from LebanonSubscriber Only
August 20,2006 23:55:28 PM
A nation can prevail in all tactical engagements and still lose at the strategic level
Sun, Aug 20, 2006Next steps in the Indo-US dealSubscriber Only
March 06,2006 00:00:00 AM
The Indo-US nuclear deal has been signed. The next step is to get it passed through the US Congress and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). T...
Mon, Mar 06, 2006A peace pact waiting to be madeSubscriber Only
January 16,2006 00:00:00 AM
As the foreign secretaries from India and Pakistan try this week to sustain the peace process amidst growing mutual suspicion, the Siachen q...
Mon, Jan 16, 2006America’s Summer of DiscontentSubscriber Only
August 30,2005 00:30:54 AM
One grieving mother camping outside the ranch where President Bush is on vacation has made her countrymen sit up and introspect about the wa...
Tue, Aug 30, 2005Defence budget: some worriesSubscriber Only
February 28,2005 00:00:00 AM
The emergence of Bangladesh as the new hub of Islamic terrorism, the political uncertainty in Nepal and the spread of Maoist militancy acros...
Mon, Feb 28, 2005The LoC fence is bad strategySubscriber Only
December 27,2004 00:00:00 AM
In the Robert Frost poem, the narrator’s neighbour tells him “good fences make good neighbours”, but he asks, “Before I ...
Mon, Dec 27, 2004Pakistan army downsizes: A bluff?Subscriber Only
May 08,2004 00:00:00 AM
In an effort to improve its teeth-to-tail ratio, the Pakistan army has announced that it will reduce its strength by 50,000 personnel. A day...
Sat, May 08, 2004Let’s all hum, ‘Que cera, cera’Subscriber Only
April 27,2004 00:00:00 AM
The great Indian tamasha is well and truly under way. The 2004 election campaign is almost done. Rudyard Kipling had written that only mad d...
Tue, Apr 27, 2004Listen, the general is speakingSubscriber Only
March 23,2004 00:00:00 AM
Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmir: Like an old, worn out long-playing record, General Pervez Musharraf is stuck on the K-word and so is the Pakistan...
Tue, Mar 23, 2004Pakistani nukes may end up in jihadi handsSubscriber Only
February 24,2004 00:00:00 AM
Ever since a crestfallen Dr A.Q. Khan admitted sheepishly on PTV that he had masterminded the sale of nuclear designs and materials to other...
Tue, Feb 24, 2004But keep the powder dry in KashmirSubscriber Only
January 22,2004 00:00:00 AM
It is indeed tempting to wax eloquent about the shikaras full of tourists on the Dal Lake in Srinagar and the peace moves between India and ...
Thu, Jan 22, 2004Images of valourSubscriber Only
November 15,2002 00:00:00 AM
Forty years ago, India suffered the ignominy of a military debacle at the hands of the People’s Liberation Army of China. Strategic ana...
Fri, Nov 15, 2002Imagining Shangri-laSubscriber Only
September 14,2002 00:00:00 AM
Nestled between the snow-capped mountains of the Great Himalayan and the Shamshabari Ranges in north Kashmir is the pristine Gurez Valley &#...
Sat, Sep 14, 2002Pay-back time on the LoCSubscriber Only
June 28,2000 00:00:00 AM
For over fifty years, Pakistan has been waging a low-intensity limited war against India along the Line of Control (Loc) in Jammu and Kash...
Wed, Jun 28, 2000Terrorised for how long?Subscriber Only
January 28,2000 00:00:00 AM
After the military coup in October 1999, there has been a substantial increase in the number of incidents of Islamist fundamentalist terro...
Fri, Jan 28, 2000Why India can’t interveneSubscriber Only
December 31,1999 00:00:00 AM
As the hijack drama of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 is being pla-yed outat Kandahar airport, it has clearly emerged that India's capabili...
Fri, Dec 31, 1999Costs of filling gapsSubscriber Only
November 03,1999 00:00:00 AM
General Musharraf's military regime has declared that "Pakistan would continue to su-pport with moral, political and diplomatic back...
Wed, Nov 03, 1999Return of the jackbootSubscriber Only
October 15,1999 00:00:00 AM
The inevitable has happened. For over two years Nawaz Sharif had misused his brute majority in the National Assembly to pursue his vaulti...
Fri, Oct 15, 1999Time for Sharif’s survival scriptSubscriber Only
July 22,1999 00:00:00 AM
Having suffered another humiliating military defeat, Pakistan has much to learn from its strategic blunder in Kargil. Never before has Pa...
Thu, Jul 22, 1999Time to draft technology in nation’s defenceSubscriber Only
June 23,1999 00:00:00 AM
For too long has the nation been dependent on the indomitable courage of infantrymen to keep peace on the borders. While battles will con...
Wed, Jun 23, 1999Not by lives aloneSubscriber Only
June 23,1999 00:00:00 AM
For too long has the nation been dependent on the indomitable courage of infantrymen to keep peace on the borders. While battles will con...
Wed, Jun 23, 1999Journalism of Courage
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