Raj Shukla

A significant part of the globe is engaged currently in conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia, as also prospectively in the Pacific. Even as the conflicts simmer, glaring inadequacies have...

• Raj Shukla |
• July-September 2024 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

The phenomenon of nuclear terrorism has been the subject of intense debate as also much hype. This article seeks to cut through the hype and examine the real portents of...

• Raj Shukla |
• January 2013 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Chasing The Dragon: Will India Catch Up With China? by Mohan Guruswamy and Zorawar Daulet Singh Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd., 2009, pp. 188, Rs 650, ISBN 978-8131724118

• Raj Shukla |
• May 2010 |
• Strategic Analysis

Afghanistan was a test case for our foreign policy resolve, an arena where while leveraging other tools of foreign policy, use of instruments of force and military diplomacy/intelligence should have...

• Raj Shukla |
• April 02, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

The Naxal challenge is a wake up call to rejig our internal security instruments and restore their organizational ethos, autonomy and operational credibility.

• Raj Shukla |
• March 09, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

If India does not modernize in an evenly spread out manner, it will be faced either with the prospect of its armed forces not being prepared, or rushing to make...

• Raj Shukla |
• November 10, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

My presentation on, “ Use of Force - Possibilities in the Indo – Pak Context ” shall be brief and pointed. I shall make a few salient points, leaving the...

• Raj Shukla |
• October 2009 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Eight winters since the launch of Enduring Freedom, the turmoil in Afghanistan continues. When contrasted with the progress in Iraqi Freedom, the gloom only deepens. Having applied the necessary mid-...

• Raj Shukla |
• August 17, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments