The 1965 Indo-Pak War: Through Today’s Lens
2023 ,
This article seeks to analyse the lessons of the 1965 Indo-Pak war that are applicable today. It finds that the current army doctrine, Cold Start, has some similarities to the...
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Operation Gibraltar: An Uprising that Never Was
2023 ,
Launched in early-August 1965, Operation Gibraltar was designed to infiltrate several columns of trained and well-armed Mujahids and Razakars, led by Pakistan Army Majors into Jammu and Kashmir. Under the...
Read MoreIndia and Pakistan: An Eternal Conflict!
2023 ,
Shooting for a Century: Finding Answers to the India–Pakistan Conundrum, by Stephen P. Cohen That conflict and rivalry between India and Pakistan is likely to endure for several decades more,...
Read MoreIndia’s Special Forces: An Appraisal
2023 ,
At a time when the battlefield has been progressively transforming from the conventional to unconventional, the role of Special Forces will become critical in shaping its outcome. Conflicts in the...
Read MoreFit for Command: Leadership Attributes for PSO–COIN Operations
2023 ,
Peace support operations (PSO)–counter-insurgency (COIN) operations are different and often significantly more complex than conventional operations. Such a complexity places greater demand on military leaders both at the tactical and...
Read MorePolicing Insurgencies: Cops as Counterinsurgents, edited by C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly
2023 ,
Counter-insurgency, referred to as COIN with the usual military fondness for abbreviations, is commonly understood as a military-centric effort that seeks to overwhelm the insurgents with superior numbers, firepower, technology,...
Read MoreDrone Warfare, by John Kaag and Sarah Kreps
2023 ,
Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can carry a payload for the purpose of reconnaissance and surveillance; and those that are armed with missiles and bombs carry a payload...
Read MoreCan War be Eliminated?, by Christopher Coker
2023 ,
Imagine a book that talks of war, of all wars that have been fought in all of human history. One could be forgiven for assuming that such a volume would...
Read MoreChina’s Biological Warfare Programme: An Integrative Study with Special Reference to Biological Weapons Capabilities
2023 ,
This study attempts to profile China’s biological warfare programme (BWP), with special reference to biological weapons (BW) capabilities that exist in facilities affiliated with the defence establishment and the military....
Read MoreStanding Committee on Defence (16th Lok Sabha): Striking Old Notes on Debut
2023 ,
Three months after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was swept to power at the centre in the general elections held in April–May 2014 to the 16th Lok Sabha (the lower...
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