Challenges for Indian Air Force: 2032
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This is the first in a four-article series on the theme ‘IAF Deep Multidimensional Change 2032: Imperatives and a Roadmap’. It examines the challenges that the Indian Air Force (IAF)...
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Naval Operations Analysis in the Indian Ocean Region A Review
2023 ,
The end of the Cold War resulted in a fundamental swing from a navy designed to engage a blue water battle fleet to one focused on forward operations in littoral...
Read MoreTransformation of Indian Naval Aviation Post New Inductions
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The need for credible surveillance over the high seas forms the bedrock and foundation of infallible maritime security, and Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) is the basic input for any successful maritime...
Read MoreChina’s ‘Anti-ship Ballistic Missile’ based Anti-access Concept: Implications of a Southward Re-orientation
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The Chinese efforts towards actualization of the ‘offshore defense’ concept which entails the conduct of campaigns in distant waters, strategic deterrence and counterattacks, has an inherent risk of bringing its...
Read MoreInstability in Pakistan
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What is happening in Pakistan today is no secret. It is a country ruled by a shaky coalition of political parties led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The government...
Read MoreTibet as a Factor in Sino-Indian Relations Past and Present
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Tibet has always been the core issue in Sino-Indian relations. Even during the 1962 conflict, Chinese leaders, including Mao, acknowledged that the conflict was not about the boundary or territory...
Read More‘We Over-imagined the Threat from China in 1962’ : Interview with Marshal of the Indian Air Force
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Fifty years since the 1962 war, reams have been written and multiple perspectives have come to the fore. Yet, the oral history of the time, the leaders and the politics,...
Read MoreRemembering 1962 Sino-Indian Border War: Politics of Memory
2023 ,
How does India remember the 1962 border war with China? The article argues that there are two ways in which the war is recalled in the country and both of...
Read MoreThe Stormy Parliamentary Debates of 1962
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Excepting in a war-like situation when there is threat to national security, unity and integrity, parliamentarians neither have the time nor the inclination to discuss issues that do not have...
Read MoreSino-Indian War, 1962 and the Role of Great Powers
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The easy availability of Indian Government documents allowed early commentators to focus on the policies pursued by India to counter the relentless advance by China in the Western border region,...
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