India and strategic autonomy Bharat Shakti 31 Mar 2021 India’s growing participation in the QUAD as also its increased proximity to the US is being dubbed as India losing its strategic autonomy. India has also been blamed for making other forums, BRICS and SCO, of which China and Russia are members, ineffective. In an editorial last week, the Global […]
Can Pakistan sell changed narrative to its people The Statesman 31 Mar 2021 Addressing the inaugural Islamabad Security dialogue in Mid-March, PM Imran Khan stated, ‘Climate change, food Security and economic vulnerability are some of the most challenging impediments to overcoming insecurity across Pakistan. Security of the common citizen is one of the most important issues.’ There was a […]
file:///C:/Users/Harsha%20Kakar/Downloads/Naad%20Issue%20March%202021.pdf Kashmir through the eyes of the ceasefire NAAD magazine Mar 2021 India and Pakistan have accepted a ceasefire along the LoC. This was announced post the weekly Director General Military Operations (DGMO) talks and is effective from 24/25 Feb. While still at the nascent stage, there is hope that for once the ceasefire would hold. This is a […]
Commenting on India’s internal matters The Excelsior 25 Mar 2021 The Indian parliament, in retaliation to London’s actions sometime prior, discussed the case of racism in UK’s Oxford University, where Indian student, Rashmi Samant was forced to resign as President of the University’s student union for apparent racist and anti-Semitic social media posts. Member of Parliament (MP), Ashwini Vaishnaw, […]
Stumbling blocks between India and Pak CLAWS 24 Mar 2021 General Bajwa, addressing the Islamabad Security Dialogue stated, ‘We feel it is time to bury the past and move forward.’ He added, ‘Kashmir dispute is obviously at the head of this problem. It is important to understand that without the resolution of Kashmir dispute through peaceful means, process of […]
Drawing lessons from the ugliness of the past The Statesman 23 Mar 2021 The golden jubilee of the 1971 war has begun. The Swarmin Vijay Mashaal marking the start of celebrations of the 1971 war is currently moving across the country, reminding the nation of the astounding victory, achieved by the Indian armed forces. The PM gifted memorabilia to […]
The QUAD is moving forward The Excelsior 18 Mar 2021 The QUAD leaders, post their meeting last Friday, published an opinion piece in the Washington Post. It stated, ‘we are striving to ensure that the Indo-Pacific is accessible and dynamic, governed by international law and bedrock principles such as freedom of navigation and peaceful resolution of disputes, and that […]
The way ahead for India and Pakistan The Statesman 16 Mar 2021 The DGMO’s of Pak and India announced ceasefire, negotiated by high level backchannel diplomacy between the Indian NSA and senior Pak army officers, is currently holding. It is possibly the first time that India bypassed the Pak political leadership and discussed options directly with their army. It […]
Are the armed forces serious on theatre commands? CLAWS 15 Mar 2021 Addressing the Combined Commanders Conference, Rajnath Singh stated, ‘We are working towards increasing jointness in the armed forces. The optimal utilisation of our resources and rationalisation of manpower holds the key to jointness and better coordination between the forces.’[1] He added, ‘Our enhanced defence capabilities will allow […]
Increasing cyber threat The Excelsior 10 Mar 2021 The New York Times (NYT) in a recent article blamed a Chinese hacker group called ‘RedEcho’ for the failure in Mumbai’s power grid on 12 Oct last year which led to a power failure, stopped trains on tracks and hampered those working from home. The NYT claimed that this was possibly […]