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Articles are short 800-850-word commentaries that provide a more analytical view of issues currently in the news.
Civil-Military Relations: Questioning the VK Singh Thesis
Ali Ahmed comments on the military’s right to resist the orders of the civilian authority

China’s Military Modernization: The Pentagon Report and Indian Fears
Bhartendu Kumar Singh cautions against the pitfalls of continued misgivings between China and India in light of the new Pentagon Report

The Indian Army: Organizational Changes in the Offing
Firdaus Ahmed views the proposed Army overhaul from the perspective of India’s Pak policy and nuclearization in South Asia

Capping the ‘Volcano’: Indian Military Action against Pakistan?
Ali Ahmed highlights the limitations of a potential Indian military strike against Pakistan

The New Chief and Transformation
Ali Ahmed outlines the opportunities and challenges ahead for the new Indian Army Chief

Indian Defence Deals: Cleaning the Augean Stables
Radhakrishna Rao assesses the results of the efforts of the Indian Defence Minister in tackling corruption

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/DISCUSSIONS
News
Army capable of safeguarding security of country: Army chief
Indian Express, 8 June 2013
Indian armed forces are capable of safeguarding the territorial sovereignty of the country, Army Chief Bikram Singh today said. "Indian army is capable of safeguarding territorial sovereignty of the country," the Army Chief said in his address...

Army to have Mountain Strike Corps to take on China
Daily Excelsior, 4 June 2013
JAMMU, June 3: To counter the threat of China, whose troops have repeatedly been intruding or ingressing inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) into the Indian side in Ladakh as well as other parts of the country, the Government of India is giving...

Army handling Leh incursion: DM
Daily Excelsior, 28 May 2013
Army was “handling” the situation arising out of the latest incursion in Ladakh, Defence Minister A K Antony said today after Chinese troops prevented Indians from patrolling up to LAC in Finger-VIII area  where they have built...

4 army men killed in Tral encounter
Rising Kashmir, 24 May 2013
Srinagar, May 24:  Four army personnel and a militant  died in a gunbattle in South Kashmir on Friday.The encounter took place at Buchu Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district when the army and the police had cordoned off a village...

Pak Army not interested in used US arms, says Kayani
The News, 23 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said Wednesday that Pakistan is not interested in American weapons and ammunition being used in Afghanistan. Talking to journalists at the PM’s reception for visiting Chinese PM, he expressed...

Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Meeting Maritime Challenges: Indian Navy Looks Skywards
Radhakrishna Rao
Issue Brief 141
T-90S “Bhishma”
Mallika Joseph
Issue Brief 19
Book reviews
Lt Col A K Sharma (Retd.) reviews
Loyalty Unto Death
EVENTS
India-China Military Balance
14 January 2010 , 1100-1300hrs
From Mumbai to Lahore: Where do we go from here?
23 March 2009 , 1000-1400 hrs
 
 

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