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  • The Price of Malgovernance
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1280    ·    Commentary    
    James Michael Lyndoh is not known to mince words. With a lifetime of association with politicians and keen insight obtained as CEC he pronounced that Indian democracy was in poor health. He was doubtless informed by the ‘sting operations&rsqu ...
  • 'No' To 'Cold Start'
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   01 Sep, 2004    ·    #1485    ·    Commentary    
    Reports during the Army Commander's Conference at Delhi have it that a new Army doctrine is in the pipeline. Details may never be released in keeping with the Army's isolationist tradition. The earlier Training Command generated Army doctri ...
  • Addressing the 'Central' Issue
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1497    ·    Commentary    
    Interestingly both India and Pakistan claimed a bloodless victory at the end of Operation Parakram by convincing themselves that the other's bluff had been called. With that satisfaction, both states agreed at the Musharraf-Vajpayee meeting, on ...
  • For a Paradigm Shift
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   08 Oct, 2004    ·    #1521    ·    Commentary    
    In a recent article 'Securing India' in the EPW, a noted critic of the defense establishment, Gautam Naulakha pegs the budget allocation for 'defence' at Rs. 101,128 crores after adding a proportion earmarked for space, atomic energ ...
  • Menu for the New Chief
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   22 Dec, 2004    ·    #1595    ·    Commentary    
    Lt Gen J J Singh, who has been designated to succeed Gen Vij as the new army chief from 1 February 2005, will have a tenure of about three years. Three years is a long enough time for a chief to make a lasting impact on the force. In their introduc ...
  • Pakistan's Possible Nuclear Game Plan
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   28 Mar, 2005    ·    #1683    ·    Commentary    
    An observation by General Oberoi, a former Vice Chief and presently director of the Army think tank, Center for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), is that the recently released Army Doctrine makes no reference to the nuclear issue. The implication is th ...
  • In the Line of Fire: Pakistan Army
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   21 Nov, 2006    ·    #2153    ·    Commentary    
    Pervez Musharraf's memoir 'In the Line of Fire' has deservedly drawn critical fire. The excuse is that he has been candid in keeping with his commando image. The resulting publicity has helped sell his book. Missing in the controversies ...
  • Kargil: Back in the News
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   04 Dec, 2006    ·    #2162    ·    Commentary    
    Kargil, in the consciousness of strategists, has found itself back in the headlines. The latest mention is in allegations against his seniors of a Brigadier of Kargil War fame on being passed over for promotion. Earlier, the spat between the two ...
  • Querying India's Grand Strategy
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   26 Mar, 2007    ·    #2242    ·    Commentary    
    While inaugurating Aero India 2007 at Yelahanka in February, India's defence minister, AK Antony said, "India is gearing up to play a more dominant role in the twenty first century not only in Asia, but also in the world." India's ...
  • Tackling Intervention in South Asia
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   23 Apr, 2007    ·    #2273    ·    Commentary    
    Intervention by states in each other's internal affairs was highlighted in Rahul Gandhi's inadvertent electioneering remarks on his family's role in splitting Pakistan, which has, unsurprisingly, stirred controversy both internally in I ...