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  • Haldighati II: Implications for Internal Security
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   30 Oct, 2007    ·    #2405    ·    Commentary    
    A ring leader of the Naroda Patiya massacre during the Gujarat carnage of 2002 has been captured on hidden camera boasting that on completion of the killings he felt like Rana Pratap at Haldighati. This tells of something more than a disconcerting ...
  • The Day After 'Cold Start'
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   23 Nov, 2007    ·    #2424    ·    Commentary    
    India's 'Cold Start' doctrine was released by the then Army Chief, Gen NC Vij, during the Army Commanders Conference on 28 April 2004. Subsequent media discussion suggests that it visualized early launch of Indian forces in multiple  ...
  • For a Return to Lahore
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   23 Dec, 2007    ·    #2448    ·    Commentary    
    Over the last decade there has been considerable doctrinal evolution in India culminating in the Cold Start and joint warfare doctrines. Similar activity has not been witnessed across the border. Pakistan has not spelt out its doctrine and it has t ...
  • Understanding Minority-Perpetrated Terrorism
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2467    ·    Commentary    
    The National Security Adviser, M K Narayanan, has described the government's position on the current instability in Pakistan saying that the country is "dangerous and troubled" and that "India has to insulate itself from these da ...
  • Musharraf and the 'TINA' Factor
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   08 Mar, 2008    ·    #2511    ·    Commentary    
    Even to democracy enthusiasts, a post-Musharraf Pakistan, visualized as a democratic ideal, lies in the fairly distant future. A reading of the General's bestselling autobiography informs that although many want the General to fade away, he is ...
  • Reconceptualizing Internal Security
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   04 Apr, 2008    ·    #2537    ·    Commentary    
    The Supreme Court has appointed a Special Investigation Team led by former CBI Director, RK Raghavan, to report to it in three months on some post-Godhra cases in Gujarat. This is a telling comment on the credibility of the judicial system in the s ...
  • Getting it Right: Rereading India's Nuclear Doctrine
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   16 May, 2008    ·    #2565    ·    Commentary    
    The draft nuclear doctrine of 1999, coming out as it did in the wake of the Kargil conflict, acquired certain notoriety through its unforgettable formulation: "any nuclear attack on India and its forces shall result in punitive retaliation wit ...
  • The Myth of 'Weapons of Peace'
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   10 Jun, 2008    ·    #2592    ·    Commentary    
    Celebrations attending the tenth anniversary of Pokhran II were unsurprisingly muted. This projected India as a responsible nuclear power, while having internal political utility of denying credit to the current opposition party for tests conducted ...
  • The Lesson from Sam Bahadur's Triumph
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   10 Jul, 2008    ·    #2618    ·    Commentary    
    Late 'Sam Bahadur', as India's Field Marshal Manekshaw was affectionately known, shares the honours for the famous victory in the war of 1971 with then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and Generals Aurora and Jacob of Headquarters Eastern ...
  • Afghanistan: Appraising the Future
    Firdaus Ahmed   ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2662    ·    Commentary    
    Following the attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, suggestions for deploying Indian troops in Afghanistan has been doing rounds among the strategic circle in New Delhi. Far fetched as it may appear at this juncture, it could acquire momentum in t ...