Internal Security

Assessment of India’s role in global security dynamics, cross-border threats, strategic partnerships, and its engagement in regional and international security frameworks.

Videos of TV Discussions (National TV) Major General S B Asthana in English 2019 (2)

Sharing my TV discussions/Interviews/Speeches in English on National Television Defence expert Major General S B Asthana (retd) speaks on PM Modi’s surprise visit to Ladakh in an interview on Doordarshan. The new Pakistan PM Shahid Khan Abbasi, in an interview…

IS Strikes South Asia: Are India and China Next Targets?

Security personnel inspect the interior of St. Sebastian’s Church. The bombings occurred in at least five other locations, including three Colombo hotels: the Cinnamon Grand, the Shangri-La Hotel, and the Kingsbury Hotel. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images       After the IS caliphate was decimated,…

Interview with Major General Asthana: Pakistan and the “Policy of bleeding India with a thousand cuts”

I am sharing with friends my interview by Global Review, (Germany)   The interviewer is  Ralf Ostener. The interviewer has questioned on various aspects about Pakistan, and Afghanistan region, including US Taliban Peace Talks.   The Interview has been taken in English,  published in German…

Options to deal with Pakistan’s Proxy War, post Indian Air Strikes to Balakot.

I am sharing with friends my article published by Global Review (Germany) in English language.  Although I am attaching the URL of publication below. There could be errors due to language translation  or change of formats. Politik und Kritik weltweit…

Interview of S B Asthana by Financial Express 15 Feb 2019

Sharing an interview of mine published by Financial Express on the subject, taken immediately after the tragic incident of fidayeen attack on CRPF convoy, quoting my advise of immediate withdrawal of security of separatists and other issues. It’s good that…

How Secure will India be in 2019?

National Security has a wide span and needs to cover much wider period for meaningful analysis, but to be realistic about current security dynamics in the country, speculating the immediate trends under the existing realities may be a useful, because…