National Policies

Strategic evaluation of India’s defence policy, economic security policy, foreign policy decisions, and governance reforms impacting national resilience and state capacity.

India’s COVID-19 Challenge Continues: A Crisis Management Perspective

The second wave of Coronavirus pandemic may be showing some promising decline, but the threat of a more dangerous Third Wave looms over health management system. Sharing a perspective of mine regarding ongoing Challenge due to Coronavirus pandemic from crisis…

Why Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is Strategically Relevant for India?

Sharing an article of mine published in BWBusinessWorld on One of the key structural reforms in defence manufacturing, i.e. Corporatisation of OFBs announced by the Government. It is a open fact that OFB has failed in many ways & marked…

Cyber Warfare grips World: Can there be Cyber Peace?

In context of ongoing cyber threat from hostile neighbors, India’s decision to ban 59 Chinese Apps and the fact that certain countries like Australia have indicated formidable cyber attacks to its critical infrastructure, this subject assumes importance. As global community…

Gender Equality in Indian Military: Road Ahead!

Backdrop It is said that in progression of society, change is the only constant factor, and everything else is a variable, including the agents for change. The recent decisions of the Honorable Supreme Court (SC) on 17 February and 17…

Indian Model of Theatre Commands: The Road Ahead!

Sharing an analysis of mine on implementation of  Indian model of Theatre Commands published as Strategic Perspective of USI of India . Highlighting Indian strategic compulsions, it endorses Air Defence Command, Defence Space Agency (DSA), Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD)…