National Policies

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

The Next Big Thing: Excerpt of my Interview quoted in Cover Story of Business World Journal

I am sharing the excerpt of my interview  quoted in Cover Story ‘The Next Big Thing’ of Business World Journal April Issue. The cover story also has interviews of major personalities of Defence Industry. The Story has been put across…

We Should Fix Our Aim Of Achieving Self Reliance in Defence Up To 80 Percent By 2030

Sharing my interview by Business World regarding Defense Manufacturing and Self Reliance in Defence to be focus of future Governments in India. The interviewer is Mr Manish Kumar Jha. The URL is placed below   (The views expressed are…

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…

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…

Defence: A Heavy Load- BW DEFENCE

Sharing an article published in BusinessWorld, about Defence Budget, Capacity Building, Force Structuring and way ahead quoting some of my analysis along with General V P Malik, former COAS and Laxman Kumar Behera from IDSA. The article is available in…

In 2019, I would expect a simpler version of DPP, which makes procurement possible-Maj Gen SB Asthana, in BW DEFENCE

Sharing my interview published by Business World (Defence) on 15 January 2019 regarding Defence procurements, DPP, self reliance, Make in India, Defence Budget, Capacity building, force restructuring and related issues for 2019 and beyond. It is also available in printed…