Hybrid Warfare

Exploration of hybrid warfare, grey-zone conflict, cyber operations, information warfare, psychological operations, and multi-domain competition.

Syria: Miles to go before peace, but will power play let innocents get respite (Updated)

Sharing an article of mine in Hindi Newspaper Hindustan,  regarding Syria, which is becoming a playground for power play between domestic, regional and extra regional forces.  The situation is no different after two years of the prediction, with Turkey driving…

Video Analysis and Presentations – Major General S B Asthana (Veteran)

Changing Global Equations due to COVID-19 and Shifting Global Order Sharing a video of mine on WION News on the subject. (5 minute video watch). The beginning of 2020 brought a wild card entry into global strategic equations in the form…

China from COVID-19 Chaos to Health Silk Road: Is it by Default or Design?

As the world battles with deadly infection rate of novel coronavirus, with global count of affected people crossing one million mark and over 50,000 deaths, China claiming to have crossed its peak of crisis, is using ‘Health Diplomacy’ or ‘Medical Coercion’ to push the…

Opinion: Global Response in Dealing COVID-19: Takeaways for India

China claims to have crossed its peak period of Pandemic. Smaller successful countries enjoy relatively better medical capacities per capita population. The latest epicenters are US & Europe, but the world is anxious of Indian fight against COVID-19 because of…

Looking beyond US-Taliban Peace Deal in Afghanistan

The fact that despite UN Security Council backing the US-Taliban Peace Deal, the US Deputy Permanent Mission in UN acknowledged that the ongoing violence is not conducive to peace process last week. The New York Times had put up a positive…

Chinese Impact on Security Dynamics of North East Region of India

Sharing the text of my opinion on the subject. It has been originally published as an opinion on WION News. The URL is as under:- It seems to have been extracted/reproduced by Sangai Express Vietnam, E-PAO.net, webcasted on January…