Military History and Conflict Studies

Historical analysis of major wars, strategic turning points, campaign studies, and lessons learned for contemporary military thought.

How secure India will be in 2020?

Sharing my views published by Economic Times (ET Prime) on the subject, on January 05, 2020. While 2019 saw a lot of activities with regard to national security, Balakot strike, abrogation of Art 370, administrative reorganisation of erstwhile state of…

Effectiveness of Quad to Check Chinese Incremental Encroachment in Indo-Pacific

I am sharing with friends an article/opinion of mine  by Global Review, (Germany).   Although I am attaching the URL of publication below, but there could be errors due to language translation twice.   The gist of this article/opinion  has been published by…

Chinese Impact on Security dynamics of North East Region of India

Sharing my live presentation/talk delivered at Indian Council Of World Affairs as part of ICWA Live Webcast on YouTube in National Conference On External Dimensions of Security the North East Region of India . ICWA is one of the most…

The US-Iran Standoff: Is someone controlling escalation dynamics to prevent avoidable disaster?

The situation in Gulf continues to be tensed since two weeks, as Iran threatens UK to take retaliatory actions over seizure of Iranian tanker off the coast of Spain by UK, which Iran alleges has been done to prevent its…

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…

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…