Military History and Conflict Studies

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

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…

Vijai Diwas: Unparalleled victory of 1971 War of: We – The Indians

  The Vijai Diwas (16 December) carries one of  the glorious memory in history of India and the victorious day in History of Indian Armed Forces, when they defeated East Pakistan in a 13 day war commencing on 03 December…

Doklam Standoff Resolution: Interview of Maj Gen S B Asthana by SCMP

(Views of Major General S B Asthana,SM,VSM, (Veteran), Questioned by Jiangtao Shi of South China Morning Post on 29 August 2017.  Question 1 (SCMP) Are you surprised that the over 70-day military standoff ended all of a sudden just days…

Doklam Plateau Standoff or South China Sea: Chinese Active Defence Strategy turns into Incremental Encroachments

  As Comprehensive National Power (CNP) of China is growing, its strategy to impose its national will (as perceived by its few key leaders), exercise its power through its behavior in the international arena is undergoing noticeable change. Besides unprecedented…