Strategic & Defence Analysis

Advanced analysis of military strategy, operational art, hybrid warfare, emerging domains, and historical conflict studies shaping modern warfare theory and practice.

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…

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…

Aren’t We Already in ‘Undeclared Third World War’ with Changed Dimensions and Instruments?

Sharing my article published in Journal of the United Service Institution of India  Volume: CXLVIII No. 613,Period: July 2018 – September 2018 Publisher: USI of India, New Delhi The quarterly USI Journal is the oldest surviving defence journal in Asia, having first appeared in 1872…

Interview of Maj Gen Asthana by Global Review, Politik und Kritik weltweit (Germany) about the Indian military

I am sharing with friends my interview by Global Review ( Germany). The interviewer is  Ralf Ostener. The interviewer has questioned on a very wide range of aspects about Indian Military, its history, its development and its self understanding from German perspective. The…