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at the intersection of conflict and peace strategies

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Politicisation from below: Hindification and Hinduisation of the army

https://m.thewire.in/article/security/indian-armys-new-found-love-for-hindi-and-hindutva-has-serious-consequences

Jun 23•ali

General Oberoi: ‘On one leg and a prayer’

https://www.thecitizen.in/opinion/keep-walking-general-oberoi-1315746

Jun 16•ali

Toting up legacies of two generals poised to fade away

Two generals are in their legacy period: General Chauhan just handed over the chief of defence staff baton, while General Dwivedi is doing his farewell…

Jun 1•ali

General Dwivedi deepens the subcontinent’s nuclear pathology

The last time Pakistan was warned off just as sprightly as by General Dwivedi recently – “Decide whether want to be part of geography, history, or not…

May 26•ali

A timely rehearsing of General Sundarji’s principal contribution to strategic thought

https://thewire.in/security/general-sundarjis-ideas-on-nuclear-conflagration-remain-relevant-to-the-india-pakistan-military-situation

May 11•ali

Service think tanks must not be conduits for political ideology

In the fitness of things, a think tank under the circumstance of political dominance of particular party and ideology may require to lean a particular…

May 1•ali

Op Sindoor 2: Let's have a Jolly Good War!

https://m.thewire.in/article/security/military-cannot-change-the-regimes-refrain-but-it-need-not-be-party-to-a-political-project

Apr 22•ali

India must pick the right lesson from Round One of Iran War II

American Vice President Vance departing Islamabad without a deal, it is increasingly clear that the pause was to help the Americans gather their wits…

Apr 14•ali