Nitin A. Gokhale Articles 119
Nitin A. Gokhale is a media entrepreneur, strategic affairs analyst and author of more than half a dozen books on military history, insurgencies and wars. One of South Asia's leading strategic analysts, Gokhale started his career in journalism in 1983. In the past 36 years, he has led teams of journalists across print, broadcast and web platforms. A specialist in conflict coverage, Gokhale has lived and reported from India’s North-east for 23 years, been on the ground at Kargil in the summer of 1999 and also brought us live reports from Sri Lanka’s Eelam War IV between 2006-2009. An alumni of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies in Hawaii, Gokhale now writes, lectures and analyses security and strategic matters in Indo-Pacific and travels regularly to China, Europe, South and South-East Asia to take part in various seminars and conferences. Gokhale is also a popular visiting faculty at India’s Defence Services Staff College, the three war colleges, India's National Defence College, College of Defence Management and the IB’s intelligence school. He now owns and runs two important portals, bharatshakti.in and StratNewsGlobal.com (stratnewsglobal.com).
He can be reached at: nitin.gokhale@bharatshakti.in
India’s Uncompromising Stand Against China in the Himalayas Is Backed With Hard Power
India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is back from Beijing after attending the BRICS national security advisers’ conclave and meeting his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, but there i... Read more
India Stood By A Friend. Now It Is Time for Diplomacy.
As the military standoff over Doka La (or Doklam plateau) between India and China spills over into its second month, it is important to understand both the military and geo-strategic reasons... Read more
Shangri-La Dialogue: Flagging Asia’s Security Issues
The Asian Security Conference, more popularly known as the Shangri La Dialogue—held every June in Singapore’s Shangri La Hotel—always attracts the attention it deserves because of the high-o... Read more
Parrikar’s Will Be a Hard Act to Follow
EDITOR’S NOTE In a span of 28 months Manohar Parrikar had developed easy relationships with the top brass of the three services; as has rarely ever been witnessed. He threw caution to... Read more
Military Competent To Do Self-Correction; Leave It Alone
Last week saw a spate of video messages by soldiers across Army, BSF and CRPF complaining and highlighting what they felt was supply of bad food, lack of good facilities and demeaning treatm... Read more
वरिष्ठता के पुराने नियम को छोड़ भारत का सेना प्रमुख चुनना
वरिष्ठता के पुराने नियम को छोड़ भारत का सेना प्रमुख चुनना तैंतीस साल पहले भारत की प्रधानमंत्री इंदिरा गाँधी ने वरिष्ठ होने के कारण को भूलकर आर्मर्ड कोर्प्स के अधिकारी, लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल ए.एस. व... Read more
India Dumps Archaic Seniority Rule in Choosing Army Chief
Thirty-three years ago Prime Minister Indira Gandhi decided to by pass the seniority principle and appointed an armoured corps officer, Lt Gen AS Vaidya as the chief of army staff supersedin... Read more
Nitin Gokhale – Introductory Remark
BharatShakti.in Founder Nitin A. Gokhale speaking at FINS Dialogue with Raksha Mantri Manohar Parrikar in Mumbai Read more
How Indian Negotiators Brought Down The Price Of Rafale Jets
If India has not bought a single piece of artillery for over 28 years, the story is as dismal for the fleet of combat jets. No new fighter planes have been procured by the Indian Air Force (... Read more
The story behind the story on Rafale that I broke
Last year in April, I almost ignored one of the biggest tip-offs I have received as a journalist but managed to put it up on my blog 12 hours after I first heard about it. The story begins o... Read more