Nitin A. Gokhale Articles 160
Author, thought leader and one of South Asia's leading strategic analysts, Nitin A. Gokhale has forty years of rich and varied experience behind him as a conflict reporter, Editor, author and now a media entrepreneur who owns and curates two important digital platforms, BharatShakti.in and StratNewsGlobal.com focusing on national security, strategic affairs and foreign policy matters.At the beginning of his long and distinguished career, Gokhale has lived and reported from India’s North-east for 23 years, writing and analysing various insurgencies in the region, been on the ground at Kargil in the summer of 1999 during the India-Pakistan war, and also brought live reports from Sri Lanka’s Eelam War IV between 2006-2009.Author of over a dozen books on wars, insurgencies and conflicts, Gokhale relocated to Delhi in 2006, was Security and Strategic Affairs Editor at NDTV, a leading Indian broadcaster for nine years, before launching in 2015 his own digital properties.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 US, Europe, South and South-East Asia to speak at various international seminars and conferences.Gokhale also teaches at India’s Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), the three war colleges, India's National Defence College, College of Defence Management and the intelligence schools of both the R&AW and Intelligence Bureau.He tweets at @nitingokhale
He can be reached at: nitin.gokhale@bharatshakti.in
Army’s New Promotion Policy Beneficial in the Long Run
There will be many achievements that the Indian Army will rightfully talk about today on the occasion of the Army Day 2018 but one small but significant tweaking of a long standing promotion... Read more
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