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
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
LEMOA: An Enabling Agreement, Not a War Pact
Quietly, almost without any fanfare, India and the United States signed an agreement that enables militaries of both countries to use each others’ facilities to replenish warships, aircraft... Read more
Let the Army do its job
Last week, Capt Amrinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, soldier and now politician, wrote a heartfelt piece batting for the Indian soldier deployed in Kashmir and berated the political as well... Read more
Army liberalises social media policy
It took some time in coming but the Indian Army, after a few baby steps since 2013, has finally come up with a liberal official policy on use of social media by its serving personnel. Read M... Read more
India and Vietnam: Going beyond Brahmos
As India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar winds up the Singapore leg of his two-nation, south-east Asia sojourn and heads to Hanoi, the oft-repeated talk about India seeking to sale the B... Read more
Who benefited from inflated price of Agusta?
Even as former Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi is being quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) again on Monday, several questions about the decision-making p... Read more
Create theatre Commands, usher in military reforms quickly
As Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar begins his first official visit to China on Monday, his focus will be on keeping the military to military cooperation between India and China on an even... Read more
Engage but don’t get into tight embrace with US
When US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter embarks on his two-week long Asia tour on Sunday, he will seek to get a reluctant India on-board a wider security compact that the US aspires to bu... Read more
M777 offset proposal envisages developing opportunities for 30-40 Indian defence suppliers: Dr. Joe Senftle, BAE Systems
Editor-in-Chief’s Note Dr. Joe Senftle of BAE Systems answers a whole range of questions on the M777 Lightweight 155mm Howitzers that the Indian government is pursuing through the FMS route... Read more
Exclusive interview with RM
Note from the Editor-in-Chief BharatShakti’s journey begins with best possible start. An exhaustive interview with India’s Defence Minister (Raksha Mantri) Manohar Parrikar by ou... Read more