Nitin A. Gokhale Articles 96
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: [email protected]
Notes From the Frontier
More soldiers going on leave One indication of a slight easing of tension in Eastern Ladakh and the onset of winter comes from the increasing number of passengers taking the flights –... Read more
Ladakh Standoff: India Negotiating on Equal Terms with Outfoxed China
There is a military stalemate along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. And China doesn’t like it. After nearly six months of attempted military coercion, the People’s Liberation Arm... Read more
Indian Army Alive to Chinese Plans; Taking Counter Measures
The Indian Army top brass is revisiting a tabletop exercise it carried out sometime in 2018, war-gaming possible Chinese moves all along the Himalayan frontier. This exercise, done in the wa... Read more
HAL Entering Naval Utility Helicopters Competition Will Erode Navy’s Operational Capability
One of the important policy reforms announcements done by the government in defence manufacturing in India last week was allowing foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to invest up... Read more
The Raging Debate: Three Years Tour of Duty in Army
A furious debate has broken out in military as well as civil circles on the ‘Tour of Duty (ToD)’ or ‘Three Years Short Service’ proposed by Army HQ as a trial for recruiting a limited number... Read more
Indian Navy Launches Operation Samudra Setu to Repatriate Overseas Indians
Indian Navy Launches Operation Samudra Setu to Repatriate Overseas Indians Speaking exclusively to BharatShakti.in, Editor-in-Chief, Nitin A Gokhale, the Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS), Vi... Read more
COVID-19 Crisis Can Lead to Reduced Dependence on Imports: Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar
EDITOR’S NOTE As India, and indeed the world, battles the Chinese virus pandemic, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), like every other arm of the government is contributing its resources i... Read more
What Indian Defence Industry needs Post-Covid-19
The Indian government, since 2014, has actively promoted setting up of a Defence Industrial base in the country. A number of policy directives have been issued to encourage Make in India and... Read more
Explained: What Chief of Defence Staff Means to India
In a path breaking move towards the integration of the all three defence services, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on 24th December approved the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff... Read more
Gen Bipin Rawat, Hot Favourite for CDS
With the announcement of the nominee for the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), possibly just round the bend, some information on the CDS needs to percolate to the environment. I have bee... Read more