Deft Beginnings & Great Hopes: At Last Towards “SWAVALAMBAN” (Self- Reliance)?
Editor’s Note With the government at Delhi at the three-year mark, the internal and border security environments certainly pose some concerns. However, the author argues that these ups and d... Read more
Strategic Partnership – Implementing the Path Breaking Reform
Editor’s Note After a protracted debate in the MoD, the much awaited Chapter for Strategic Partnership has been released. The requirement of Strategic Partners for defence acquisition was be... Read more
As disruptive innovations and new business models transform organisations and communities around the world, their sustainability is threatened by a plethora of cyber risks. We have witnessed... Read more
Jammu & Kashmir- On the Path to Nowhere: Review of Security and Political Developments
From security perspective, the events in Jammu & Kashmir during the year 2016 and in the first four months of the current year, present an extremely confusing, disturbing and challengin... Read more
US Army Special Ops Commander Lifts Curtain on 2035 Strategy
The head of U.S. Army Special Operations Command lifted the curtain on the command’s 2035 strategy and campaign plan that will be unveiled in an unclassified version in July. Lt. Gen.... Read more
CPEC – The Chinese Carotid, Pakistani Jugular and an Indian Opportunity
EDITOR’S NOTE The General, in a previous article in BharatShakti.in, had argued that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor was a carotid for China (https://bharatshakti.in/the-new-carot... Read more
“Baahubali 1”: The Beginning of Truly Indian Armaments for Indian Arms
Editor’s Note In the third and concluding article on the subject of self-reliance in ordnance requirements, the author makes some important observations and recommendations. With the Strateg... Read more
An Analysis of the Joint Doctrine of the Indian Armed Forces (2017)
If newspapers (of 5th May 2017) have reported statements of the Army chief correctly, the Army seems to be on the verge of unfolding a national military strategy and perhaps coming up with a... Read more
The Future of Surgical Strikes
EDITOR’S NOTE The bodies of a few of our soldiers were mutilated very recently by Pakistani Army personnel who had undertaken a cross-border operation. The hue and cry across the count... Read more
Russia Risks a Showdown with Israel Over Hezbollah in Syria
Back in 1967, Moscow shrugged when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran, cutting shipping routes to the Israeli port of Eilat—Israel’s only one in the Red Sea. E... Read more