Gurmeet Kanwal

Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd) is Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi and Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C. He is former Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. He commanded an infantry brigade on the Line of Control (Operation Parakram, 2001-03) and an artillery regiment in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley (Operation Rakshak, 1993-94). More...

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Build Capabilities Now

Dec,06 2018 Deccan Herald

The month of November 2018 was extraordinarily productive for the establishment of a cooperative security framework in the Indo-Pacific region. Meeting for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue for the third time in one ye ...

How to prevent another 26/11

Nov,30 2018 rediff.com

'The government must covertly eliminate the leaders of terrorist organisations abroad so as to eradicate the problem at its roots,' recommends Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).   On the occas ...

Transform the army into one that can deter war or be ready to fight it

Nov,24 2018 Hindustan Times

General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), is reported to have initiated four major studies for the transformation of the Indian army into a “more agile fighting force” to face current and emerging threats ...

Baloch opposition to CPEC should worry China

Oct,27 2018 rediff.com

'The separatist resurgence in Balochistan is thwarting Pakistan's plans to build CPEC projects to optimally utilise Balochistan's energy reserves,' points out Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd)The China-Pakistan r ...

A Pragmatic Experiment : Defence Planning Committee

Oct,11 2018 Deccan Herald

Through an executive order issued in late-April 2018, the government constituted a Defence Planning Committee (DPC) under the chairmanship of the National Security Advisor (NSA). In view of the increasing threats and cha ...

How to Counter Pakistan’s Proxy War

Oct,08 2018 The Economic Times

On September 28-30, 2018 India observed “Parakaram Parv” to commemorate the valour and spectacular success of the Special Forces personnel who had launched multiple surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) two y ...

Where is India's Chief of Defence Staff ?

Sep,27 2018 The Economic Times

When he was India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar had said two years ago that he would ‘soon’ recommend the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), which he considered “a must”, to the Cabinet Commi ...

Trajectory of India’s nuclear deterrence

Sep, 26 2018 The Tribune

Unlike China and Pakistan, where armies call the shots, India’s nuclear weapons are firmly under civilian control. But it is important to have a Chief of Defence Staff as early as possible to provide single-point militar ...

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