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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A Very Tight Spot: India faces a huge security challenge with the possibility of a two-front conflict

Jun,22 2019 DailyO

India faces a grave two-front security threat from China andPakistan. The menace could be even greater were the challenge to become atwo-and-a-half-front threat which includes Kashmir.The foremost national security chall ...

Compulsory National Service

Jun,13 2019 Deccan Herald

Lured by high corporate salaries and the attraction of rapid advancement, India’s youth is no longer opting to join the armed forces. This is so because armed forces officers are not as well paid, deployments in border a ...

What the Kargil war teaches India about its national security

Jun,11 2019 Hindustan Times

Twenty years ago, on May 3, 1999, local shepherds reported seeing some Pakistani intruders on the Indian side of the Line of Control in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On July 26, 1999, the Pakistan a ...

Tackling regional insecurity a task for Modi

May,25 2019 The Tribune

China’s growing nexus with Pakistan and the two countries’ unresolved territorial disputes with India continue to pose a formidable national security threat to India.The NDA government’s second innings has begun at a tim ...

Wah! Army gets huge firepower!

May,08 2019 Rediff.com

'Landmark developments herald the end of two decades of stagnation in the army's modernisation plans,' notes Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd).On April 8, 2019, the Ordnance Factories Board handed over the first four four ...

Dealing with fundamentalist terrorism

May,03 2019 The Tribune

India’s experiments with POTA, TADA and UAPA have failed to deliver the desired results. Laws must be just and humane and not designed to be vindictive towards or shield any particular community or religious denomination ...

As The Belt Tightens: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is only generating resentment in Pakistan. Particularly among the volatile Baloch

Apr,24 2019 DailyO

Even as Imran Khan visits China, the Chinese are concerned about their workers in Pakistan. They face pressure from the people of Balochistan, enraged at the misuse of their resources and the abuse of their human rights. ...

Managing National Security: Tasks for Next Government

Apr,22 2019 Deccan Herald

The election manifestos of the BJP and the Congress both mention national security challenges in passing but have neglected to touch upon their plans for revitalising the core issue of decision making at the apex level a ...

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