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...

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 ...

India’s War Plans lack Synergy without a Chief of Defence Staff

Apr,20 2019 The Tribune

The creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was among the major recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by then Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani that analysed the report of the Kargil Review C ...

Repealing AFSPA: Political expediency will harm military operations and help militants

Apr,12 2019 DailyO.in

The Congress Party’s election manifesto suggests reviewing AFSPA. However, playing politics over this essential security act is only playing into the hands of insurgents who wish to harm India. It is the season of ...

Pakistan is under the military jackboot

Apr,10 2019 The Hindustan Times

The army has effectively ensured that Pakistan’s fledgling democracy is not allowed to take rootAfter India’s counter-terrorism air strikes at Balakot in February 2019 and the reactions that these evoked in the National ...

Shorten time frame for defence acquisitions

Apr,09 2019 The Tribune

No country that is not substantially self-reliant in defence technology can aspire to become a dominant military power in its region. The essence of efforts to achieve self-reliance lies in acquiring defence technology t ...

Is India joining the race?

Apr,01 2019 Deccan Herald

While the scientists deserve compliments for this spectacular achievement, the question that will be inevitably be asked is this: Is India joining the race for the ‘weaponisation’ of space? India is now a major space pow ...

China’s defence budget reflects grand goals

Mar,11 2019 The Tribune

The National People’s Congress (NPC) has hiked the defence budget for 2019-20 by 7.5 percent to US$ 177.49 billion (Yuan 1.19 trillion). After five consecutive double-digit hikes in the allotment for defence up to FY 201 ...

Is Kashmir a Nuclear Flashpoint?

Mar,03 2019 rediff.com

Now that the war clouds which had appeared on the horizon in the aftermath of the Pulwama suicide attack appear to be drifting away, it is necessary to carry out an assessment of the dangers inherent if a similar crisis ...

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