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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Transform Indian Army

Jan,15 2019 Deccan Herald

The Indian Army, the most battle-hardened army in the world, must gradually shake off its defensive orientation and transform itself into a ‘light, lethal and wired’ force that is ready to act pro-actively to overcome th ...

Year-end Review: The Unstable Regional Security Environment is a Cause for Concern

Jan,01 2019 VIF

A polycentric new world order, the early contours of which had begun to gradually emerge from the ashes of the Cold War, has begun to fray at the edges. The primary causes for this condition are the growing friction amon ...

India’s Nuclear Triad is now Fully Operational

Dec,11 2018 VIF

With a sense of pride, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in early-November 2018 that INS Arihant, India’s indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN), armed with nuclear-tipped submarine launche ...

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 ...

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