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...

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 ...

Pakistan: Between China and the US

Aug,22 2018 China US Focus

The vision of a ‘naya’ (new) Pakistan enunciated by Prime Minister Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, faces seemingly insurmountable challenges. The new government has inherited poor relations ...

Pakistan’s Gwadar Port: A New Naval Base in China’s String of Pearls in the Indo-Pacific

Apr,02 2018 CSIS

The IssueThe development of Gwadar Port is a key element of the greater China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). It speaks to both the strength of the China-Pakistan relationship and the reach of China’s grand strat ...

This former Indian Army soldier has a message for Pakistan Army chief Let us give peace a chance

March 28, 2018 DailyO

Dear General Qamar Javed Bajwa, from New Delhi from a former Indian soldier, who has served on the Line of Control (LoC), conducted counter-insurgency operations against Pakistan-trained terrorists in Kashmir Valley ...

Arms Race Returns

March 07, 2018 Deccan Herald

The early contours of the muscular Trump doctrine can be discerned in three important documents released in the last several weeks by the US government. The US National Security Strategy (NSS), released in December 2017, ...

Four-pronged Strategy is Necessary to Checkmate Pak’s Deep State

February 12, 2018 The Economic Times

Four-pronged Strategy is Necessary to Checkmate Pak’s Deep StateSTRATEGIES Tactical assertiveness on LoC; covert ops to neutralise terror leaders; bolstering counter-infiltration grids; Pak’s economic strangulation & ...

Jaitley’s Defence Budget Grossly Inadequate to Modernise the Army

February 02, 2018 The Quint

Given the continuously increasing threats and challenges to national security, particularly the possibility of a two-front war, the funds earmarked by the Finance Minister for defence expenditure for Financial Year (FY) ...

India’s Missile Arsenal: An Overview

January 31, 2018 VIF

On January 18, 2018, the personnel of the Indian armed forces test-fired the 5,000-km-plus Agni-5 Interim Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The test, conducted from Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, achieved all the missi ...

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