Sanjay Kumar Writes:Every year about 40,000 JCOs /OR superannuate from service, of these 90 percent i.e. approx. 36,000 are Jawans in the age group of 35 to 39 years. These highly trained, physically fit and mentally robust, disciplined, dedicated, motivated youth with vast potential gets wasted every year.
IORA Council Meeting: Onwards from Padang
MH Rajesh Writes: This IORA council meet was unique, in that, there was a Maritime Cooperation Declaration, in addition to the usual Communique that the IORA releases after the meet. There was a clearer recognition of maritime security in this meeting as evident in the declaration.
What Next If ISIS Bombed Russian Airliner
Raj Kumar Sharma Writes: If ISIS indeed planted the bomb in the Russian plane, it has a number of important implications for Russia and the world.
USI-Stimson Center Nuclear Round Table Discussions on Pakistan
USI organised a RTD with a three member delegation headed by Mr. Sameer Lalwani, Deputy Director, South Asia Program, The Stimson Center, on 02 November 2015 from 1030-1230 hours.
COLD START DOCTRINE AND MOUNTAIN STRIKE CORPS
Sandeep Jain writes: Pakistan embarked on a modernisation plan and re-articulation of its strategy in the form of New Concept of War Fighting (NCWF). This is still work in progress but has nevertheless led to better operational preparedness by Pakistan.
India Reaches Out to Africa
Raj Kumar Sharma writes: The recently concluded India-Africa Summit in New Delhi was one of India’s most ambitious diplomatic outreach events in over two decades since the Non Aligned Summit in 1983.