Major General MPS Kandal (Retd) writes, the way forward is for the Nation and the Parliament to provide an appropriate statue for the personnel of the armed forces that will ensure a well defined social and functional status, with matching service benefits to draw and retain the right type of leadership talent from the youth of India.
RENAMING USPACOM AS USINDOPACOM: HAS USA MISSED THE WOOD FOR THE TREES?
Major General Rajiv Narayanan (Retd) writes, the US has renamed its Pacific Command (USPACOM), based in Hawaii, as Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). However, the US seems to have missed the wood for the trees as the Indian Ocean spreads way beyond the assigned borders of the erstwhile PACOM.
India, Indonesia join hands to counter expansionist China
Narender writes, India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours and has cultural heritage dating back to more than a thousand years. Geographical location of both nations make them natural allies and can complement each other culturally, economically and even militarily.
Discussions with the Uzbekistan and United Service Institution of India
The USI hosted a bilateral discussion on 22 May 2018 with a high level Uzbekistan delegation led by Mr Akmal Burkhanov, Member of Parliament and Executive Director of Development Strategy […]
Future Wars : Are Emerging Technologies Transformational?
Anurag writes, the so called futuristic technologies like AI and Robotics will most likely only lead to improvement in the range, accuracy, lethality and employability of existing military systems in the near future and not creation of any new class of weapons or opening up of a new battle space (machine warfare). Immediate dramatic transformations as are being publicised in media are unlikely. Over the medium to long term these cumulative changes may lead to a significant impact on the battlefield and also a new sub-class of existing weapon systems emerging.
USI Conducted Third Internship Programme for Christ University, Bangalore from 19 April – 18 May 2018
USI conducted third Internship Programme for Christ University from 19 April – 18 May 2018 at USI. 17 student from both undergraduate and post graduate courses participated in the one month internship programme. The students had the opportunity to attend various lecture sessions, seminars and round table discussion by some of the eminent scholars in the respective field of study.