Tuesday 31 December 2019


2019: Through my eyes
Ali Ahmed
Total publications – 88
Themes:
·         Strategic affairs – 38
·         Kashmir – 23
·         Military sociology – 17
·         Indian Muslims – 6
·         Book Reviews - 4

Published in:
·         Book chapter (OUP, Karachi) – 1
·         EPW – 4
·         Antinomies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch - 1
·         Kashmir Times – 20
·         The Citizen – 14
·         Moneycontrol.com – 14
·         Mille Gazette – 10
·         India News Stream – 5
·         Newsclick - 4
·         The Book Review - 3
·         Countercurrents.org – 3
·         The Wire – 2
·         South Asian Voices – 2
·         CLAWS – 1
·         Aussie Trishakti – 1
·         Africa Trends, IDSA – 1
·         IDSA expert comments – 1
·         Future Directions International – 1
(Peer reviewed – 12)


Strategic affairs - 38
1.      ‘India’s nuclear doctrine: Stasis or dynamism’ in Naeem Salik (ed.), India’s habituation with the Bomb, Karachi: OUP, 2019, https://oup.com.pk/new-arrivals/india-s-habituation-with-the-bomb.html
2.      15 November 2019, https://idsa.in/africatrends/crisis-management-in-south-sudan-aahmed#.XdEktyj2Ff4.twitter A lesson from crisis management in South Sudan Africa Trends, IDSA, Jan-June 2019
3.      17 November 2019, https://southasianvoices.org/fallout-of-article-370s-withdrawal100-days-on-indian-militarys-false-optimism/ Fallout of Article 370’s Withdrawal in Kashmir: The Indian Military’s False Optimism?
4.      16 September 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/politics-decoding-indias-recent-rhetoric-on-pok-4440211.html Decoding India’s recent rhetoric on PoK
5.      13 September 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=94571 For constructive Indian engagement in the Afghanistan endgame
9.      26 July 2019 https://thewire.in/security/kargil-vijay-diwas-indian-army-integrated-battle-groups Kargil Vijay Diwas: 20 Years on, Has The Army Learnt its Lessons?
10.  3 June 2019 http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=91323# Event management is no substitute for strategy
13.  24 May 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/modi-2-0-where-is-indias-pakistan-policy-headed-4015981.html Modi 2.0 | Where is India’s Pakistan policy headed?
14.  21 May 2019 http://epaper.kashmirtimes.in/index.aspx?page=6 Gratis advice for the next National Security Adviser
16.  13 April 2019 https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/6/16705/Peoples-Power-in-Sudan-Throws-Out-Omar-al-Bashir-After-30-Years Peoples Power in Sudan Throws Out Omar al-Bashir After 30 Years
17.  5 April 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=89493 The Doval And Hooda Prescriptions Examined
19.  4 April 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16633-will-pakistan-be-happy-if-modi-returns-to-power Will Pakistan be happy if Modi returns to power?
20.  29 March 2019 https://www.indianewsstream.com/kashmir-pakistan-national-security-options-before-next-government/ Pakistan: Post poll national security options before present or next ‘chowkidar’
22.  14 March 2019 https://idsa.in/askanexpert/defensive-offence-and-offensive-defence What is the difference between 'defensive offence' and 'offensive defence'?
23.  11 March 2019 https://www.indianewsstream.com/lessons-learnt-from-iafs-balakot-strike/ Lessons learnt from the Balakot strike
24.  9 March 2019 http://epaper.kashmirtimes.in/index.aspx?page=6 http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=88508 Balakot: Divining India’s strategy from its messaging
25.  7 March 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16591-balakot-nailing-lies-in-the-name-of-national-security Balakot: Nailing lies in the name of national security

27.  28 February 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-india-and-pakistan-must-de-escalate-the-current-crisis-3592331.html India and Pakistan must de-escalate the current crisis

28.  27 February 2019 https://southasianvoices.org/understanding-indias-land-warfare-doctrine/ https://www.globalvillagespace.com/understanding-indias-land-warfare-doctrine/ Understanding India's land warfare doctrine

29.  26 February 2019 https://www.indianewsstream.com/pulwama-the-counter-attack/ 26 Feb Pulwama: The counter attack
30.  25 February 2019 https://www.indianewsstream.com/options-before-india-to-respond-to-the-pulwama-terror-attack/ Options before India to respond to the Pulwama terror attack
32.  22 February 2019 https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/16334/Why-There-Has-Been-No-Military-Response-on-Pulwama-So-Far Why There Has Been No Military Response on Pulwama So Far
33.  18 February 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=87929 Reminding The Political Class Of Clausewitz's First Injunction
34.  9 February 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=87626# The Army's land warfare doctrine
35.  7 February 2019 https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/16224/New-Land-Warfare-Doctrine-May-Be-the-Garrulous-Army-Chiefs-Alone  The land warfare doctrine: The army's or that of its Chief?
36.  30 January 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16539-george-fernandes-keeps-his-date-with-gujarat-carnage-martyrs George Fernandes keeps his date with Gujarat carnage martyrs

37.  26 January 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=87194 Operation Kabaddi Revealed But Only Partially

38.  22 January 2019 https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/16082/What-Do-the-Echoes-of-Operation-Kabaddi-Really-Say What do the echoes of Operation Kabaddi really say

Kashmir - 23

39.  24 December 2019, https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/kashmir-is-in-a-state-of-churn-will-2020-mark-a-new-dawn-4759561.html, Kashmir is in a state of churn. Will 2020 mark a new dawn?

40.  21 December 2019, http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=97570, The options conundrum for Kashmiris,

41.  29 November 2019 https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/47/strategic-affairs/approaching-kashmir-through-theoretical-lenses.html Approaching Kashmir through Theoretical Lenses

42.  14 November 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=96325# Military consequence management in Jammu and Kashmir

43.  14 November 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=96325# Military consequence management in Jammu and Kashmir

44.  17 October 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/kashmir/politics-how-will-new-delhi-react-to-the-civil-disobedience-in-kashmir-4543111.html How will New Delhi react to the civil disobedience in Kashmir?
45.  1 October 2019 http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=95062 Nuclear winter before this winter?
46.  3 September 2019 India’s Kashmir caper has given Pakistan reason for war https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/17497/Has-Indias-Kashmir-Caper-Given-Pakistan-Reason-for-War
47.  28 August 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=94112 Kashmir: Calling Out Strategic Irrationality

48.  20 August 2019 http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/kashmir-and-the-abrogation-of-article-370-an-indian-perspective/ Kashmir and the Abrogation of Article 370: An Indian Perspective

49.  16 August 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/kashmir-india/kashmir-india-has-prepared-well-but-pakistan-is-unlikely-to-remain-quiet-4341811.html Kashmir | India has prepared well, but Pakistan is unlikely to remain quiet

50.  10 August 2019 https://www.indianewsstream.com/kashmir-unsolicited-advice-for-pakistan/ Kashmir: Unsolicited advice for Pakistan

51.  2 August 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/politics-the-improved-situation-in-kashmir-is-but-a-mirage-4280951.html The improved situation in Kashmir is but a mirage

52.  10 July 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/politics-un-likely-to-continue-its-focus-on-indias-kashmir-policy-4188511.html UN likely to continue its focus on India’s Kashmir policy

53.  6 July 2019 http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=92436 Kashmir Times Op-ed 6 July 2019 Kashmir: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

54.  12 June 2019 http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=91653 Kashmir: As The Army Surveys The Next Five Years

55.  7 June 2019 Reframe the Kashmir conflict from terrorism to insurgency https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/politics-reframe-the-kashmir-conflict-from-terrorism-to-insurgency-4069191.html

56.  16 May 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/politics-the-bogey-of-islamic-state-in-kashmir-3981691.html The bogey of the Islamic State in Kashmir

57.  10 May 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=90607 http://srinagar.kashmirtimes.in/index.aspx?page=6 Kashmir: Radicalisation and what to do about it

58.  8 May 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/politics-takeaways-for-kashmir-from-lok-sabha-polls-2019-3948671.html Kashmir: A first cut analysis of the just-concluded parliamentary elections

59.  2 May 2019 Scholar Warrior, CLAWS, Spring 2019 Options for addressing the Kashmir issue

60.  4 April 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/opinion-the-divergent-prescriptions-for-kashmir-3761261.html The divergent prescriptions for Kashmir

61.  22 March 2019 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-can-shah-faesal-bring-the-winds-of-political-change-to-kashmir-3680971.html Can Shah Faesal bring the winds of political change to Kashmir?


Military sociology - 17
62.  Right Wing Ascendance in India and the Politicisation of India’s Military, Antinomies, 19 (4), http://yearbook.uran.ru/en/archive
63.  27 December 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/Gen-Rawat-Political-Statements-His-Swan-Song, Why Gen Rawat’s Political Statements Should be His Swan Song
64.  27 December 2019, http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=97739 Welcoming The New Army Chief
66.  27 September 2019 National Defence Academy and Societal Representativeness Aussie Trishakti, 2019, Vol 1, No 3, October
67.  24 September 2019 https://www.newsclick.in/Armed-Forces-India-Birender-Singh-Dhanoa-Rafale-LOC Explaining the military’s new found penchant for political partisanship
69.  12 September 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16793-cautioning-the-indian-military-against-being-politically-gullible Cautioning the military against being politically gullible 
70.  17 August 2019 https://www.newsclick.in/rewarding-army-chief-political-assistance Rewarding Army Chief for Political Assistance?
72.  9 August 2019 http://kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=93488# The military’s ethical imperative in the here and now
73.  25 July 2019 Salute, April-May 2019 issue https://salute.co.in/consequences-of-operational-decisions/ Consequences of operational decisions
74.  26 June 2019 http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=92061 At The Doorstep Of Indian Military Politicization
76.  12 June 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16701-questioning-afresh-indian-militarys-social-representativeness Questioning afresh Indian military’s social representativeness
78.  19 December 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/12/the-agenda-for-the-new-chief Agenda for the new chief
Indian Muslims - 6

79.  26 December 2019, http://www.milligazette.com/news/16848-india-three-scenarios-out-to-2030#disqus_thread, India: three scenarios out to 2030

80.  17 December 2019 https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/18021/CAA-NRC-Those-Who-Voted-for-this-Regime-Need-to-Wake-Up - CAA-NRC: Those who voted for this regime need to wake up

82.  24 May 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16687-modi-2-0-indian-muslim-survival-kit Modi 2.0: Indian Muslim survival kit
83.  23 February 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16569-consequences-for-indias-minority-of-the-gathering-war-clouds-after-pulwama Consequences for India’s minority of the gathering war clouds after Pulwama
84.  12 January 2019 http://www.milligazette.com/news/16526-the-minority-security-problematic The minority security problematic
Book Review - 4

85.  6 December 2019 https://thebookreviewindia.org/art-of-new-age-war/ Army Of None: Autonomous Weapons And The Future Of War By Paul Scharre W. Norton & Company, 2018
86.  10 June 2019 The Book Review https://thebookreviewindia.org/recontextualizing-the-escalation-debate/ Line On Fire: Ceasefire Violations And India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics by Happymon Jacob, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
87.  1 February 2019 https://thewire.in/books/book-review-the-dangers-of-media-fanned-nationalism Happymon Jacob, Line on Fire: Ceasefire violations and India-Pakistan escalation dynamics, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019.

88.  8 January 2019 http://thebookreviewindia.org/illuminating-past-patterns-and-future-challenges/ The Most Dangerous Place: A History Of The United States In South Asia By Srinath Raghavan, Penguin Random House, Gurgaon, India