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Writings on The Wire

What's Really Colonising the Military Mind

Should the Army Be Faithful to Its Country or the Government?

What Moving a Painting From Army Chief’s Office Says About Indian Military's Hindutva Shift

India Is Past the Early Warning Phase

The Questions Raised by the Prolonged Encounter at Anantnag

Manipur Is a Test Bed of New India

Is the Army Chief Allowing Himself to Be Used to Make Political Points on China?

Under Modi, India’s China Strategy Has Gone From Strategic Proactivism to Docility

Vacant for More than a Month, the CDS's Role in an India that is Nuclear Needs a Serious Rej

Security

What Will Be General Bipin Rawat’s Place in India's Military History?

Security

What an Angry General's Unwarranted Admonition of Kashmiris Says About the Army and Politics

6 mins read

Security

Military Reforms: Why Front-Specific Theatreisation Is Not the Only Way to Jointness

Security

Kargil Vijay Diwas: 20 Years on, Has The Army Learnt its Lessons?

Books

Book Review: The Dangers of Media-Fanned Nationalism

Modi May Say Otherwise, But India Is Still Short of ‘Survivable Nuclear Deterrent’

Security

Decoding the Logic Behind the Shelving of India’s Mountain Strike Corps

Security

So Who Are the 'Men in Shadows' Guiding Top Army Appointments?

7 mins read

Government

Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha Ventures Further Than He Should

Kashmir Killing: When Soldiers Commit a Crime, Honesty is the Best Policy for the Army

Diplomacy

The Perils of a Grand Strategy that is Intelligence-led