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Avinash Paliwal on his book India’s Near East: A New History and limits to Act East

 

Sudeep Chakravarti on his books Fallen City, The Eastern Gate and vote-bank politics in Manipur

 

Jaishankar’s Statement on India-China Ties Falls Short on Facts

 

The Myth of India’s Strategic Autonomy

 

34 years of counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir show that this war cannot be won.

 

Indian Government is clueless about the situation in Kashmir

 

Modi’s visit to Russia bolstered bilateral ties but fell short on strategic objectives

 

Modi’s Missteps in Global Diplomacy : US Lawmakers, Dalai Lama, and the Tibet Dilemma

 

Missed Opportunities and Geopolitical Shifts: The Modi Government’s Decade

 

Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney – Russian-Chinese Strategic Roadmap to 2030 | Force Magazine

 

Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney: Lessons from the Kargil Conflict and Modern Warfare Dynamics

 

Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney: China’s Information Support Force & Implications for Indian Defence

 

Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney: Assessing Modi Gov’s Foreign Policy & G20 Summit

 

PM Modi’s Politicisation of the Indian Armed Forces

 

Prime Minister Vajpayee’s National Security Strategy: From Nuclear Tests to the Kargil Conflict

 

S. Jaishankar’s Strange Response to China’s Re-naming of Arunachal Pradesh Locations

 

India’s Defence and National Security under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

 

Responding to CDS Gen Anil Chauhan’s Interview: India’s lack of Military Awareness of PLA Warfare

 

CDS Gen Anil Chauhan’s Interview: India’s Military Brass Clueless on PLA’s Warfare Evolution

 

Pravin Sawhney Responds to John Mearsheimer’s Interview: Analyzing India’s Global Standing

 

China’s Rising Power: Implications for India, America & Pakistan? Indian View from Delhi

 

भारत की राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा और रक्षा मोदी सरकार के अधीन

 

Indian Army does not understand China’s war

 

Between Fiction and Fantasy : 10 Years of Modi Government Foreign Policy

 

Lack of strategic thinking defines Modi government’s foreign policy

 

India’s Faltering Neighborhood First Policy Unveiled

 

Xi-Biden Peace Has Increased Chances of India-China War

 

Army’s Commander’s Conference Special Series: Part 3

 

Unraveling India’s Real Threats and Military Challenges

 

Three Part Series on Army Commader’s Conference

 

Understanding China’s Actions in Ladakh in April 2020

 

Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney: India’s Tense Relationship with China and Potential Consequences

 

Decoding India-China Interaction at the BRICS Summit : Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney

 

Has India Compromised Land for Peace with China?

 

Gen. M.M .Naravane misleads the nation on how war with China will be fought

 

Geopolitical Rumble in the East | Exploring India’s Stand Against China’s Economic Empire!

 

Lt Gen Kidwai has issued enough of a Warning

 

Indian Millitary is now Interacting with three US Combatant Commands

 

A Lowdown on the Deliverables : Key takeaways from Modi’s U.S visit

 

Three Part Series on How PM Modi’s US Visit has Made India More Vulnerable

 

3 Years After Galwan, India Still Lacks Political Courage and Military Capability to Fight China

 

Attempt to Militarily Grab Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Will Boomerang

 

Attempt to Militarily Grab Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Will Boomerang

 

How The Disastrous Rajnath Singh-Li Shangfu Meeting Takes India Closer to A War With China

 

Episode-5 : Drones

Lessons for India from Ukraine War

 

Episode 4 : Adversarial Attacks

Lessons for India from Ukraine War

 

Episode 3 : Long Range Fires

Lessons for India from Ukraine War

 

Episode 2: Military Competence

Lessons for India from Ukraine War

 

Lessons for India from Ukraine War

Episode-1: Political Determination

 

The Threat Named China

How India’s poor understanding about technology makes her vulnerable

 

India seems headed for war with China

India has aligned its foreign policy with US’ Indo Pacific strategy

 

Why Jaishankar is Wrong on China

 

Indian Army is in an Intellectual Mess

 

Claims on POK Make India More Vulnerable

Political rhetoric by senior military officers exposes their ignorance

 

CDS Gen. Chauhan Has a Limited Mandate

Indian military needs coordination, not jointness

 

Gen. Rawat’s Reforms Need To Be Junked

Not Rooted in Present Realities

 

How China Has Outsmarted India

PLA is preparing for a war the world has not seen

 

The War India is Not Preparing For

The Last War-Part 2

 

Unveiling ‘The Last War’ – Part 1

Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) has arrived

 

Pakistan to Create Capabilities for Two New War Domains

Political instability will have minimal impact on CPEC

 

Ukraine Exposes the Unreliability of QUAD

India needs to learn the right lessons

 

China is the fulcrum of Pakistan’s National Security Policy

Both recognize the centrality of Kashmir in the emerging South Asian realities

 

In 2022, China-Pak Will Fine-tune Combined Operations Against India

 

CT Ops and Road to Mental Atrophy

How 30 years of chasing false enemies diminished the Indian military

 

The Biden-Xi Meeting Increases India’s Vulnerability

14th round of military talks will be on China’s terms

 

Why Pakistan is an Overmatch for India

The events of 5 August 2019 has strengthened Pakistan-China cooperation

 

China Has Imbalanced the Nuclear Deterrence Against the US

Critical for India to talk with Beijing so that it’s not caught in the global rivalry

 

Ladakh Is Now a Matter of Sovereignty for China

Yet, India remains clueless about the war Beijing is preparing for

 

Revocation of 370 will help Kashmiris, not India

Core concerns of Pakistan and China meet in Kashmir

 

The Belief That Nuclear Powers Don’t Go To War Does not Apply to Ladakh

India should prepare for one front reinforced war in Ladakh

 

No Lessons Learnt After One Year of Ladakh

India has still got the threat wrong

 

India Needs the Cyber Command Now

Without offensive cyber capabilities, India remains vulnerable

 

A Politicised Military is an Unprofessional Military

Serving officers must resist erosion of military ethos and learning

 

Temporary Peace, Permanent Threat

With India’s acceptance of 1959 LAC, it is now sovereignty issue for China

 

India Likely to Accept 1959 LAC

Gen. V.K. Singh’s comment suggests barter of land for peace

 

Not Quite Swarming at the Indian Army Parade

Micro drones show indigenous capability, but warfare is a long way to go

 

China helps Pakistan Upset Military Balance against India

By 2023, CENTAIC to have multiple verticals of excellence in military technology

 

By 2023, PLA Will be Ready for Futuristic War with India

While India continues to prepare for an archaic war

 

With BECA, India Will be US’ De Facto Military Ally

The threats from China will increase substantially

 

Troubles in Ladakh will Increase Not Diminish

Mismatch of Three Generations in War-fighting Doctrines

 

Look, the LAC has Disappeared !

For peace on Border Areas with China, India has paid a huge price

 

Unless Backed by Military Power, Warnings Mean Little

India should raise the level of talks with China to seek win win

 

India Continues to Misread the Chinese Threat

Unless India focuses on futuristic technologies, it will be left behind in the neighbourhood

 

China’s Ladakh Goalpost is Way Inside Indian territory

Caught in a Catch-22 situation, India is left with only unpleasant options

 

China had sown seeds for the Ladakh crisis in 2015

Obsessed with Pakistan, Indian Army ignored the warning signs for five years……

 

Disengagement on Chinese Terms

Lessons for India…

 

Why Disengagement Will Not Be Easy

But delay in disengagement will be disastrous…..

 

China Will Not Relent in Ladakh

India’s options are increasingly limited

 

गलवान का सच जानना देश का अधिकार है

यह सेना के मनोबल के लिए आवश्यक है…

 

चीन ने लद्दाख में बॉडर बदल दिया

भारत बढ़े दबाव में

 

Facade of Equal Security Collapses in Ladakh

With violence on the LAC, China will further harden its position

 

India Has no Military Options in Ladakh

And it will not have any in the future if the present thinking on war continues

 

China’s show of strength in Ladakh

Pushes India in a difficult corner

 

End Game Will Not be the End

Unless India prepares for the right war, China will continue to militarily coerce it

 

India Limits its Options

Longer face- off continues, stronger China will get

 

What Next in Ladakh ?

China has options short of War

 

LAC is More Dangerous Than LOC

In the silence of Chinese front lies the threat

 

China Ups the Ante on LAC

From early harvest in Sikkim to claims on Ladakh, China means business

 

China always looks at the big picture

What South China Sea, Somdorong Chhu and Doklam tell us

 

Ten Reasons Why Two-Front War Strategy will not Enhance India’s Military Strength

 

BrahMos at DefExpo 2020

 

WAR OF THE FUTURE

In 15 years from now, technology will lead to the end of networks

 

Why Indian Military is Preparing for the Last War

In the next 10 years, the character of war will transform

 

Threats from Pakistan Have Increased

How Balakot air strike has made India more vulnerable

 

How China is Reshaping the World Order

Notes from the 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.

 

Mutual Vulnerability on LAC Critical For Mutual Trust

For regional peace, India and China need to find areas of cooperation

 

President Xi Jinping’s visit if it happens at all will be meaningless | Part 3

By holding Exercise Him Vijay in Arunachal now, India has indicated that it does not want the second informal summit at this moment

 

China Has Unleashed a New Monster

Pravin Sawhney explains how its hypersonic cruise missile and hypersonic glide vehicle will change future warfare

 

Why Doklam was a blunder | Part 2

FORCE editor Pravin Sawhney explains how India completely misread the Chinese accretion of forces in Tibetan Autonomous Region.

 

Why the coming India-China summit will throw difficult questions for us | Part 1

In the run-up to President Xi Jinping’s visit to India, FORCE editor Pravin Sawhney makes three observations on Chinese way of thinking. The Part 2 of this video will be live on September 28

 

Defence Minister Flies LCA Tejas

In a major boost to indigenisation, Rajnath Singh gives a thumbs-up to the home grown fighter

 

FORCE editor Pravin Sawhney explains why India lacks war preparedness

Corrigendum: Chief of Army Staff General B.C. Joshi who took command on 1 July 1993 died in harness within 10 months (and not 10 years as mentioned in the video erroneously). Also, the first election when Farooq Abdullah became CM was in 1996 not in 2002. The errors are regretted.

 

Why Pakistan is not a walkover

FORCE editor Pravin Sawhney explains why India must take Pakistan military seriously. And how it is as professional a force as any

 

Glimpses from Army 2019

FORCE was the only Indian magazine at Russian ministry of defence’s largest defence equipment exhibition Army 2019. We bring you some exclusive videos from the exhibition.

URAN-9 BMRK, multifunction robotic combat complex

An overview of the land systems on static display

 

At the opening of the Ansat helicopter

Gymnasts from Tartaristan, where Ansat is being manufactured, perform at the inauguration of the helicopter for the first time in Paris

 

Indian Army 1990-2018

Pravin Sawhney traces the devolution of the Indian Army from a professional fighting force to a defensive counter-terrorism force

 

Anti-Satellite Capability: Gimmick or a Milestone?

FORCE editor Pravin Sawhney says that hitting a live satellite at the altitude of 300km this morning was at best a technology demonstrator with no deterrence value. There was no need to announce it, and certainly no need for the Prime Minister to address the nation for this

 

Pravin Sawhney on recent Air Surgical Strike

Will Balakot Air Strike Be India’s New Normal With Pakistan?

Aerial Display – Yakovlevs aerobatic display team at Aero India 2019

 

Military Music | USAF PAC band performing at Aero India 2019

 

Full House | At the inauguration of Aero India 2019

 

And So it Begins | The inauguration of Aero India 2019 commences

 

Did the Indian Army leadership fail its own command by 2016 Surgical Strikes?

 

Media and the Military
Where FORCE executive editor Ghazala Wahab says that media has been reduced to doing public relations

 

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inside a MiG-29K

 

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman interacting with Navy officials

 

A MiG-29K takes off from INS Vikramaditya

 

A MiG-29K lands on INS Vikramaditya at night

 

India Successfully Test Fires Brahmos Missile From Su-30MKI

 

In December 2017, the Indian Navy will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of its submarine arm. What an awesome video to celebrate the historic moment.

 

ATC Technology

 

What has jewellery got to do with a magazine on national security and aerospace?

A lot, actually, if that jewellery company wants to reach out to the armed forces personnel. When one of India’s biggest jewellery brand decided to address military officers on India’s Independence Day, it sought out the only magazine that has the widest reach.

Don’t believe us? Check out for yourself…

 

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