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Subcontinental Musings

113 articles · 2003–2018

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  1. What nuclear weapons have done to us

    Opinion · National Security · 24 May 2018

  2. Dissension in the top brass?

    Opinion · National Security · 15 March 2018

  3. Are India’s nuclear weapons in safe hands?

    Opinion · National Security · 20 December 2017

  4. The myth of a nuclear peace

    Opinion · National Security · 20 September 2017

  5. Mapping India’s doctrinal movement

    Opinion · National Security · 29 June 2017

  6. The hovering nuclear clouds

    Opinion · National Security · 25 April 2017

  7. The Parrikar thesis

    Opinion · National Security · 14 December 2016

  8. World War II redux in the nuclear age

    Opinion · National Security · 7 May 2016

  9. Can India provide a new lens to the ISIS challenge in Syria?

    Opinion · Society · 3 March 2016

  10. Modi worsens India’s doctrinal muddle

    Opinion · National Security · Peace · 16 January 2016

  11. Fighting the ISIS: Why India should measure its steps

    Opinion · Society · 17 December 2015

  12. Pakistani “idiocy”: A general gets it half right

    Opinion · National Security · 16 November 2015

  13. What is really driving India’s Pakistan strategy?

    Opinion · National Security · 4 September 2015

  14. Look who’s doing yoga now!

    Opinion · National Security · 5 August 2015

  15. The seeds of India’s ‘tough guy’ image

    Opinion · National Security · 18 June 2015

  16. How deep does our prejudice run?

    Opinion · National Security · Society · 29 May 2015

  17. China policy: Will economics trump the military stance?

    Opinion · National Security · 27 April 2015

  18. What will it mean to have India as a ‘security provider’?

    Opinion · Government · National Security · 24 March 2015

  19. Challenges of the brass in a political minefield

    Opinion · Government · National Security · 10 February 2015

  20. What the maritime 'non-incident' on New Year’s Eve tells us

    Opinion · Government · National Security · 7 January 2015

  21. Where veterans refuse to give up, what does the future hold?

    Opinion · National Security · 19 December 2014

  22. Is the army court’s verdict on the Machhil killings enough?

    Opinion · Justice System · 17 November 2014

  23. Can PM Modi pull it off?

    Report · Government · National Security · 31 October 2014

  24. Sunburn warning for India’s day in the sun

    Opinion · Government · 22 September 2014

  25. Indo-Pak talks: Getting past the eyewash

    Opinion · Government · Peace · 21 August 2014

  26. Will Modi relook at ‘massive’ retaliation in India’s nuclear doctrine?

    Opinion · National Security · 25 June 2014

  27. Getting ‘practical’ on No-First-Use

    Opinion · National Security · 10 April 2014

  28. One gaffe too many

    Opinion · National Security · 17 March 2014

  29. The relevance of Vanzara's letter

    Opinion · Law and Order · 19 November 2013

  30. Soldiers, not servants

    Opinion · Culture · 17 October 2013

  31. An ambush loaded with meaning

    Opinion · National Security · 13 August 2013

  32. A good school for Maqbool

    Opinion · Education · Society · 11 February 2013

  33. The new 'normal' at the border

    Opinion · National Security · 22 January 2013

  34. The importance of being Asif Ibrahim

    Opinion · National Security · 17 December 2012

  35. The strange case of 2nd Lt. Kalia

    Opinion · National Security · 30 November 2012

  36. Reaching beyond its brief

    Opinion · National Security · 10 September 2012

  37. A secure minority, for a secure nation

    Opinion · National Security · 20 August 2012

  38. The fog of jungle warfare

    Opinion · National Security · 17 July 2012

  39. Expanding too fast?

    Opinion · National Security · 23 May 2012

  40. Uncivil war in South Block

    Opinion · National Security · 5 April 2012

  41. An age-old lesson

    Opinion · National Security · 19 February 2012

  42. The 'Age' of misjudgment

    Opinion · National Security · 19 January 2012

  43. To specialise or not?

    Opinion · National Security · 26 December 2011

  44. Shall we imprison everyone?

    Opinion · National Security · 11 September 2011

  45. Whose command? Whose control?

    Opinion · National Security · 14 August 2011

  46. Negotiate in good faith

    Opinion · National Security · 19 July 2011

  47. Defence reforms: The next phase

    Opinion · National Security · 24 June 2011

  48. Unity in militarism

    Opinion · National Security · 10 May 2011

  49. China in the strategic debate

    Opinion · National Security · 27 April 2011

  50. Long road still ahead

    Opinion · National Security · 31 March 2011

  51. What if Pakistan implodes?

    Opinion · National Security · 28 February 2011

  52. Manufacture of a partner

    Opinion · National Security · 31 January 2011

  53. The Army's right to its opinion

    Opinion · National Security · 24 December 2010

  54. Muddling along

    Opinion · National Security · 30 November 2010

  55. Starving for England

    Opinion · History · 11 October 2010

  56. The tangled triangle

    Opinion · National Security · 31 August 2010

  57. Talk another day

    Opinion · National Security · 22 July 2010

  58. Soldiers in our own images

    Opinion · National Security · 20 June 2010

  59. Pause the mineral economy

    Opinion · Mining · National Security · 29 May 2010

  60. AFSPA: Between battle lines

    Opinion · National Security · 29 April 2010

  61. The government versus the military

    Opinion · National Security · 6 March 2010

  62. Surgical strikes: Missing the mark

    Opinion · National Security · 15 January 2010

  63. Much hullaballoo, little cause

    Opinion · National Security · 20 December 2009

  64. Our view, their view, the world-view

    Opinion · National Security · Jammu & Kashmir · 23 November 2009

  65. A job for an infantryman

    Opinion · National Security · 15 October 2009 · 6 responses

  66. The nuclear numbers game

    Opinion · National Security · 7 September 2009

  67. Wanted: A peace movement

    Opinion · National Security · Peace · 16 August 2009

  68. Making Kargil serve a purpose

    Opinion · National Security · 27 July 2009

  69. Looking at China, missing Pakistan

    Opinion · National Security · 20 June 2009

  70. Inward lens for incoming government

    Opinion · Society · 12 May 2009

  71. Awakening the somnolent state

    Opinion · National Security · 11 April 2009

  72. The coming fateful decisions

    Opinion · Society · 7 March 2009

  73. 2009: A preview of security issues

    Opinion · Society · 21 January 2009

  74. An indirect response to terror

    Opinion · Society · 7 December 2008

  75. How deep is the rot?

    Opinion · Society · 20 November 2008

  76. Military cooperation with the US: A mixed bag

    Opinion · Peace · 26 October 2008

  77. In Muslim India, an internal battle

    Opinion · Peace · 21 September 2008

  78. Mid-year chakravyuh

    Opinion · Peace · 27 August 2008

  79. Making nuclear sense

    Opinion · Peace · 9 July 2008

  80. Is Vox Populi good enough?

    Opinion · Peace · 5 April 2008

  81. Successful deterrence? Hardly.

    Opinion · Peace · 29 February 2008

  82. Internal security agenda for the new year

    Opinion · Society · 3 January 2008

  83. Expansion in Indian nuclear theology

    Opinion · Peace · 3 December 2007

  84. Unacceptable underside of 'deterrence by punishment'

    Opinion · Society · 15 October 2007

  85. The Nagaland model for Kashmir

    Opinion · Society · 20 September 2007

  86. This summer, at a border near you

    Opinion · Peace · 29 March 2007

  87. The Indian Army: crisis within

    Opinion · Peace · 3 January 2007

  88. Lessons from recent wars

    Opinion · Society · 15 September 2006

  89. Grand manoeuvre, yes, but to what end?

    Opinion · Peace · 6 July 2006

  90. Politicisation and the Indian military

    Opinion · Peace · 17 April 2006

  91. Muslim headcount: A useful controversy

    Opinion · Peace · 1 March 2006 · 8 responses

  92. Security agenda: 2006 and beyond

    Opinion · Peace · 30 December 2005

  93. Of nukes and counter-nukes

    Opinion · Society · 14 October 2005

  94. Second Strike and false security

    Opinion · Peace · 31 August 2005

  95. Political courage, and the next step

    Opinion · Society · 29 May 2005

  96. An illusory battleground

    Opinion · Peace · 22 March 2005

  97. Hail to the new chief

    Opinion · Peace · 1 December 2004

  98. Preparing for the wrong war

    Opinion · Peace · 1 October 2004

  99. Special powers, mixed results

    Opinion · Peace · Manipur · 1 September 2004

  100. A new security agenda

    Opinion · Society · 1 June 2004

  101. The calculus of 'Cold start'

    Opinion · Society · 1 May 2004

  102. Chief of Defense : Implications

    Opinion · Society · 1 January 2004

  103. Not yet history

    Opinion · Society · 1 December 2003

  104. A national confidence syndrome

    Opinion · Society · 1 November 2003

  105. Missing the security target

    Opinion · Society · 1 October 2003

  106. Lies in the name of 'security'

    Opinion · Peace · 1 September 2003

  107. Must remain 'unfinished’

    Opinion · Peace · 1 August 2003

  108. Questions in search of answers

    Opinion · Society · 1 July 2003

  109. PM Peace Initiative : Much Ado?

    Opinion · Peace · Jammu & Kashmir · 1 June 2003

  110. Lessons from Baghdad

    Opinion · Society · Jammu & Kashmir · 1 May 2003

  111. Kashmir after Nadimarg

    Opinion · Peace · Jammu & Kashmir · 1 April 2003

  112. Limited nuclear war, limitless anxiety

    Opinion · Peace · 1 March 2003

  113. A debt we can do without

    Opinion · Society · 1 February 2003