BALUCH AND PASHTUN UNITY1. X (erstwhile Twitter) threw up two interesting and unconnected pieces of information, but to the discerning eye that is watching…Jan 3, 2024Jan 3, 2024
SOCIAL FITNESS AND 360 DEGREE APPRAISALS1. Three incidents in the recent past although geographically separated and prima facie disconnected must ring an alarm bell as loud as…Oct 15, 2023Oct 15, 2023
SECTARIAN FAULT LINES IN FATA/KPKChitral was in the news recently with TTP launching a full-fledged incursion across the Durand Line and inflicting sizeable casualties on…Sep 17, 2023Sep 17, 2023
MERGER OF LEVELS OF WARFARE1. Levels of warfare are compartmentalized into three silos, strategy, operational art and tactics. Each level is to be acted upon and…Sep 10, 2023Sep 10, 2023
INFLUENCE OF JOMINI ON MODERN MILITARY THOUGHTModern military thought has been shaped by a myriad of historical figures, strategies, and doctrines. Among the influential thinkers…Aug 22, 20231Aug 22, 20231
SCIENCE, ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF WARThis is an enquiry into the quintessential question of whether war is a science, art or philosophy. To start with Sun Zi’s (yes that is the…Jun 29, 2023Jun 29, 2023
INTEGRATED DETERRENCE OF USA & INDIA’S CHALLENGE1. Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore this year was abuzz with hyperbole, insinuations and strategic signalling with Russia, USA, China and…Jun 11, 2023Jun 11, 2023
DETERRENCE OF GREY ZONE WARFARE“When Deterrence fails, wars happen, when Deterrence succeeds Grey Zone happens, when Grey Zone fails, wars happen again.” — MeJun 3, 2023Jun 3, 2023