Centre for Land Warfare Studies
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The importance of timely intelligence acquisition, interpretation and analysis and the easy flow of intelligence inputs to sister intelligence agencies are aspects in the context of national security in today’s world. This is a volume on the functioning of the important intelligence agencies of the world. It focuses on the functioning of the Indian intelligence, pointing to drawbacks in the structure and coordination and coming out with suggestions. It ...
The volume is concerned with internal armed conflict, that is, insurgency and counter-terrorism in India. It argues that internal armed conflict will continue in the country and the armed forces will have to engage themselves in their management and resolution. It discusses the Indian Constitution and domestic law with reference to internal armed conflicts, use of civil instruments of force (state civil forces) and the states’ response to conflicts. It ...
In the light of India emerging as a leader in the IT and communication fields, efforts must be made to optimally exploit available expertise to develop an appropriate C4I2SR system with innovative technology to the Indian Army. To envision technical concepts from tactical and operational perspectives is, therefore, a critical necessity, especially in the context of the transformation process that is now under way in the Army. This study gives an incisive analysis ...
China’s rise on the world stage has been relentless and consistent over the past two decades. This rise is concurrent with the United States’ perceived decline as an economic power influence on the world stage. Today the story of China’s growth has become a subject of avid discussion and analysis not only among world leaders, academicians and members of the strategic community, but even bythe print and visual media and sections of the public at ...
India’s continuing failure to devise credible conventional military responses to Pakistan’s asymmetric provocations has seriously eroded the credibility of its deterrence. This could invite a serious escalation of the jihadi sub-conventional assault on India. It is not possible to fight a purely defensive campaign against an asymmetric war and prevail. The adversary can simply vary the targets of attack ad infinitum. Costs have to be raised for the ...
Nepal today is at a critical crossroad, with hopes of its resurgence as a nation-state clouded in a mire of doubts and confusion. This book is primarily based on the author's ground assessment reached through interactions with innumerable people, both high and low, during his recent trek through Nepal. They include, besides the man on the street, some key personalities from the worlds of politics, academia, bureaucracy and business.