Nitin A Gokhale

President Putin’s visit and South Asia

ANI’s Smita Prakash and me in conversation on President Putin’s visit and what it means for South Asian dynamics: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=_vSMTJafXgA&app=desktop) And my piece on ndtv.com Russian Boost to ‘Make in India’: 400 Helicopters a Year One of the major takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 23-hour visit to New Delhi, was…

Harnessing use of social media will be Army’s biggest challenge in coming years

(http://www.rediff.com/news/column/nitin-a-gokhale-how-social-media-is-denting-the-armys-image-in-kashmir/20141209.htm) Fighting a well-trained, heavily-armed enemy is routine for the Indian Army in Kashmir. It, however, appears clueless in the face of an almost daily ambush by warriors of the social media. While brave troops eliminated six suicide attackers in Uri on Friday, December 5, in less than six hours,…

Army is fighting a war, and not terrorism, in J&K

(http://www.rediff.com/news/column/army-is-fighting-a-war-and-not-terrorism-in-jampk/20141208.htm) For the past six months Pakistan is using the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and other terrorist groups to launch frontal attacks on Indian security forces and assets instead of aimlessly targeting civilians. The sooner all of us understand this, the better it is. The last three attacks on Indian assets — one…
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