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All you wanted to know about the response to Pathankot terror strike

by Nitin A Gokhale

08 Jan/16

As more details emerge on the Pathankot terror strike and India’s response, it is becoming increasingly clear that the quick decision-making at the highest levels of the country’s security apparatus saved a repeat of a Mumbai-like carnage at the frontline airbase. Information pieced together from multiple conversations I have had…

Don’t rush into dialogue with Pakistan, warn stalwarts

by Nitin A Gokhale

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09 Aug/13

General, Vivekananda International Foundation

The killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch sector of the Line of Control (LoC) earlier this week and the subsequent fiasco over the Defence Minister’s contradictory statements in Parliament has generated a huge controversy. Despite the uproar, many commentators and politicians have suggested that dialogue with Pakistan must be…

Mountain Strike Corps or 3 Carrier Strike Groups? One need not come at the cost of the other!

by Nitin A Gokhale

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01 Aug/13

General, NDTV, Vivekananda International Foundation

A fortnight after the government gave an in-principle clearance to raise a Mountain Strike Corps, a debate over the efficacy of the decision to spend over Rs 64,000 crores on the new accretion has begun. Noted Strategic Affairs expert, former Rear Admiral Raja Menon writing in The Hindu has in fact…

Only money for a Mountain Strike Corps in not enough

by Nitin A Gokhale

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18 Jul/13

General, NDTV, Vivekananda International Foundation

After the initial euphoria, the reality check. The financial sanction given by India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday to raise a Mountain Strike Corps specifically aimed at launching offensive operations against China–if need be–is but a first step in what promises to be a long haul in…

by Nitin A Gokhale

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15 Jun/13

BharatShakti, General, Vivekananda International Foundation

HIGHER DEFENCE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA: NEED FOR URGENT REAPPRAISAL Nitin A. Gokhale (The author, currently NDTV’s Security & Strategic Affairs Editor, is an authoritative defence analyst, author, media trainer and a multi-media reporter with 30 years experience across web, print and broadcast mediums. Author of three books on insurgency, war…