Webinar on India’s Eastern Border
Webinar on India’s Eastern Border – 28th July 2023 Things learned:- 1. There is quite a […]
Menace of Border Tunnels for Infiltration
After the encounter of militants on 19 November at Nagrota toll gate and subsequent recovery of […]
India should explore new options in Afghanistan
The participation of India’s external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, in the opening the ceremony of the crucial intra-Afghan talks through video link has come with this realization that only a miracle can prevent the Afghan Taliban from being integrated into Afghan governing structures following the imminent withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.....
Proactively guarding the borders
The preoccupation of the Nation with happenings in Eastern Ladakh has caused the strategic community to […]
India should be proactive in Afghanistan
India must play a proactive role in promoting the Afghan peace process and help protect the Afghan constitutional order which has come into being after so many sacrifices in Afghan blood and treasure. Since a long and difficult path lies ahead to secure a negotiated end to the Afghan conflict, Rudrendra Tandon, India’s new ambassador to Afghanistan, must offer fresh ideas to India’s friends in Kabul so that they can unwaveringly promote an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan owned peace process.
Need for paradigm shift in operational and tactical domains in border security
India has an international land border with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Bhutan. The land border also includes the de-facto border with Pakistan and China described as Line of control and Line of actual control respectively. The total length of the land border is 15,106.7 Km. ....
Proactively guarding the borders
In order to outmanoeuvre the adversaries, India’s border guarding forces must focus on evolving their tactics from largely manpower-intensive border guarding system to technology-based proactive surveillance system. The preoccupation of the Nation with happenings in Eastern Ladakh has caused the strategic...
Vortex and dilemma of Line of Control (LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC)
LoC and LAC are different boundaries but what joins them is their disputed nature and China-Pakistan nexus. The government must be prepared for two front war to defend India’s interests on both LOC and LAC Territorial disputes exist all over the world because of undefined or improperly defined frontiers.
The ‘new normal’: border security is national security
American President Donald Trump’s speech in a roundtable at Yuma Border Patrol Station on 22 June […]
Combined threat, different response
The nexus between Pakistan and China makes India’s border security challenges very complex; India’s response must address these complexities The unpardonable loss of 20 Indian soldiers has shocked the entire nation. Despite the Galwan setback, India should not lose sight of the strategic challenges that lie...