Borderman

Borderman

Proactively guarding the borders

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)

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

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 in Arizona is important from the border security point of view. It must be noted that the Trump administration has been proactive for quite some time in pumping in vast resources in securing America’s southern border with Mexico. During […]

Combined threat, different response

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…

Time to move from West to East

Time to move from West to East

Increasing threat on India-China border makes it imperative to shift India’s strategic attention from Pakistan to China The conflict between India and China took an unusually dangerous turn on June 15 when clashes in Ladakh left 20 Indian troops dead. The number of Chinese troops killed in the violent encounter remains unspecified, however intelligence inputs […]

Applying basic border security concepts

Applying basic border security concepts

Time to address basic issues pertaining to border guarding forces on doctrine, deployment, and domination The highly condemnable and provocative Chinese incursions and subsequent killing of twenty brave hearts have exposed the chinks and weaknesses in border security not only in Galwan but also all along…

Avoid hysteria, act cautiously

Avoid hysteria, act cautiously

The situation on the India-China border is very tense as the Galwan valley seems to have penetrated deep into India’s collective national consciousness. The clashes leading up to the Galwan tragedy have shattered the myth of ‘personal chemistry’ between the top leaders as the Chinese are rightly viewed…

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