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Peace in West Asia in the wake of Iran-Israel conflict
November 19, 2024 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
West Asia: The Smoldering Cauldron Alfred Thayer Mahan- a US naval officer is credited to have named the region as West Asia in 1905- which was earlier known as part of Middle East (Middle East was a term coined by the British who divide...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia, Hezbollah, Iran Israel conflict
Oppenheimer, Bhagwad Gita and the Bomb
August 03, 2023 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
The Controversy On 21 July 23 a Hollywood film, ‘Oppenheimer’, was released in India[1], which as per its makers is a biopic on the life of Julius Robert Oppenhe...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Oppenheimer controversy, Project Manhattan, atomic bomb on Japan. Truman to Oppenheimer, fire bombing, napalm on Japan
Bhimber Gali- Surankot Road Ambush 20 April 23: Psychology of Barrenness of Peace
May 04, 2023 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
A Rude Shock On an overcast summer afternoon of 20 April 23 the Commanding Officer (CO) Rashtriya Rifles (RR) bore the brunt of initial shock when he lost five of his men in an ambush on a desolate road from Bimbar Gali to Surankot. The w...

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Peace, LeT, Poonch, Bhimber Gali, Surankot Road
India China Border Dispute Packets of Information to Continuous Spectrum
January 27, 2023 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
China Factor: A Seven Decades Old Dispute Debated on Packets of Information In recent times - especially after the Galwan incident of 15 June 2020, Sino Indian border dispute is the most intensely debated topic in Indian media. The cont...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Aksai Chin, Sino-India border disputes, Depsang Plains, Annexation of Tibet, Kongka incident
Longewala December 1971: If it Was Fought as a Unified Theatre Command Battle
December 02, 2022 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Longewala- an Opportunity Lost On 4 December 1971 when Indian forces were advancing into erstwhile East Pakistan, the Pakistanis decided to advance into Rajasthan along Axis Ramgarh – Jaisalmerand beyond. It was past midnight when sixty...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Defence, Bangladesh, Article, Longewala, War for Liberation of Bangladesh, Theatre command
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Book Published / Book Reviews 
India's Strategies for Information War & Cyber Deterrence
February 16, 2020 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
The concept of Information Warfare (IW) is as old as warfare itself but has gained in significance in recent times where we look at non-contact battles between two adversaries. This concept involves the use of information and communication technologi...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, strategy, Book Published, Cyber Security, Network Centric war, Cyber war, Economic War, Political war, Perception Management, Special Forces, Supply Chain Management. 5G impact on IW
VIF Briefs 
Optimising Defense Expenditure
December 12, 2018 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
… there is no place for wasteful expenditure. Indigenization must be the preferred option so that defense expenditure generates employment, helps in earning foreign exchange and sharpens our technology as also learning curve ......

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Defence budgeting, Defence industry, Defense Budgeting in India
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