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Arun Prakash
The writer is a retired chief of naval staff.
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Arun Prakash writes: Agnipath, between the linesSubscriber Only
June 20, 2022 14:22 IST
Arun Prakash writes: Turmoil points to two larger absences: India doesn't have a National Security Doctrine. Armed forces have remained outside ambit of reform.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
No ‘vishwaguru’: How history will judge today’s political leadersSubscriber Only
June 05, 2022 15:46 IST
Arun Prakash writes: With discontent at home and a dented image abroad, it is time for India’s political class to rise above party politics and privilege national interests
Mon, Jun 06, 2022
For a stronger navy, India needs to fast-track the submarine projectSubscriber Only
May 16, 2022 05:32 IST
Arun Prakash writes: India should seek a foreign collaborator to make necessary adjustments, conduct collaborative trials.
Mon, May 16, 2022
An ‘atmanirbhar’ India can look the world in the eyeSubscriber Only
March 21, 2022 03:20 IST
Genuine indigenisation in defence technologies, manufacturing will ensure its strategic autonomy
Mon, Mar 21, 2022
Pragmatism, not jingoism will help India deal with ChinaSubscriber Only
February 14, 2022 03:18 IST
India must shed naive optimism and halt China’s covert but steady haemorrhaging of Indian territory
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
Relocating the Amar Jawan Jyoti to National War Memorial is logical, and beyond reproachSubscriber Only
January 22, 2022 03:28 IST
🔴 Arun Prakash writes: The protests over the move reflect a deep schism in India’s socio-political landscape
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
There’s a clear-eyed vision behind China’s maritime build-upSubscriber Only
December 03, 2021 04:00 IST
🔴 Arun Prakash writes: India has neither the economic wherewithal nor the need to compete in a naval arms race with China. But we do need to ensure adequate naval capability to safeguard our vital interests
Fri, Dec 03, 2021
The new AUKUS alliance holds some lessons for IndiaSubscriber Only
September 21, 2021 04:00 IST
Arun Prakash writes: If realpolitik so demands, it must break old shibboleths and strike new partnerships — wherever there is convergence of interests.
Wed, Sep 22, 2021
Why India’s military leaders must have a free and frank discussion on demarcation of air power roles and missionsSubscriber Only
August 11, 2021 03:01 IST
Arun Prakash writes: The conundrum that needs to be resolved is the IAF’s certainty about the indivisibility of air power, versus the army and navy’s belief that aviation must be available at their disposal.
Thu, Aug 12, 2021
China has become a maritime power. It’s time India caught upSubscriber Only
June 21, 2021 03:40 IST
Arun Prakash writes: Naval power will play a decisive role in India-China rivalry. But India needs greater vision, realistic targets and proper implementation to achieve its maritime goals.
Mon, Jun 21, 2021
US 7th Fleet’s patrol in India’s EEZ was an act of improprietySubscriber Only
April 12, 2021 03:00 IST
Not only has the US risked alienating an ally, it has also highlighted the rich irony of its position in citing the third UN Conference on Law of the Seas without having ratified it.
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
What Delhi must do to make sure it isn’t caught off-guard by China againSubscriber Only
March 03, 2021 04:20 IST
Relief at disengagement must be tempered by the fact that it is just the latest act in the ongoing drama being played out by China.
Wed, Mar 03, 2021
Govt must constitute a parliamentary committee with military advisers to oversee transformational reformsSubscriber Only
January 03, 2021 03:00 IST
With the nation facing a “real and present” military threat from two adversaries, it is incumbent upon the GoI — notwithstanding the economic downturn — to find the means to bolster national security.
Mon, Jan 04, 2021
Indian armed forces must prepare personnel to shoulder responsibilities at all levels of new unified commandsSubscriber Only
December 16, 2020 03:00 IST
This calls for a major overhaul of our system of professional military education as well as doctrines.
Wed, Dec 16, 2020
Time has come for an Indo-Pacific Concord of regional democracies with a maritime security charterSubscriber Only
October 24, 2020 03:00 IST
Using the Quad and Malabar templates, a shore-based secretariat can be established in a central location like Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, which would schedule and conduct periodic multinational naval exercises.
Sat, Oct 24, 2020
For China, maritime awakening came in last century. In India, it is long overdueSubscriber Only
September 15, 2020 00:28 IST
As we watch the situation in Ladakh unfold, it becomes increasingly obvious that not only is a military resolution improbable, but a “hot-war” may be unaffordable for both nuclear-armed countries
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
India must formally revive Quad, seek its expansionSubscriber Only
July 22, 2020 03:45 IST
The time for ambivalence is over and while India will have to fight its own territorial battles with determination, this is the moment to seek external balancing. It is also time to seek an enlargement of this grouping into a partnership of the like-minded.
Wed, Jul 22, 2020
How to play against China: India will need to bring order and alacrity to crisis managementSubscriber Only
June 25, 2020 03:00 IST
At the strategic level, the government must moot a sustained process of engagement with China at the highest politico-diplomatic echelons. The negotiations should seek multi-dimensional Sino-Indian modus-vivendi; encompassing the full gamut of bilateral issues like trade, territorial disputes, border-management and security.
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
Delhi must build power-balancing alliance, or come to honourable accommodation with ChinaSubscriber Only
June 06, 2020 03:40 IST
For reasons of national security as well as self-respect, India cannot continue to remain in a “reactive mode” to Chinese provocations and it is time to respond in kind.
Sat, Jun 06, 2020
Neighbours’ mind games: India, Pakistan must initiate dialogue between nuclear expertsSubscriber Only
February 19, 2020 00:49 IST
The establishment of credible mutual deterrence between two nuclear rivals, by diminishing the possibility of a surprise nuclear attack, forms the basis of what is termed “strategic stability”.
Wed, Feb 19, 2020
The significance of the post of CDS lies in its potential for re-imagining national securitySubscriber Only
January 10, 2020 02:00 IST
It needs to be borne in mind that selection of important office-holders — civil and military — remains the prerogative of the government in power.
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
India’s decision-makers must pause and consider the costs of majoritarianismSubscriber Only
December 21, 2019 04:00 IST
Will the nation not be immeasurably strengthened if we retain sharp focus on enhancing internal cohesion through assimilation, inclusivity and maintenance of domestic harmony — and above all, on economic development?
Sat, Dec 21, 2019
Lack of clarity about the role of Chief of Defence Staff and bellicose talk by politicians are not reassuringSubscriber Only
October 17, 2019 00:00 IST
The past five years have seen the last vestiges of the Nehruvian legacy being progressively swept away. Conclusive proof of this came when the present government ordered retaliatory raids, in peace time, on Pakistani soil.
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
A blunt reminderSubscriber Only
August 15, 2019 00:05 IST
Since 1947, New Delhi has failed to learn anything from the past in Kashmir.
Thu, Aug 15, 2019
Forging national securitySubscriber Only
June 13, 2019 00:30 IST
Defence reforms should be a priority, the most vital being the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff
Thu, Jun 13, 2019Journalism of Courage
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