Arjun Subramaniam
The writer is a retired Air Vice Marshal and a military historian.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
Arjun Subramaniam writes: The fine print of Thucydides’s narrative rests on the trinity of fear, honour and interest -- a framework that fits most of the ongoing contemporary conflicts.
Fri, Oct 22, 2021
Arjun Subramaniam writes: A recent film, Udham Singh, highlights how the role of violent acts of defiance was diminished by overplaying the impact of the non-violent movement. This only served British interests
Mon, Nov 23, 2020
Whatever transpires on the ground during the coming weeks, the aerospace segment of deterrence, intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance must act as the strategic establishment’s eyes and first responder in any future responses along the LAC, particularly in Ladakh.
Sat, Sep 12, 2020
The Chinese conundrum and how India met it in 1967
Fri, Jul 03, 2020
While the window for a limited conflict remains wide open, it is important that both countries plunge back into the battle against COVID-19, more so India, which has less wiggle room than China to tackle multiple crises.
Fri, May 08, 2020
Training in the Indian military is top-notch and needs a little tweaking to help officers and men understand the rules of engagement in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world. It is diversified education at all levels of leadership that is a weak area.
Wed, Feb 27, 2019
The internal situation in Pakistan and its precarious economic condition may preclude the possibility of any escalated conventional response.
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
The Indian Army is in the midst of a proxy, state-sponsored war in Jammu and Kashmir. Academics who criticise statements by the army chief and unconventional operations by the force are way off target
Wed, Dec 21, 2016
Contradictions in Chinese statecraft on his watch make him hard to fathom.
Thu, Sep 10, 2015
We need to remember Harbaksh Singh if we want to commemorate the 1965 war.
Sat, Oct 20, 2012
The IAF was capable in 1962,even if not fully exploited
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
Mao may have created a nation called the Peoples Republic of China,but he left it as a flawed nation without the tools to realise its ambitions of achieving great power status