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January 2016 VOLUME 7 ISSUE 4 INDIAN ARMY SENTINELS OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY editor-in-chief he most critical events in the world of defence and security revolve around the Islamic State, its territory and global efforts to wrest it back into freedom. Violence in Yemen, Nigeria, parts of North Africa and other hot spots pales in global importance when it comes to IS and Tits ghastly apocalyptic vision. So the world ranged against it conducts regular air strikes to beat it back, destroy its headquarters, takes out its key players through armed drones and tries to cripple it financially and economically. These efforts have been going on from sometime in late 2014 and yet the IS continues to sustain its terrorist campaign funded from the territory it controls. So the world debates the moot point – when and by who will the ground campaign begin. For, after all, the IS is an entity that is run by humans, albeit of a type the world has rarely seen. So to neutralise such humans how much can machines do, even if they’re the most advanced and lethal in the world. The value and contribution of hi-tech machines is most apparent in small wars against irregular forces like the IS. Especially when it comes to surveillance and targeted strikes by drones. But at the same time the limitations of machines are also most apparent in these types of campaigns for at the end of the day there is a requirement for boots on the ground. Which is why the Army has such tremendous value and contribution to national security. -
Defence Reforms: a National Imperative Editors: Gurmeet Kanwal and Neha Kohli
DEFENCE REFORMS A National Imperative DEFENCE REFORMS A National Imperative Editors Gurmeet Kanwal Neha Kohli INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES & ANALYSES NEW DELHI PENTAGON PRESS Defence Reforms: A National Imperative Editors: Gurmeet Kanwal and Neha Kohli First Published in 2018 Copyright © Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi ISBN 978-93-86618-34-4 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without first obtaining written permission of the copyright owner. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this book are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, or the Government of India. Published by PENTAGON PRESS 206, Peacock Lane, Shahpur Jat New Delhi-110049 Phones: 011-64706243, 26491568 Telefax: 011-26490600 email: [email protected] website: www.pentagonpress.in In association with Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses No. 1, Development Enclave, New Delhi-110010 Phone: +91-11-26717983 Website: www.idsa.in Printed at Avantika Printers Private Limited. Contents Preface vii About the Authors xi 1. Introduction: The Need for Defence Reforms 1 Gurmeet Kanwal SECTION I REFORMS IN OTHER MILITARIES 2. Reforms Initiated by Major Military Powers 17 Rajneesh Singh 3. Military Might: New Age Defence Reforms in China 28 Monika Chansoria SECTION II STRUCTURAL REFORMS 4. Higher Defence Organisation: Independence to the Mid-1990s 51 R. Chandrashekhar 5. Defence Reforms: The Vajpayee Years 66 Anit Mukherjee 6. Defence Planning: A Review 75 Narender Kumar 7. -
Lt Gen Kamal Davar
Report on the Panel Discussion: “The Galwan Clash: India's China Strategy and China's Great Game” FOUNTAINHEAD OF EXCELLENCE Partner: Page 1 of 46 Live Event on Zoom/MMA Facebook/ Live IBC/YouTube Panel Discussion on the theme The Galwan Clash: India's China Strategy and China's Great Game Panellists: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), PVSM AVSM VrC VSM Former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy Ambassador G Parthasarathy (Retd), IFS Chancellor, Central University, Jammu Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd), PVSM AVSM Former DG, Defence Intelligence Agency Mr Mohan Guruswamy Former Advisor to Finance Minister Moderator: Air Marshal M Matheswaran(Retd), AVSM VM Ph.D Chairman & President, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai held on Friday, 26 June 2020 at 6.00 pm Partner: Page 2 of 46 The Galwan Clash - India's China Strategy and China's Great Game Friday, 26 June 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS S.No Details Page No 1 Invitation 4 2 The Context 5 3 Programme Overview 6 4 Profile of the Speakers 7 5 Key Statements 13 6 Key Takeaways 14 7 Welcome Address 18 8 Introductory Remarks 19 9 Opening Remarks of Moderator 21 10 Extract of the Panel Discussion 23 11 Q & A 33 12 Vote of Thanks 40 13 Photos 41 14 Links for Recordings 43 15 About the Partners – MMA, KAS, ORF 44 Page 3 of 46 Page 4 of 46 The Context In a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese forces on the night of June 15th in Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh, 20 Indian soldiers were killed. -
Scholar Warrior -Autumn 2019
D W LAN ARFA OR RE F S E T R U T D N IE E S C CLAWS VI CT N OR ISIO Y THROUGH V SCHOLAR WARRIOR CENTRE FOR LAND WARFARE STUDIES D W LAN ARFA OR RE F S E T R U T D N IE E S C CLAWS VI CT N OR ISIO Y THROUGH V SCHOLAR WARRIOR not be quoted or cited as representing the CENTRE FOR LAND WARFARE STUDIES views or policy of the Government of India, or New Delhi Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), or the Centre for Land Warfare Studies. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lt Gen (Dr.) VK Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Retd) India: Rs 500 (Single Issue) Director, CLAWS Rs 1000 Annual Subscription EDITOR Col Ashwani Gupta (2 issues) Scholar Warrior is published by the Centre for SAARC Countries: US $15 (Single Issue) Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. All Other Countries: US $20 (Single Issue) CLAWS is an independent think-tank dealing with national security and conceptual aspects of land warfare, including conventional and ISSN 2319 – 7331 sub-conventional conflict and terrorism. CLAWS conducts research that is futuristic in outlook and policy oriented in approach. CLAWS Vision: To establish as a leading Centre of Excellence, Research and Studies on Military Strategy & Doctrine, Land Warfare, Regional & National Security, Military Technology and Human Resource Mailing address Editor, SCHOLAR WARRIOR Centre for Land Warfare Studies Distributed by: RPSO Complex, Parade Road New Delhi 110010, India. Tele: +91-11-25691308, Fax: +91-11-25692347 KW Publishers Pvt Ltd Email: [email protected] 4676/21, First Floor Website: http://www.claws.in Ansari Road, Daryaganj Army No. -
Failing to Deliver: Post-Crises Defence Reforms in India, 1998-2010 | 1
his paper examines the defence reforms process in India. It IDSA Occasional Paper No. 18 Tbegins by briefly examining previous efforts at defence reforms and the factors that led to the post-Kargil defence reform. Next it analyzes the Kargil Review Committee and its follow up, the Arun Singh Committee and describes some of the debates therein. While examining the implementation of defence reforms it then argues that Failing to Deliver despite some incremental progress they have failed the vision of their architects. This is primarily due to bureaucratic politics and the unique Post-Crises Defence Reforms features of civil-military relations, which can be more accurately described as an “absent dialogue.” The penultimate section describes recent calls for re-visiting the defence reforms process but argues that in India, 1998-2010 without political will this is unlikely. The research methodology relies on interviews with key decision-makers, reports of the Parliamentary Standing committee and other secondary sources. Anit Mukherjee, a doctoral candidate at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins Anit Mukherjee University, is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. His dissertation focuses on civil military relations in India. He earned his M.A. at SAIS concentrating in South Asia Studies and Strategic Studies. While at university, he has conducted research projects at the United Service Institute of India (USI) and the Brookings Institution. Most recently he worked at RAND as a Summer Associate. Prior to joining SAIS, he was a Major in the Indian Army. He has published in the New York Times, India Review, Wall Street Journal (Asia) and Indian Express, among others.