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K File:The Conspiracy of Silence By Bashir Assad (New Delhi, Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019. 237pp)
Prof K Warikoo

Bashir Assad’s book comes at an appropriate time, as it provides an insider and subaltern view of Kashmir. He has firsthand experience of the developments in Kashmir for the past 30 years. In his own words, he has lived the ideology of Maududi...

April 20, 2020
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Ahl-e-Hadis, Bashir Assad, Islamisation, Jamat-e-Islami, Kashmir, Kashmiri Muslims, Kashmiris, Maududi Islam, Nizam-e-Mustafa, Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir: Beyond Article 370. By Bashir Assad. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2020. 177 pp. Rs. 595/-
Prof K Warikoo

Bashir Assad, the Kashmiri writer has come out with yet another interesting and insightful study of Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370. To quote Bashir, he has brought out the “bitter truth following his inner voice” underscoring the...

March 18, 2020
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 370, Bashir Assad, Kashmir, Kashmir: Beyond Article 370, Kashmiri Muslims, Jammu & Kashmir
Cultural Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir, Edited by K. Warikoo, Pentagon Press, 2009, Pages: 338, Price: Rs. 1750, ISBN: 978-81-8274-376-2
Prateek Joshi

Much has been written about Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the virtue of its disputed status. The ever growing literature by leading scholars and legal experts has continued to emphasize either on the legal aspect of the Kashmir dispute or has...

September 12, 2018
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Buddhist, Cultural Heritage, Islamic influences, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Socio-cultural, Jammu & Kashmir
‘Strangers No More’, by Sanjay Hazarika, Aleph Book Company, pp. 413, Price Rs 799/-
Pinaki Bhattacharya

Book Review

There are three kinds of media people who travel to the North-East of India: the north-easterners who have had to desert the sylvan vales of their region as economic refugees; career adventure journalists who like to get stellar roles in their...

April 13, 2018
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Act East, Act Fast, Armed forces, Government, North-East, North-East Insurgency
‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’, Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017, pp 268, INR 599
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Book Review

The book deals comprehensively with India’s nuclear arsenal and finally suggests as to what must be done to sharpen it in the current environment.

February 9, 2018
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence technology, Nuclear Deterrence Policy, Nuclear Power, TNWs, Defence
India’s National Defence; Gautam Banerjee, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2017, pp 278, INR 995
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Book Review

The book India’s National Defence defines India’s Defence Reforms and Military Modernisation which it must undertake to meet the strategic challenges of the 21st Century. The book lucidly brings out India’s inability to optimise its military success...

September 26, 2017
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence reforms, DRDO, military modernisation, NSCS, R&D, Defence
The New Arthashastra, Ed Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers, Noida (Uttar Pradesh), 2016, pp 436, INR 799
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Book Review

The Arthashastra is an insight into the political thoughts of Kautilya. The book was written around 250 BCE. The most interesting idea presented in the book is the Mandala theory of interstate relations. Mandala represents the universe and our own...

December 26, 2016
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Arthashastra, Cyber warfare, Internal Security, Maritime Security, NSCS, Political thoughts, Security strategy
At the Center of The Storm- My Years at the CIA by George Tenet, Former Director CIA & The Great War of Our Time- the CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism- From al Qaida to ISIS by Michael Morell, Former Dy. Director CIA
Ajit Lal, Former Chairman, JIC

Book Review

These two books paint a contemporaneous picture of the CIA’s fight against Islamic terrorism. George Tenet was the Director, CIA from 1997 to 2004, having the unique distinction of serving two Presidents, Clinton and Bush. While Tenet was inducted...

September 12, 2016
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, CIA, Intelligence agencies, Islamic terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan’s security, Terrorism
India’s National Security: A Reader ; Edited by Kanti P Bajpai and Harsh V Pant; Oxford University Press; PP 486; Price Rs 995
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Book Review - Understanding India’s National Security Concerns

The book is part of a series by Oxford University Press dealing with ‘critical issues in Indian politics’. It is a compilation of papers on major national security challenges facing the nation. It looks at the different facets of insurgency,...

August 27, 2013
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence reforms, Indian Politics, insurgency, national security, Terrorism
Kashmir: The Unwritten History; Christopher Snedden; Harper Collins; PP 434; Rs 599
Sushant Sareen

Book Review - An Underhand Pitch for Plebiscite

Over the last few months, there is suddenly a lot of unnecessary, unwarranted and self-serving focus of Western academics, analysts and authors on the India-Pakistan equation – the issue of Jammu and Kashmir inevitably being a centre-piece of the...

July 24, 2013
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Azad Kashmir, Kashmir, Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir
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