SAV Q&A: Harinder Baweja on the Unlearned Lessons of Kargil
This Q&A is part of an ongoing series in which SAV talks to scholars and practitioners to understand the trends and potential inflection points in […]
National Security
How India’s Defense Policy Complicates U.S.-India Military Cooperation
The American national security bureaucracy has invested tremendously in India in recent times. Designating India as a “major defense partner” in 2016, then-defense secretary Ashton […]
Pakistan and India Need to Get Their Own Houses in Order
The Pulwama crisis exposed critical lacunae in Indian and Pakistani politics. It became evident that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India is invoking nationalism […]
Explaining Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings
On April 21, 2019, a series of suicide bombings devastated churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. Multiple sites within three different cities (Batticaloa in the […]
Kashmiri Pandits in Indian Discourse: Instruments for Political Gain?
In the context of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the plight of Kashmiri Pandits has once again been at the forefront of Indian political discourse. […]
What to Make of India’s ASAT Test
India’s ASAT Test: The Space vs Nuclear Dichotomy By: Arka Biswas Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 27, India’s recent anti-satellite test […]
The Reality of Pulwama: Moving Beyond the Optics
While it has been over a month since the deadly Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)-perpetrated vehicle-borne suicide attack that took place in the Pulwama district of Jammu and […]
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Recent U.S.-Taliban Talks: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
The fifth round of talks between the United States and the Taliban ended in Doha last week after 16 days of engagement. As a result […]
India’s Pakistan-Specific Land Warfare Doctrine: An Overview
Army doctrines, which encapsulate a military service’s warfighting principles, act as a catalyst for experiments with new concepts and terminologies of complex security arrangements. The […]
What Message Does the Latest India-Pakistan Crisis Send to Militants in Kashmir?
On February 14th of this year, a 20-year-old Kashmiri militant, Adil Ahmad Dar rammed an SUV full of explosives into an Indian paramilitary convoy truck […]
Did Pakistan Successfully Push Back Against the Balakot Strikes?
The recent India-Pakistan military standoff has been a cause of serious concern for a number of reasons. After the militant attack in Pulwama in Jammu […]
SAV Review: What Drives Doctrinal Change in the Indian Army?
In March 2018, the journal India Review published a special issue on the theme of the Indian strategy and its various elements. Christopher Clary, a […]
The Pulwama Aftermath: Making Sense of India’s Response
Indo-Pak Crisis Post Pulwama: New Delhi’s Next Steps By: Tanvi Kulkarni There are many dimensions to the current crisis that seem to be unfolding between […]
Understanding India’s Land Warfare Doctrine
The Indian Army’s latest iteration of its doctrine, Land Warfare Doctrine (2018), had a soft launch on December 14th of last year, being placed on […]
Pulwama Attack: Pakistan’s Perceptions and Potential Reaction
On February 14, a convoy of vehicles transporting Indian security forces from Jammu to Srinagar was attacked by a suicide bomber driving a vehicle rigged […]
Hot Takes: Contemplating India’s Response to the Pulwama Attack
Can New Delhi Pursue its Own Brand of Tailored Deterrence? By: Sylvia Mishra On February 14th, 2019, in a dastardly terror attack conducted and claimed by […]
Pakistan’s National Security: Need for a Civil-Military Partnership
Recent frictions in the United States between President Trump, the military, and the intelligence community provide a valuable lesson to Pakistan. Just recently, the President […]