Sunday 5 July 2015

Publications update - Jul 2015

  • Book s– 3
  • Edited book (co-editor) – 1
  • IDSA Monographs – 2, Unpublished monograph (USI) - 1
  • Book chapters – 12
  • Articles in refereed journals – 16 (Strategic Analysis – 6)
  • Articles in military journals – 25
  • Articles in other journals – 32 (EPW – 1)
  • IDSA publications – 23 (Issue Briefs – 6, Journal of Defence Studies - 16)
  • Book reviews - 36
  • Web -  idsa.in -   39 ; foreignpolicyjournal.org -   32; ipcs.org-  41 ; claws.in - 30; Other - 41
  • Newspapers- 35
  • Publications while in military service (prior to Jul 2008) - 95
PUBLICATIONS: ALI AHMED 
Books    
       1.     India’s Doctrine Puzzle: Limiting War in South Asia, New Delhi: Routledge, 2014.
          2.     On War in South Asia (CinnamonTeal, 2015)
          3.     On Peace in South Asia (CinnamonTeal, 2015)
Edited volumes
1.     Ali Ahmed, J Panda and Prashant Singh (eds.), Towards a New Asian Order, New Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2012
Monographs
          1.     Reconciling Doctrines: Prerequisite for Peace in South Asia, IDSA Monograph Series No. 3, 2010
     2.     India’s Limited War Doctrine: The Structural Factor, IDSA Monograph Series No. 10, 2012
Chapters in edited volumes
1.     ‘India on the doctrinal front’, in S.N. Kile and P. Schell (eds.) Emerging Military Technologies and the Implications for Strategic Stability in the Twenty-first Century, SIPRI (forthcoming 2015)
2.     ‘Indian army doctrines’ in Harsh Pant (ed.), Doctrine Handbook (forthcoming 2015)
3.     ‘Countering Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir: Debates in Indian Army’ in Maroof Raza (ed.), Confronting Terrorism, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2009
4.     ‘Applicability of Sub-Conventional Operations Doctrine to Counter Insurgency in Assam’, in Bhattacharya, R. and S. Pulipaka (eds.), Perilous Journey : Debates on Security and Development in Assam, New Delhi: Manohar, 2011
5.     ‘India 2030: With History as guide’ in Lele, A. and N. Goswami (eds.), Asia 2030:The Unfolding Future, New Delhi: Lancer 2011
6.     ‘India’s Nuclear Doctrine: The Military Dimension’, in Jayant Baranwal (ed.), SP’s Military Yearbook2010-11, New Delhi: SP Guide Publications, 2011
7.     ‘Indian Strategic Culture: The Pakistan Dimension’ in Indian Strategic Culture: The Pakistan dimension in Krishnappa, Bajpai et al. (eds.), India’s Grand Strategy: History, Theory, Cases, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
8.     ‘The Nuclear Domain: In Irreverence’, in Mohammed Badrul Alam, Perspectives On Nuclear Strategy Of India, And Pakistan, Kalpaz Publications, Delhi, India, 2013.
9.     ‘AFSPA in light of Humanitarian Law’ in Vivek Chadha, Armed Forces Special Powers Act: The Debate, IDSA Monograph Series No. 7, 2012.
10.  ‘UN Peacekeeping Operations: Leveraging India’s Forte’ in IDSA Task Force,  Net Security Provider: India’s Out-of-Area Contingency Operations, 2012
11.  ‘Nuclear Doctrine and Conflict’ in Krishnappa and Princy George (eds.), India’s Grand Strategy 2020 and Beyond,IDSA, Pentagon Security International, 2012.
12.  ‘India’s Nuclear Options: The military dimension’ in SP’s Military Yearbook, 2011-12, pp. 39-42.
Articles in refereed journals
1.     No first use nuclear policy: An existential crisis ahead, EPW, 49 (20), 1 May 14
Strategic Analysis
2.     Political level considerations and nuclear retaliation, Strategic Analysis, 36 (4), 2012
3.     Political Factor in Nuclear Retaliation, Strategic Analysis, 34 (1), Jan 2010.
4.     India's Response Options to Pakistani Nuclear First Use, Strategic Analysis, April 2010,  Volume: 4 Issue: 2.
5.     The Interface of Strategic and War Fighting Doctrines in the India–Pakistan Context, Strategic Analysis, 33 (5), September 2009.
6.     Towards a proactive military strategy: Cold Start and Stop, Strategic Analysis, 35 (3), May 2011.
7.     Pakistan’s Nuclear Use and Implications for India, Strategic Analysis, 34 (4), July 2010.
8.     Others
9.     The Indian Army: Borders and other such lines, Journal of Peace Studies, Vol 20, Issue 3&4, July-December 2013
10.  Cold Start: The lifecycle of a doctrine, Comparative Strategy, 31:5, 453-468
11.  ‘Internal Security Crises in Punjab, Kashmir and Jaffna: The power of moderation’, South Asian Survey,  17 : 2 (2010): 283–294 
12.  Understanding Indo-Pak Relations, Journal of International Studies, Bangladesh (BILIA), Vol 1-2, Dec 2010.
13.  Internal security crisis: The virtue of equanimity, Journal of Peace Studies, 18 (1,2), Jan-Jun 2011.
14.  Strategic Culture and Indian Self-assurance, Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 17, Issue 2&3, April-September, 2010.
15.  Strategic Culture and Indian Self Assurance, Journal of Peace Studies, 17 (2,3), Apr-Sep 2010.
16.  L’Inde Strategique (Translated into French) (India Strategic), La renaissance de l’inde, AGIR, Paris
IDSA
publications

Journal of Defence Studies
1.The 1965 Indo-Pak War: Through Today’s Lens, Journal of Defence Studies, 9:3, July 2015
2.Reconciling the AFSPA with the legal spheres, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (2), Apr 2011.
3.India-Pakistan relations: Military diplomacy vs Strategic Engagement, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (1), Jan 2010.
4.TNW in Nuclear First Use: The Legal Counter, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (4), Oct 2011.
5.Military Response to a Future 26/11 – A Dissuasive Analysis, JDS, 3 (4), 2009.
6.Reconciling AFSPA with legal spheres, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (2), April 2011.
7.India-Pakistan relations: Military diplomacy vs Strategic Engagement, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (1), Jan 2010.
8.TNW in Nuclear First Use: The Legal Counter, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (4), Oct 2011.
9.Military Response to a Future 26/11 – A Dissuasive Analysis, JDS, 3 (4), 2009.
10.           Reconciling AFSPA with legal spheres, Journal of Defence Studies, 5 (2), April 2011.
11.  India’s Response Options to Pakistani Nuclear First Use, Journal of Defence Studies, 4 (2), April 2010.
12.  TNW in Nuclear First Use: The Legal Factor, JDS, 5 (4), 2011.
13.  India’s conflict strategy: The legal angle, JDS, 4 (3), July 2010.
14.  Furthering No First Use in the India-Pakistan Context, JDS, 3 (3), July 2009
15.  India’s Conflict Strategy: The Legal Angle, Journal of Defence Studies, July 2010 Volume: 4 Issue: 3.
16.  Cold Start and the Sehjra Option, JDS, 4 (4), Oct 2010
Policy/Issue Briefs
17.  Revision of DSCO: Human Rights to the fore, Policy Brief, IDSA, March 2011.
18.  Reviewing India’s Nuclear Doctrine, Policy Brief, IDSA, April 24, 2009.
19.  Elevate Human Rights as the Core Organising Principle in Counter Insurgency, IDSAIssue Brief, November 2011.
20.  A Consideration of Sino-Indian Conflict, IDSA Issue Brief, October 2011.
21.  2011 and Beyond: Visualising AfPak, IDSA Issue Brief, November 2009
22.  2011 and beyond: Visualising Af-Pak, Issue Brief, IDSA, December 23, 2009.
23.  India’s Response to CBW Attack, Journal of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Oct-Dec 2008
Articles
1.     Conventional Backdrop to the Nuclear Foreground, CLAWS Scholar Warrior, Spring 2015
2.     India's forthcoming nuclear doctrine review, Aakrosh, July 2014
3.     Cold Start lite is not enough, Agni, Vol XV, No. VI, Oct-Dec 13,
4.     Rethinking India’s nuclear doctrine, Agni, Jan-Mar 2010, Vol XII, No. II, pp. 25-32.
5.     Offensive in the mountains: Mountain Strike Corps, SPs Land Forces, 8/6, Dec 11-Jan 12.
6.     Limited Nuclear Operations, SP’s Land Forces, July 2014
7.     India’s forthcoming nuclear doctrine review, Aakrosh, July 14 (forthcoming).
8.     Understanding India’s Military, Sardar, 1 (6), 2010 (Kazakhstan military magazine).
9.     Rethinking India’s Nuclear Doctrine – Agni, XII (II), Jan-Mar 2010.
10.  The Nuclear Factor in India’s Post 26/11 Military Options, Agni, XII:1, Jan-Mar 2009, pp. 50-65..
11.  Reconciling doctrinal dichotomy, Aakrosh, 13 (49), Oct 2010.
12.  Counter insurgency in the liberal perspective, Aakrosh, 13 (47), April 2010.
13.  Indian Nuclear Command and Control, Aakrosh, 14 (50), Jan 2010 (Also on IDR website, Parts 1 and 2, 12-13 Jul 2011).
14.  Limited War Thinking in India, Aakrosh, January 2010, 13 (46), p. 82-97.
15.  Rethinking the Pakistan Strategy, Geopolitics, May 2011.
16.  Tackling Terror Holistically, Conference Brochure, Security Watch India, 2009.
17.  India’s Nuclear Doctrine, Indian Defence Review, Oct-Dec 2009-12-30.
18.  Reflection on Conflict Duration, Indian Defence Review, 24.3, Jul-Sep 2009.
19.  Managing ‘Transformation’, South Asia Defence and Strategic Review, Sep-Oct 2009.
20.  Uncertain Course: India-Pak strategic doctrines and balance of power, Strategic Affairs, Aug 2009-12-30.
21.  Dealing with Two Fronts Needs Matching Capabilities, India Strategic (with V. Anand), Jan 2010
22.  The Grammar of War, Defence and Strategic Review, October 2012.
23.  Pakistan in India’s strategic perspective, Indian Journal of Social Enquiry, 1 (4), Dec 2009.
24.  Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan: India as Catalyst, IPCS Special
Report
, December 2011.
25.  AfPak: A Strategic Opportunity for South Asia?, IPCS Special Report, Dec 2009
26.  The Army: Missing Muslim India, Mainstream, Vol L No 27, June 23, 2012
27.   Prospects for UN Peacekeeping in Afghanistan, Mainstream, Vol L, No 38, September 8, 2012,
28.  India-Pakistan: Unlocking the Status Quo, Mainstream, L:9, 18 February, 2012.
29.  Kashmir: Whither Strategy?, Mainstream, Annual 2011, Dec 23-29, 11.
30.  India-Pakistan: Advocating Accommodation, Mainstream, L: 16, April 2012.
31.  Kashmir: The Problem with the Solution, Mainstream, March 4-10, 2011.
32.  Kashmir: Whither Strategy, Mainstream, L:1, December 2011
Book Reviews
1.   The Book Review Volume XXXIX Number 2 February 2015 Global Jihad And America: The Hundred-Year War Beyond Iraq And Afghanistan By Taj Hashmi 
2.   The Book Review, Volume XXXIX Number 4 April 2015Toppling Gaddafi: Libya And The Limits Of Liberal Intervention
By Christopher S. Chivvis 
3.   The Book Review, Volume XXXIX Number 6 June 2015, Civil Wars In South Asia: State, Sovereignty, Development, Edited by Nandini Sundar and Aparna Sundar  
4.   The Book Review Volume XXXIX Number 5 May 2015 Nuclear South Asia: Keywords And Concepts By Rajesh Rajagopalan  and Atul Mishra 
5.   The Book Review / February-March 2013 of  Asian Rivalries: Conflict, Escalation, And Limitations On Two-Level Games Edited by Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson, Foundation Books, New Delhi, 2011
6.   The Book Review, February-March 2013 of Internal Conflicts Military Perspectives, By V.R. Raghavan (ed.) Vij Books, New Delhi, 2012
7.   The Book Review Volume XXXVIII Number 7 July 2014 When Counterinsurgency Wins: Sri Lanka’s Defeat Of The Tamil Tigers
By Ahmed S. Hashim 
8.   The Book Review Vol xxxvii No 10 October 2013 of Afghan Endgames: Strategy And Policy Choices For America’s Longest War Edited by Hy Rothstein and John Arquilla, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2013,
9.   The Book Review, Vol xxxvii No 10 October 2013 of Eating Grass: The Making Of The Pakistani Bomb By Feroz Hassan Khan, Foundation Books, Delhi, 2013
10.  When More Is Less: The International Project In Afghanistan, By Astri Sukhre, Hurst & Co, London, 2011, in The Book Review, XXXVI (5), May 2012
11.  The New Protectorates: International Tutelage And The Making Of Liberal States, Edited by James Mayall , Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, C Hurst & Co,, London, 2011, in The Book Review, XXXVI (9), Sept 2012
12.  Vortex Of Conflict: US Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan And Iraq, By D. Caldwell, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011 (First South Asian Edition 2012), in The Book Review, XXXVI (9), Sept 2012
13.  Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, A metahistory of the clash of civilisations: Us and them beyond Orientalism, Hurst, 2011 in Strategic Analysis, 35 (2), 2012, pp. 337-38.
14.  Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb by Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, in Strategic Analysis, Volume: 34 Issue: 4, July 2010
15.  MJ Akbar, Tinderbox: The past and future of Pakistan, New Delhi: Harper Collins, 2011 in Strategic Analysis, 36 (1), pp. 169-170, January 2012.
16.  Stephen Cohen and Dasgupta, Arming without aiming, in JDS, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2012
17.  Armed Conflicts In South Asia 2011: The Promise And Threat Of Transformation, Edited by D. Suba Chandran and P.R. Chari, Routledge, New Delhi, 2012 in The Book Review, October 2012, 
18.  Talmiz Ahmad, Children of Abraham at War: Clash of Messianic Militarisms, in Strategic Analysis, September 2011, 35:5, 849-851
19.  K. Sheoran, Human Rights and Armed Forces in LIC, in Strategic Analysis, 35 (3) May 2011.
20.  Sumit Ganguly and David Fidler, India and Counter insurgency, in Pratividrohi, 2010, in
21.  Priyanjali Malik, India’s Nuclear Debate: Exceptionalism and the Bomb, in Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Apr-Jun 2010
22.  Bharat Karnad, India’s Nuclear Policy, in Third Frame, Journal of Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia
23.  Shuja Nawaz, Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army and Wars Within, in  India Quarterly, July-Sep 2008
24.  Gurmeet Kanwal, Indian Army: Vision 2020, in Journal of Defence Studies, IDSA, 2 (2), Winter 2008
25.  Ayesha Jalal, Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia, in  Third Frame, 2009, pp. 159-162
26.  Bharat Karnad, India’s Nuclear Policy in Defence Management, in Defence Management, Mar 2009, and Third Frame (?), pp. 204-06
27.  Wajahat Habibullah, My Kashmir: Conflict and Prospects of Enduring Peace, in Third Frame, 2010 (?), pp. 207-09.
28.  Rajesh Rajagopalan, Fighting Like a Guerilla: The Indian Army and Counter Insurgency,  in Third Frame, 1:3, Jul-Sep 2008.
29.  Jaideep Saikia and Ekaterina Stepanova (eds.) Terrorism: Patterns of Internationalisation, in Strategic Analysis, 33 (5), Sept 2009
31.  E Sridharan, The India-Pakistan Nuclear Relationship: Theories of Deterrence and International Relations,  in IPCS, ipcs.org, 21 November 2008.
32.  Manpreet Sethi, Nuclear Strategy: India’s March Towards Credible Deterrence, in Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, July-Sep 09
33.  Asseri, Anti terrorism: Saudi Arabias Role In The War On Terror, in Indian Review of Books, XXXIV (2), February 2010.
34.  Praveen Swami, India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Covert War in Kashmir, 1947–2004 (New York: Routledge, 2007) in India Quarterly 65, 3 (2009): 329–343.
35.  Carey Schofield, Inside the Pakistan Army, in Purple Beret, April 2012, p. 41.
36.  Tackling Terror Holistically, Conference Brochure, Security Watch India, 2009
Foreign Policy Journal
foreignpolicyjournal.com
1. Non-alignment 2.0 and India’s strategic direction, 28 May 2012
2.What this Year’s Maneuver Season in India Tells Us, 13 May 2015
3.Modi and the Military, 25 October 2014
4.Dissonance in India’s Strategic Doctrine, 23 August 2014
5.India’s Nuclear Doctrine Review: Don’t Leave It to the Hawks!, 11 July 2014
6.The Exit from ‘AfPak’: Don’t Blame Pakistan, June 2012
7.Kashmir: Preparing for a contingency, July 2012
8.South Asia: Pakistan holds the key, April 2012
9.Behind India’s Defence Budget, March 2012
10.           India and Pakistan: Missing NCBMs, February 2012
11.           India: For an introspective turn, Jan 2012
12.           India-Pakistan: Solving the ‘chicken or egg’ conundrum, Dec 2011
13.     Evaluating the China ‘threat’ thesis in India, Nov 2011
14.  Using military dangers gainfully, Oct 2011
15.  India, China and the US: The debate in India, Sept 2011
16.  The Muslim Question: An Understanding for Difficult Times, July 2011
17.  South Asia: Of war clouds and silver linings, June 2011
18.  Saving Pakistan, May 2011
19.  India-Pak: Justifiable pessimism, Apr 2011
20.  India-Pakistan: Nothing in the offing, Mar 2011
21.  Coping with Islamist Pakistan, Feb 2011
22.  AfPak: Talks as the way out, Dec 2010
23.  Towards the endgame in Afghanistan, Jul 2010
24.  The coming escalation in Obama’s war, Jun 2010
25.  Reconciling the AfPak conundrum, Apr 2010
26.  Getting Pakistan to bandwagon, Mar 2010
27.  India-Pakistan Dialogue: The Way Forward, February 2010
28.  India’s Inter strategic paradigm debate and Pakistan, Jan 2010
29.  Prospects of India-Pakistan Nuclear Confidence Building, Dec 2009
30.  India-Pakistan relations: Movement?, Nov 2009
31.  Obama and the Limitations of Conventional Strategy, Oct 2009
32.  Af-Pak: Opportunity for a Regional Initiative, Oct 2009
Web publications
(Other)
1.     Doctrine in Civil-Military Relations, indiandefencereview.com, 16 May 2015
2.     This year’s maneuver season in India, Eurasia Review, 12 May 2015
3.     Balancing India’s Right, The Diplomat, 15 February 2015
4.     India-Pakistan: Visualising the next round, Eurasia Review, 11 Februray 2015
5.     India and China: Nationalism and Nuclear Risk, The Diplomat 18 December 2015
6.     A More Aggressive India, The Diplomat, 10 November 2015
7.     Demystifying India’s Volte-Face on Pakistan, The Diplomat, 10 September 2014
8.     What Does India Mean By ‘Two Front’ Problem?, The Eurasia Review, 26 August 2014
9.     Limiting Nuclear War in South Asia, SP's Landforces 4/2014
10.  South Asia: Echoes From Across a Century, The Diplomat, 15 August 2015
11.  At the Conventional-Nuclear Interface, indiandefencereview.com, 9 August 2014
12.  What Does India Mean By ‘Massive’ Retaliation?, Eurasia Review, 8 August 2014
13.  NRRC: For the nuclear doctrine review, www.indiandefencejournal.com, 21 June 14
14.  Diplomatic engagement in a post nuclear use environment, www.indiandefencejournal.com, 27 May 14
15.  Pakistani nuclear first use, usiofindia.org, 23 May 14
16.  Severe indigestion from nuclear orthodoxy, The Citizen, 30 April 14
17.  India-Pakistan: Move From Cosmetic To Credible Nuclear Confidence Building Measures, countercurrents.org, 26 Feb 14; also in Kashmir Times, India-Pakistan: Nuclear Threat.
18.  Nuclear doctrinal review of the China front, usiofindia.org, 29 April 14.
19.  Storm in India’s nuclear teacup, indiandefencereview.com, 21 April 14.
20.  India-Pakistan: Distancing the spark from the nuclear tinderbox, indiandefencereview.com, 6 April 14.
Center for Land Warfare Studies, claws.in
1.Visualising Impact of Nuclear Operations at the Conventional Level, 16 Mar 2015
2.Opening up the doctrinal  space, 29 April 2015
3.Nuclear doctrine review: Three deterrence models, claws.in, 3 May
4.   The post conflict factor in nuclear decision making, claws.in, 11 Oct 13.
5.   Naval operations in an India-Pakistan context, 20 June 2012
6.   Pakistan’s military strategy: The best case scenario, 12 Jun 2011
7.   Arguing for NBC Training, 26 Aug 2011
8.   Dimensions of the MacChrystal episode, 8 July 2010
9.   India’s North East: Insurgency and Civil Services Reform, 19 April 2010
10.  Psychological opertions as key, Jan 2012
11.  Mountain Strike Corps: The nuclear dimension, Dec 2011
12.  Implications of BrahMos deployment, Oct 2011
13.  Demonstration Strikes in an India-Pakistan Scenario, 16 Feb 2010
14.  Arguing for NBC Training, Aug 2011
15.  Hatf IX and possible Indian responses, 5 May 2011
16.  The Sino-Pak ‘collusive’ threat, 31 March 2011
17.  Deterrence Stability in a Context of Strategic Instability, 11 Feb 2011
18.  Counter insurgency learning from Kashmir, 20 Jan 2011
19.  Conflict strategy for the decade ahead, 25 Dec 2010
20.  Nuclear C2: The balance agenda, 28 November 2010
21.  Appraising a Pakistani military response, 16 Oct 2010.
22.  Sociological Dimension of the ‘Transformation’  Initiative, June 2009
23.  Nuclear Use Consequences For Pakistan, Aug 2009
24.  Some Implications of the ‘Cold Start’ Doctrine, Sep 2009
25.  Building India’s Strategic Culture: A Roadmap, Oct 2009
26.  Towards A Limited War Doctrine, Nov 2009
27.  Towards a National Security Doctrine, 10 Nov 2011
28.  Kargil: Afterthoughts at the Operational Level, Dec 2009
29.  Army Deployment in Central India, Feb 2009
30.  Strategy Advocacy for Pakistan, 14 March 2010
Newspaper articles
1.        Wearing religion on their uniform sleeves, Millennium Post, 4 October 2014
Kashmir Times
2.        Kashmir and the Bomb, 29 April 12.
3.        Kashmir: More of the same, 3 July 2012.
4.        Lessons from Bandipore, 10 August 2012.
5.        AFSPA: A question of justice, 13 Feb 12
6.        Kashmir: Declaring premature victory, 4 Feb 12
7.        Acknowledging the blindspot on Kashmir, 27 Jan 2012
8.        An agenda point for the foreign secretaries, 16 June 2011
9.        Kashmir: Its now or never, 9 Dec 2011
10.     The agenda this winter, 6 Oct 2011
11.     Solving Kashmir: Is it feasible?, 19 October 2011
12.     Fixing responsibility: CI decisions and consequences, 30 Aug 2011
13.     Kashmir in the wider India-Pak scheme, 24 Aug 2011
14.     Kashmir back in the news, 10 July 2010
15.     No escaping political solution to Kashmir, 7 Aug 2010
16.     A ceasefire enabled reckoning possible, 9 Oct 2010
17.     Preliminaries towards a solution – 24 Feb 2011
18.     Domesticating the AFSPA – 28 Mar 2011
19.     A novel option for the coming summer – 13 Apr 2011
Tehelka
20.     India-Pakistan peace process, Tehelka, June 2011 
21.     Time not to let the guard down in Kashmir, Tehelka, 7 Nov 2011
22.     Deterrence has a shaky and brief shelf life, Tehelka, 3 Jan 12
23.     Smile but keep the powder dry, Tehelka, 10 April 2012
24.     A General’s unforgettable legacy, Tehelka, 31 May 2012
Financial World
25.     Why are Muslims missing from Army?, Financial World, 16 June 2012
26.     LWE: There’s a problem with the ‘solution’, 3 May 2012
27.     Tribal communities in the cross-hairs, Financial World, 9 July 2012
28.     To call out the army or not, Financial World - 2 Aug 12
29.     The sub-unit cries for army attention, Financial World, 27 Aug 2012
30.     Do we need a Chief Warlord? Opinion, The Financial World—Delhi, 10 Sep 12
31.     Kashmir, The Financial World, 13 Dec 2011
32.     A grand bargain for India and Pakistan, The Financial World, 20 June 2011
33.     Closed doors mean no dialogue, no peace, The Financial World, 13 Dec 2011.
Dawn (Pakistan)
34.     Time for the Grand Bargain, Oct 2011 – Dawn blog
35.     Afghanistan: Lets try peacekeeping, 19 Nov 2011 – Dawn blog
Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies ipcs.org
1.     Nuclear Use: Need for Thinking on Political-Level Considerations, 5 August 2014
2.     India and Pakistan: Azm-e-Nau as a Response to the Cold Start, July 2013
3.     An Indian nuclear doctrine review: A third model, ipcs.org, 30 April 14
4.     India, Nuclear Weapons and ‘Massive Retaliation’: The Impossibility of Limitation?, ipcs.org, 8 Oct 13
5.India and Pakistan: Moving Beyond CBMs, July 2012
6.     Civil-Military Relations: Questioning the VK Singh Thesis, June 2012
7.     The Missing Element in the Counter Naxal Strategy, May 2012
8.     India-Pakistan: Winds of Change, April 2012
9.     NCBMs: Scaremongering but with a purpose, Feb 2012
10.  Cold Start: One step forward, two steps back, Jan 2012
11.  AFSPA: The renewed debate, Nov 2011
12.  The direction of India’s deterrent, Sep 2011
13.  Saxena Task Force: Farewell to the Chiefs, Sep 2011
14.  Internal Security Reform: Yet another Opportunity, July 2011
15.  The Sense in Networking with Kayani, Apr 2011
16.  Implications of Indian BMD developments, Mar 2011
17.  Kashmir: A Hot Summer Ahead?, Jan 2010
18.  WikiWrecks: The US Perspective on Cold Start, Dec 2010
19.  Capping the ‘Volcano’: Indian Military Action against Pakistan?, Oct 2010
20.  AFSPA: A Practical Approach, Sep 2010
21.  J&K: Implement the Working Group Recommendations, Aug 2010
22.  General Kayani: Implications of Extension, July 2010
23.  Should India give up its NFU Doctrine?, June 2010
24.  India-Pakistan Dialogue: Going Beyond Thimpu, May 2010
25.  The New Chief and Transformation, Apr 2010
26.  India and Pakistan: Losing time, Feb 2009
27.  The Logic of the Sundarji Doctrine, Dec 2009
28.  The Obama Decision Making Model, Dec 2009
29.  The Illogic of ‘Unacceptable Damage’, Oct 2009
30.  The ‘Pause’ in India-Pakistan Dialogue, Oct 2009
31.  India's Thermonuclear Test: Bombed?, Aug 2009
32.  Talks As Strategy, Aug 2009
33.  The illogic of ‘massive’ punitive retaliation, Jul 2009
34.  Nuclear Trajectory in South Asia, Jun 2009
35.  Tackling Insurgency In Assam, May 2009
36.  The ‘Context’ of Islamism, Apr 2009
37.  Questioning ‘Compellence’ as Answer to India’s Pakistan Dilemma, Mar 2009
38.  Engaging a Reluctant Pakistan, Jan 2009
39.  Post 26/11 Strategy Recomendation For India, Dec 2008
40.  The Pay Commission Outcome as Opportunity, Oct 2008
41.  Thinking Beyond the Line of Control, Aug 2008
IDSA Website, Strategic Comments
idsa.in

1.Reopening the debate on Limited War, 29 Feb 2012
2.The Indian Army: What the stars foretell for 2012, Dec 2011
3.Tit for Tat: A Nuclear Retaliation Option, Oct 2011
4.What does Pakistan hope to achieve with Nasr?, Aug 2011
5.Afghanistan: An idea anticipating peace, June 2011
6.Pakistan’s first use in perspective, May 2011
7.Making sense of Nasr, Apr 2011
8.Ongoing revision of Indian Army doctrine, Jan 2011
9.The Arab Tumult in its wider meaning, Feb 2011
10.  Army Transformation: A radical one?, Jan 2011
11.  Political Dimensions of Limited War, March 29, 2010.
12.  The advantages of ‘Cold Start Minor’, December 13, 2010
13.  Obama’s AfPak Review should emphasise on Peace Talks with the Taliban November 23, 2010
14.  The Third Front: Military Ethics, November 4, 2010
15.  Clarifying India’s Strategic Doctrine, October 25, 2010
16.  The ‘Cold Start and Stop’ strategy, September 28, 2010
17.  Military Doctrines: Next steps, August 16, 2010
18.  Civil-Military relations: Under scan, July 14, 2010
19.  An additional dish for the India-Pakistan platter, July 5, 2010
20.  Darfur and enhancing India’s peacekeeping profile, June 2010
21.  The message from mock battles, May 7, 2010
22.  The military intelligence function in future war, February 26, 2010.
23.  Nuclear targeting caveats, April 21, 2010
24.  Ongoing revision of army doctrine, 6 Jan 2010.
25.  Nuclear implications of the two front formulation, 29 Jan 10
26.  The Army’s Subculture in the Coming Decade, December 22, 2009
27.  The Army’s decade in review, November 30, 2009
28.  India-Pakistan Conflict Outcome Probability, October 27, 2009
29.  Re-visioning the Nuclear Command Authority, September 9, 2009
30.  India’s response to the next terror attack, August 26, 2009
31.  For an Indo-Pak strategic dialogue forum, August 4, 2009
32.  The central debate in India’s civil military relations, July 6, 2009
33.  Seizing the moment: India and the ‘moderate Taliban’, June 8, 2009
34.  Exit Points and the Updation of Cold Start Doctrine, April 22, 2009
35.  Initiatives to transform the Army Officer Corps, March 5, 2009
36.  Foregrounding ‘Non-Combatant Immunity’, January 30, 2009
37.  The Post 26/11 Regional Strategic Predicament, December 3, 2008
38.  Need for clarity in India's nuclear doctrine, Oct 2008
39.  An overview of the Russo-Georgian conflict, Sep 2008
Articles in military journals (post premature retirement in 2008)

1.The Limited War concept and India’s conventional doctrines, Trishul (Staff College), XXII (2), Spring 2010
Infantry Journal
2.Limited War: A mental framework, Infantry, June 2012
3.One Star: The Organisational Responsibility, Infantry Journal, June 2013.
4.Understanding Internal Security, The Infantry (India), Dec 2008.
5.The Infantry: ‘At’ Peace while ‘in’ peace?, Infantry, 2009 (?)
6.Perspectives on Defence Challenges faced by India, Infantry (India), June 2011
7.Battalion Command: A Template, 2009 (?), pp. 10-13.
8.Strategic India: An Introduction, Infantry, 2012 (?), p. 13-19.
War College Journal
9.Understanding India-Pakistan relations, War College Journal, 2011
10.  Afghanistan: A Strategic Assessment, War College Journal, Autumn 2008.
11.  An Analysis of Grand Strategy in Operation Barbarossa, War College Journal, Spring 2008.
12.  Next Steps in India’s China Strategy, War College Journal, 2011, pp. 61-63.
Center for Land Warfare Studies
13.  Readings for Officers, Scholar Warrior, Center for Land Warfare Studies, Autumn 2010.
14.  Mizo Hills: Revisiting the Early Phase, Scholar Warrior, CLAWS, Autumn 2011.
15.  The Invisible dimension of modernization, CLAWS Journal, Winter 2010.
16.  A Perspective on Land Warfare Strategy, CLAWS Journal, Winter 2009.
USI Journal
17.  India’s Strategic and Military Doctrines: A Post 1971 Snapshot, USI Journal, Vol. CXXXIX, No. 578, October-December 2009.
18.  India’s Military Options in a Future 26/11 Scenario, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Vol. CXXXIX, No. 575, January-March 2009.
19.  India’s Military Options in a Future 26/11 Scenario, USI Journal, Jan-Mar 2009.
Jungle Warfare and Counter Insurgency School Journal
20.  Jihad in Strategic Theory, Pratividrohi, Autumn 2009.
21.  Learning from the Mizo Hills Experience, Pratividrohi, 2010.
22.  Command Endeavour: The Regimental Way, Maratha Regiment Magazine, 2008.
23.  Counter insurgency in a conventional war scenario, Pratividrohi, Journal of Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, 2010.
24.  The Counter Insurgency Oeuvre, Pratividrohi,
Others
25.  Regimental Command, Maratha 2008, Regiment Journal
Miscellaneous and light reading
1.The Army: Why Muslims are Missing?, The Aligarh Movement, May-June 2012.
2.Taking Nuclear Warfighting Seriously, IDR, 12.1, March 2012.
3.A Plan for Bonn, Outlook blog, 5 Dec 2011
4.Muslim India: Through the Security Prism, Milligazette, Jan 2009
5.Making Cold Start Doctrine work, 2010 – Tribune, 11 Oct 2010
6.In Defence of the Chief, the Two-Front war issue, 21 January 2010, 8ak.in
7.Defending India’s Strategic Culture, Purple Beret, 28 March 2012
8.Isreal matters, but only so much, Purple Beret 
9.Inside the Pakistan Army, Purple Beret
10.  Af-Pak endgame: Implications for Kashmir, International Business Times, 11 Aug 2011.
11.  Legal warfare: The neglected dimension, IDR, Jan 2012
12.  UN Peacekeeping: Thinking out of the box, Indian Defence Review, Feb 2012
13.  AfPak Endgame: Implications for Kashmir, International Business Times, 11 August 2011
14.  ‘Limitations of military response options to 26/11’, The Front Page, Dec 2008
15.  'Brown Sahibs' to blame for Chintalnar massacre of CRPF jawans, 8ak.in (a media partner of defpro.com), Apr 2010.
16.  ‘India-Pakistan: Prospects of War’, 8ak.in, Aug 2010.
17.  ‘Kashmir: Back in the news’, 8ak.in, countercurrents.org, July 2010.
18.  ‘Sukhna Scam: Additional Dimensions’, 8ak.in, Mar 2010.
19. What to do about Pakistan?, Sahara Time, June 11, 2011
Salute
1.   Army’s role order, July 2011
2.   Soldiering: An Indian Experience by S. Sardeshpande (Book Review) – May 2010
3.   Lessons from North Cachar, May 2010
4.   Rethink the Afghan Strategy – June 2010
5.   Indian Maritime Doctrine, IHQ of MoD (Navy) (Book Review), June 2010
6.   Action for Hyderabad, July 2010
7.   Are we pedantic? July 2010
8.   The 1947-48 War had pioneered the shape of Indian policies, Aug 2010
9.   Crisis response: Changing the contours, Sep 2010
10.     Making sense of jointness – Nov 2010
11.     Poor bloody Infanteer – Nov 2010
12.     Watch out for schism – Dec 2010
13.     India in Pakistan’s threat perception – Apr 2011
14.     Not just about them – May 2011
15.     What to do about Pakistan?, June 2011
16.     Battalion Command: A Template, Feb 2010
17.     An Infanteer’s Life, April 2009
18.     The ‘Sundarji Doctrine’ Revisited, Oct 2009
19.     The ‘New’ Vision for Indo-Pak Relations, Sep 2009
20.     A Fauji Forrest Gump, 2-16 May 2009
21.     Mentoring in the time of Shortages, July 2009
22.     Stop ‘OG’, Think ‘Purple’
Publications while in army service till 2008
Articles (2006-8)
1.      Short Wars: From Desirable to Feasible, USI Journal, Jan 2008
2.      In Tribute: A Recall of the Sundarji Doctrine, USI Journal, Apr 08
3.      An Analysis of Grand Strategy in Operation Barbarossa, War College Journal, Spring 08
4.      A Brief on Research and Analysis, Educationist, 2008
5.      The Command Challenge, Maratha Regiment Journal, 08
Book Reviews
1.      Fitzgibbon, S., Not mentioned in dispatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green; Cambridge, Lutterworth Press, 1995; War College Journal - Autumn 2006
2.      Raman, S., Nuclear Strategy: The Doctrine of Just War; New Delhi, Manas Publication, 2006 – USI Journal, Apr-Jun 07
3.      Singh, Jaswant, A Call to Honour, New Delhi, Rupa & Co, 2006 – Defence Management, Apr 07
4.      Musharraf, P., In the Line of Fire; New York, Simon and Shuster, 2006 – The Infantry (India), Autumn 06
5.      Bammi, Y., War Against Insurgency and Terrorism in Kashmir; Dehra Dun, Nataraj Publishers, 2007 – Pinnacle Dec 07
6.      Chandran, S., Limited War: Revisiting Kargil in the Indo Pak Conflict; Omdoa Research Press, New Delhi, 2005 – War College Journal 2007 
7.      Malik, SK, Quranic Concept of War; New Delhi, Himalayan Books, 1986 – War College Journal, 2007
8.      Rajagopalan, R., Fighting Like a Guerilla: The Indian Army and Counterinsurgency, New Delhi, Routledge, 2007; The Third Frame, Autumn 08

Infantry Journal

1.   Beget the Devil’s Own Platoon, Infantry Journal, 1993.
2.   Tips on the Reading Habit, Infantry Journal, 1993.
3.   Cohesion: Bibliographical Note, Infantry Journal, 1995.
4.   Civil-Military Relations: A Theoretical Perspective, Infantry Journal, 1997.
5.   Company Command: A Template, Infantry Journal, 2000.
6.   Whither Infantry?, Infantry Journal, 2001
7.   Drill Deadens, Infantry Journal, 2002

Combat/War College Journal

1.   On the Indian Use of Force: The Critiques Reexamined, Combat Journal, Mar 2000.
2.   SAARC – The Strategic Debate in India, Combat Journal, Mar 01
3.   Self Esteem: Room for improvement, War College Journal, 2005
4.   AOR: The CT Ops Version, War College Journal, 2005
5.   An Analysis of Grand Strategy in Operation Barbarossa, War College Journal, Spring 08
Pratividrohi (Anti Terrorism Journal of the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School)
1.   Pseudo Gang Operations, Pratividrohi, 1997
2.   Rethinking Human Rights, Pratividrohi, 2000.
3.   On Military Leadership in Counter Insurgency Operations, Pratividrohi, 1998.
4.   The Army, Media and LIC, Pratividrohi, 2002
5.   J&K: The Perspectives Contrasted, Pratividrohi, 2001
6.   Peace Enforcement: The direction of the future, Pratividrohi, 2003
7.   Offensive air power in J&K; Pratividrohi, Sep 05
8.   Peacekeeping and Peaceenforcement, Pratividrohi, 2002 

Intelligence Journal (Journal of Military Intelligence School)

1.   Society and Military Intelligence: A Sociological Perspective, Intelligence Journal, 1996-97.
2.   The Pathology of Info War, Intelligence Journal, 2004

USI Journal (United Services Institution of India)

1.   The Fauji Memsahib, USI Journal, 1999.
2.   The Doctrinal Challenge, USI Journal, Jan 2000.
3.   MONUC, USI Journal, Jan 2004
4.   Short Wars: Creating Tomorrow’s Reality, USI Journal, Jan 2008
5.   In Tribute: Recalling The ‘Sundarji Doctrine’, USI Journal, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 571, January-March 2008.

Pinnacle (Journal of the Army Training Command)

1.   The Strategic Community, Pinnacle, Mar 2003
2.   Reflection on Military Ethos, Pinnacle, Mar 2003
3.   Revolution in Military Affairs: The Sociological Perspective, Pinnacle, Sep 03
4.   Reader’s Forum:  Short Wars; Dec 07
5. Reader’s Forum: Transformation and the Officer Corps; Spring 08 (under consideration)

Others

1.   Recruiting Anecdotes, Maratha Journal, 1992
2.   A Professional’s Trekking Experience, Maratha Journal,1990
3.   The Trade Secret Unveiled, Infantry Day Supplement, The Statesman, Oct 27, 1999.
4.   CAMs and CBMs, Mainstream, July 23, 1994.
5.   Style of Command, CDM Journal, 2002
6.   Educating Future Army Officers, Educationist (Journal of the Army Education Corps), 2002
7.   A Brief on Research and Analysis, Educationist, 2008
8.   Command Endeavour: A Regimental Way, Maratha Journal, 2007

BOOK REVIEWS

USI Journal

1.   Alexis Heraclitus, Self determination of minorities in International Politics, London, Frank Cass, 1991.
2.   Anthony Giddens, The Third Way: A Renewal of Social Democracy, London, Polity Press, 1998.
3.   Anthony McGrew, Paul Lewis, Global Politics, Globalisation, and the Nation State, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1992.
4.   Avnar Cohen, Israel and the Bomb, New York, Colombia University Press, 1998.
5.   Bruce Lawrence, Shattering The Myth: Islam Beyond Violence, New Jersey, Priceton University Press, 1998.
6.   Craig Baxter, ed. Government and Politics in South Asia, Boulder, Westview Press, 1987.
7.   Ethan Kapstein, Michel Mastanduno, Unipolar Politics: Realism and State Strategies After the Cold War, West Sussex, Colombia University Press, 1999.
8.   From Surprise to Reckoning: The Kargil Review Committee Report, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000.
9.   Gwyn Prins, Strategy, Force Planning and Diplomatic/Military Operations, London, RIIA, 1998.
10.John Pimlott, Stephen Bayley, ed. The Gulf War Assessed, London, Arms and Armour, 1992.
11.Kedourie, E., Nationalism, Fourth Edition, Oxford, Blackwell, 1961.
12.Lawrence Freedman, Efraim Karsh, The Gulf Conflict 1990-91: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order, London, Faber, 1992.
13.Maroof Raza, Low Intensity Conflict: The New Dimension to India’s Military Commitment, Meerut, Kartikeya Publications, 1995.
14.Marshall Hodgson, Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam, and World History, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
15.  Maya Chaddha, Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India, New York, Colombia Univeristy Press, 1997.
16.Michel Clark, Simon Seraty, ed. New Thinking and Old Realities: America, Europe and Russia, Washington, Seven Locks, 1991.
17.MK Kaw, Bureaucracy: IAS Unmasked, Delhi, Konark, 1993.
18.Morton Halperin ed. Self Determination in the New World Order, Washington DC, Carneigie Endowment, 1992.
19.Peter Paret, Understanding War: Essays on Clausewitz and the History of Military Power, New Jersey, Princeton, 1992.
20.Stephen Van Evera, Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict, New York, Cornell University Press, 1999.
21.Torbjorn Knutsen, A History of International Relations Theory, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1992.
22.Vivienne Jabri, Discourses on Violence, New York, Manchester University Press, 1996.
23.Sahadevan, P., Conflict and Peace Making in South Asia, New Delhi, Lancers Books, 2001.
24.Philpot, D., Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Modern Ideas Shaped the World, Princeton, 2001
25.Synnott, H., The  Causes and Consequences of South Asia’s Nuclear Tests, Adelphi Paper 332, London, OUP, 1999
26.Chari, PR., ed., Security and Governance in South Asia, New Delhi, Manohar, 2001
27.FitzGibbon, S., Not Mentioned in Despatches: The History and Myth of the Battle of Goose Green, Cambridge, Lutterworth Press, 2001
28.Haq, K., The South Asian Challenge, Oxford, OUP, 2002
Others
1.   Karnad, B., Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy, New Delhi, MacMillan, 2002 - Pinnacle, Mar 03
2.   Tellis, A., India’s Emerging Nuclear Posture: Between Recessed Deterrence and Ready Arsenal, New Delhi, OUP, 2001 – Pinnacle, Sep 03
3.   Perkovich, G., India’s Nuclear Bomb, New Delhi, OUP, 1999 - Pinnacle, 2004; Trishul, Vol XIII, No 2
4.   Stephen Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan; New Delhi, OUP - War College Journal, 2005
5.   Maududi, SA, Towards Understanding Islam, New Delhi, Markazi Maktab Islami - Trishul (DSSC Journal), Spring 2005
6.   Chadha, V., Low Intensity Conflicts in India: An Analysis, New Delhi, Sage, 2005 - The Infantry (India), 2005
7.   Fitzgibbon, S., Not mentioned in dispatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green; Cambridge, Lutterworth Press, 1995; War College Journal - Autumn 2006
8.   Raman, Sudha, Nuclear Strategy: The Doctrine of Just War; New Delhi, Manas Publication, 2006 – USI Journal, Apr-Jun 07
9.   Singh, Jaswant, A Call to Honour, New Delhi, Rupa & Co, 2006 – Defence Management, Apr 07
10.Musharraf, P., In the Line of Fire; New York, Simon and Shuster, 2006 – The Infantry (India), Autumn 06
11.    Bammi, Y., War Against Insurgency and Terrorism in Kashmir; Dehra Dun, Nataraj Publishers, 2007 – Pinnacle Dec 07
12.     Chandran, S., Limited War: Revisiting Kargil in the Indo Pak Conflict; Omdoa Research Press, New Delhi, 2005 – War College Journal 2007 
13.     Malik, SK, Quranic Concept of War; New Delhi, Himalayan Books, 1986 – War College Journal, 2007
14.    Rajagopalan, R., Fighting Like a Guerilla: The Indian Army and Counterinsurgency, New Delhi, Routledge, 2007; The Third Frame, Autumn 08

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Combat/ War College Journal

1.   Understanding Violence and Militancy, 1992.
2.   The Need for Curricular Innovation, 1999.
3.   Information War, 1999.
4.   Letter to the Editor on Bharat Karnad article, Autumn 06
5.   Dangers of Strategic Determinism, 2001

Infantry Journal

1.   Indo Pak War: The Fourth Round in On
2.   Pardon, but your Political Slip is Showing, 1999
3.   Comment on Book Review of Salman Khursheed’s ‘Beyond Terrorism’, 2003

USI Journal

1.   Need for a military archives, 1995.

CDM Journal (College of Defence Management)

1.   Directive Control: An Advocacy, 2002