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TopicCivilians

Topic: civilians

At Yol, it’s not just a cantonment being dismantled. A town is getting divided

+TFP Suchet Vir Singh -
A unique and intricate civil-military confluence has developed in the cantonments. This, experts point out, could create complications for the abolishment process.

Russia fires over 70 missiles in ‘one of its biggest attacks’ on Ukraine, kills civilians

Tom Balmforth -
This latest assault forced emergency power shutdowns across Ukraine amid freezing temperatures. This attack followed warnings from Ukrainian officials of Moscow's new offensive plans.

History tells us Indian military was not always marginalised by civilian officials

Srinath Raghavan -
Indian nationalists identified the problem of military’s outsized influence in matters of policy.

Finally, a sense of relief in Ministry of Defence’s longest-running war

Manvendra Singh -
The order changing military officers’ equations vis-à-vis civilian officials has been rescinded. Further heartburn needs to be prevented.

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Opinion

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan -
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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