We're used to framing the issue as one of deterrence, 'if you do X, then we will do Y and Z'. We should be moving toward compellence— 'if you do not abandon X, then we will do Y and Z'.
A network of 9 corps-level commands led by lieutenant generals forms the backbone of Pakistan’s military strategy, domestic security apparatus and, in some cases, political calculus.
Days before Pahalgam terror attack, Asim Munir invoked the two-nation theory that once split the Subcontinent into India and Pakistan—two nations now on starkly divergent paths.
The end India should seek is the construction of Pakistan other than the country its generals and clerics have imagined into being. Furious words and spasms of rage won't cut it.
The move came hours after India struck at least three air bases inside Pakistan, including the military’s primary logistics hub, the Nur Khan base in Rawalpindi.
Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) also claims that Indian security forces were escalating tensions to deflect from 'domestic challenges'.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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