Brig Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.) is Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and former Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi. Click here for details profile [+}
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s commentary on the terrorist attack on an Army camp in Uri, titled ‘Time to hit and hurt the Pakistan army!’ was published by Rediff.com on September 18, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), titled ‘AFSPA: The Army needs it!’ was published in Rediff.com on September 6, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on Pakistan’s recent statements on Kashmir, titled ‘Nawaz Sharif, please look within Pakistan before talking about Kashmir’ was published in ‘Daily O’ on July 16, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on Kashmir, titled ‘Kashmir doesn't need guns, it needs a healing touch’ was published in ‘Daily O’ on July 10, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on the new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms in the defence sector, titled ‘Defence: New FDI norms will aid indigenisation’ was published in ‘Deccan Herald’ on July 4, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States on the India-US relations, titled ‘Thanks to Modi, a new symphony in India-US defence partnership’ was published in ‘Daily O’ on June 10, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on The New York Times recent editorial on India’s application for membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), titled ‘NYT ran an ignorant editorial attacking India's NSG claims’ was published in ‘Daily O’ on June 5, 2016.
Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.)’s article titled ‘India must join US, Japan and Australia to contain China’s adventurism’ was published in the ‘Hindustan Times’ on March 31, 2016.
Direct Indian military intervention against ISIS would depend on how the situation unfolds over the next year. As an emerging power sharing a littoral with the region, India has an important role to play in acting as a catalyst for West Asian stability.
Launched in early-August 1965, Operation Gibraltar was designed to infiltrate several columns of trained and well-armed Mujahids and Razakars, led by Pakistan Army Majors into Jammu and Kashmir. Under the cover of fire provided by the Pakistan Army deployed on the Cease Fire Line (CFL), the columns managed to infiltrate, but failed to create large-scale disturbances and did not receive support from the people. In fact, locals often provided information about the columns to the Indian Army, which led to their being captured or neutralised.
Fighting the Islamic State: Role of the P-5 Nations and India
Direct Indian military intervention against ISIS would depend on how the situation unfolds over the next year. As an emerging power sharing a littoral with the region, India has an important role to play in acting as a catalyst for West Asian stability.