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Kunal Singh

Kunal Singh

Articles by Kunal Singh

Locking in the gains of Operation Sindoor

India needs to augment Brahmos’s capability to penetrate hardened and underground targets. It must also be mindful of this requirement when acquiring future precision-targeting weapons. (HT Archive)

Updated on Nov 11, 2025 15:04 IST

Can a credible offer of peace come from Pak?

Any leader who pursues peace with India can be portrayed by domestic opponents as giving up territorial claims on Kashmir. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 14, 2023 06:32 IST

Enrich the quality of India’s scholarly community

The small size of the scholarly community disincentivises the kind of debates and disagreements that are necessary for advancing knowledge.

Updated on Jun 8, 2022 05:15 IST

Why the US wants a ban on ASAT missile testing

If the US can enforce a norm against ASAT missiles, it hopes that it will be able to arrest its adversaries from further developing and perfecting weapons that could harm its military’s eyes and ears (AP)

Updated on May 6, 2022 14:18 IST

Ukraine: Three divergent stands, three scenarios

Putin could end up a much weaker leader than before. This could be because the underwhelming Russian performance can lead to greater domestic dissidence. The sanctions could also cripple the Russian economy.

Updated on Apr 10, 2022 14:56 IST

Iran nuclear talks: The stakes are high in Vienna

The decision to use the military option will be tough. One hopes that diplomacy will succeed and tough decisions will not have to be taken.

Updated on Feb 9, 2022 15:41 IST

Was Bangladesh or Bhutto behind the Pakistani bomb?

The ascendance of Bhutto to power appears to be a much more powerful force behind the Pakistani bomb (Getty Images)

Updated on Dec 6, 2021 16:41 IST

Underplaying the China threat

Military mobilisation is more effective than public threats in demonstrating resolve against hawkish, as opposed to doveish, rivals. Not many in the world will characterise Xi Jinping as a dove anyway (AP)

Updated on Nov 11, 2021 15:13 IST

What is nuclear China up to?

The possibility of a US-China conflict is much higher now, or at least the leadership in Beijing thinks so. If there is a conventional conflict between the US and China, over, say, Taiwan, it can escalate to nuclear levels (via REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 24, 2021 10:43 IST

The message is clear: China pressing forward to create new buffer zones

Activists of Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) organisations burn Chinese flags and posters of Chinese President Xi Jinping, during an anti-China protest in Amritsar on June 17, 2020.

Updated on Jun 17, 2020 22:34 IST

Analysis| India and the US must take bolder steps on China

The only power capable of partnering with India to balance China is the US. India should indeed partner other powers like Japan, Australia and France, but only the US provides the decisive power capabilities to swing the military balance

Updated on Jan 26, 2020 14:20 IST

Analysis| What the 2019 and 2020 skirmishes tell us about de-escalating conflicts

Mutual vulnerabilities, the ability to project victory domestically, the restraining role of internal actors and luck can help states exercise restraint

Updated on Jan 9, 2020 14:47 IST

How Narendra Modi conquered caste in 2019 elections

The BJP starts with a significant disadvantage of lack of Muslim support. While the party is itself responsible for this problem, it nevertheless has to work harder among the rest of the population to win a constituency

Updated on May 29, 2019 14:08 IST

The big picture after the Balakot airstrikes: Does the fate of F-16 matter?

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa addresses a press conference at Sulur Air Force Station, in Coimbatore, March 4, 2019. In the recent India-Pakistan crisis, two major claims of the Indian Air Force (IAF) have been called into question

Updated on Apr 25, 2019 14:26 IST

Not pursuing the UNSC seat was Nehru’s mistake

One can definitely see why Jawaharlal Nehru was sceptical of the UNSC seat offers in 1950s. However, it is difficult to sympathise with his reasons today

Updated on Apr 1, 2019 12:07 IST

Navigating domestic opinion and foreign policy

The border with China, though disputed, has not witnessed kinetic action in decades now. The Pakistan border, on the other hand, has seen war, infiltrations and many low level terrorist attacks in the last three decades

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 12:33 IST

Indian politicians lack good quality policy advice

The Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s decision to ask Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda to head a task force on national security should be applauded wholesomely. The immediate mission of the task force will be to draft a national security strategy document.

Updated on Mar 4, 2019 02:29 IST

Opinion | Pulwama: India’s response should be informed by history

Security personnel carry out the rescue and relief works at the site of suicide bomb attack at Lathepora Awantipora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, February 14

Updated on Feb 15, 2019 18:40 IST

India needs a neighbourhood strategy document

The Taliban knows that the US is in a hurry to beat a retreat and is looking for a face-saving deal. This has strengthened Taliban’s hand in the ongoing negotiations

Updated on Feb 5, 2019 07:12 IST

Why is India’s no first use policy under so much strain?

Agni IV missiles displayed during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India today has more number of missiles and more accurate ones.

Updated on Jan 10, 2019 01:56 IST

Reading the signals: India has a new military strategy against China

According to its new military strategy, India will not just focus on denying Chinese forces territorial gains but will actively impose costs on the adversary and may even open additional fronts

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:34 IST

Washington needs to appreciate India’s domestic political dynamic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi, October 5

Updated on Oct 9, 2018 12:42 IST

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