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REALPOLITIK
Honour Kautilyan commandments !Jagdish N Singh
Bipin Rawat
O
urs is a profoundly rich ancient
civilization. We have had a highly
distinguished lineage of statesmen,
administrators , jurists and political
philosophers. The legendary Kautilya
laid stress on the
need for an influential, mighty
military establishment in the
country. Knowledgeable sources say it would fill in a great gap in our decision- making mechanism. All powerful states in the world today have this kind of mechanism. India has long needed it. The Kargil Review Committee had recommended the creation of CDS in 2001. The CDS will act as the Principal Military Adviser to the Defence Minister and permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. He would head the Department of Military Affairs within the Ministry of Defence. The CDS will look after the military training policy and establishment , cadre management and diplomacy. The DMA is now the fifth important section in the MoD—others being Departments of Defence, Defence Production, Defence Research and Development and Ex-servicemen Welfare. The CDS will be a first among equals with our three Service Chiefs. He will consult all Service Chiefs and provide them directives . He will perform an advisory role in the Nuclear Command Authority. The new mechanism would impart the much needed efficiency to our defence machine . New CDS General Rawat has already outlined his priorities towards creating an air defence command and common logistics support pools as part of measures to create jointness and synergy among our Army, Navy and Air Force. It would, however, have been better if the Government had placed defence imports and procurements under the Chief of Defence Staff, not the Department of Defence headed by the Defence Secretary. India needs to keep its defence mechanism fit. Presently, it is not in a good shape. There is an acute shortage of advanced weapons with our defence forces. The CDS would know such requirements better.
Ajit Doval
Also, the CDS can assess better the military activities
in our neighbourhood. Intentions of
China and Pakistan, with which we
have had a history of arguments, do
not appear to be assuring . Recently,
our National Security Adviser Ajit
Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister (
and State Councillor) Wang Yi met in
New Delhi. It was the 22nd round of
talks between New Delhi and Beijing
at the Special Representatives level.
But it made little headway in
resolving the Sino-Indian border
dispute. Policy of revenge
Donald Trump
The new year began with an alarming note in
international politics. On the order of American
President Donald Trump, the American forces
launched a drone
attack killing the
head of the elite
Qods Force of the
I s l a m i c
R e v o l u t i o n a r y
Guard Corps
(IRGC) Qassem
S o l e i m a n i
( and others ) in
Baghdad on
January 3, 2020.
Qassem Soleimani
On January 8, Tehran retaliated
with ballistic missile attacks on the
American airbases in the Iraqi cities of
Ayn al-Asad and Erbil. Just a few hours
afterwards, Iran’s military also shot
down a Ukrainian passenger plane
killing over 176 people aboard it. Benjamin Netanyahu One can well imagine what might follow if Tehran went ahead to execute its policy of revenge. Tehran is no match for Washington’s military prowess. Washington has a powerful ally in Israel in the Middle East. Iran has been threatening to wipe Israel off the world map. Israel is unlikely to sit idle if Iran went ahead with its imperial ambition. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already threatened Iran with a “crushing blow” if it attacked the Jewish state in retaliation for the US air strike that killed Soleimani. Other important countries in the region--- including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – would not like Iran to succeed. Loving Yuan , not Quran
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei
Will the Islamic Republic
of Iran under its Supreme
Leader Sayyid Ali Hosseini
Khamenei be Islamic enough
to care for fellow Muslims in
Xinjiang ? They have
allegedly been suffering at
the hands of the Chinese
authorities since long, simply
because they believe in the
Quran , not communism.
According to a study , Iran
needs Yuan ( Chinese currency)
and will not dare to antagonize China . The Trump
administration abrogated the nuclear deal with
Tehran an re-imposed sanctions on it. China (and
other signatories– the
European countries and
Russia) should have saved the
deal. But China, like others, did
little barring issuing occasional
statements in favour of the
deal. |