In this article, Dhanashree Valunjkar, research assistant at CENJOWS writes on CDS General Anil Chauhan’s tenure and the legacy he leaves behind, when he retires on May 30. Read More

In this op-ed, senior journalist Jayanta Bhattacharya writes that India’s submarine programme, crippled by decades of paralysis, is leaving the Navy dangerously ill-equipped for the increasingly contested IOR – and the recovery window is narrowing fast. Read More

In this op-ed, former ADG BSF SK Sood writes about how the BSF punched well above its weight during Operation Sindoor – from actionable intelligence that shaped India’s response to troops who held the line on multiple fronts. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes about Operation Sindoor and how the BSF played a decisive, standalone combat role, destroyed Pakistani border infrastructure and held its positions under sustained fire across the Jammu frontier. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes that the CAPFs Act, 2026, is a legislative manoeuvre to nullify a hard-won Supreme Court verdict – and hollows out the very operational distinctiveness the act claims to protect. Read More

In this op-ed, Vipul V Tamhane writes that the Strait of Hormuz has become not just a military and geopolitical chokepoint but a new frontier of financial crime. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes how the CAPFs (General Administration) Bill, 2026, betrayed the deep trust of CAPF veterans in the current political leadership and risks turning India’s apolitical security forces into instruments of political alignment. Read More

In this satirical piece, former ADG BSF SK Sood writes that while the India-Bangladesh border remains difficult to secure, the BSF’s exploration of deploying reptiles marks a new frontier in border management, which perhaps renders professional soldiering redundant. Read More

In this op-ed, former DIG BSF Jagjeet Singh Bhalla writes that the CAPF Act, 2026, risks being a cosmetic reform that undermines judicial safeguards, erodes cadre morale, and perpetuates longstanding inequities in career progression within the forces. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, veteran BSF commandant, writes that when Parliament passed the CAPF Bill, it chose institutional convenience over institutional integrity – missing a historic opportunity to fix the structural deformities within the CAPFs. Read More