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CAPS EXPERTS IN MEDIA 2020

Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur VM (Retd), Additional Director General, CAPS

Coronavirus: Cartoon Characters and insect Warriors
Source: The Tribune

CAPS EXPERTS IN MEDIA 2019

Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur VM (Retd), Additional Director General, CAPS

Living the Three Minutes of Military Life
Source: The Tribune

The weaponisation of food is taking a new form. It could change warfare
Source: Hindustan Times

Seven decades apart, tale that two airlifts tell
Source: The Tribune

Drone arms drop: A new security threat emerges on India’s western border | Opinion
Source: Hindustan Times

The ills of faulty hindsight
Source: New Indian Express

Obscured by headlines such as Rajnath Singh flying the Tejas, defence research is in terrible shape
Source: The Times of India Blog

Strategic Corporals of J&K Hold the Key
Source: Tribune

Kargil's little known fact: How IAF used helicopters to target intruders at high altitude
Source: The Print

Playing catch-up in info warfare
Source: The Tribune

Propel defence talks with US beyond rhetoric
Source: The Tribune

Defence agenda for the new government
Source: The Tribune

IAF beyond Balakot: Political parties must rise above petty differences to improve national defence preparedness
Source: The Times of India

When a spy story from India-US mission during the Cold War spooked an IAF pilot
Source: The Print

The March 31 Syndrome
Source: The Tribune

IAF is grossly under-equipped
Source: The Tribune

After India’s air attack, onus of restraint on Pakistan
Source: Hindustan Times

After the terrorist strike in Pulwama, is war even an option?
Source: The Hindu

Every Air Crash in One Too Many
Source: The Tribune

The Hard Power Imperative
Source: The Hindu

Dr. Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow, CAPS

Interview for the show "War and Peace: Programme on Security"
Source: DD News

Interview on "How Serious is the Indian debate on NFU and will it lead to a change in the future?"
Source: Security Risks Asia -YouTube Channel

Interview on "What will be the status of nuclear deterrence if No First Use is revised by India?"
Source: Security Risks Asia -YouTube Channel

Should India Tinker with its 'No First Use Policy'
Source: The Hindu

Ep 24: India's Nuclear Doctrine
Source: IVM Pocasts

Dr. Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, CAPS

China Spurring Pakistan's Defence Build-up
Source: The Tribune

Decoding Pakistan's Nuclear Brinkmanship
Source: Tribune

Interview on "How Serious is the Indian debate on NFU and will it lead to a change in the future?"
Source: Security Risks Asia -YouTube Channel

Interview on "Pakistan Flagging The Nuclear Threat - A dangerous escalation | Article 370 | Kashmir Issue 2019"
Source: Security Risks Asia -YouTube Channel

Interview on "Article 370: How Pakistan reacted and What it means?"
Source: Security Risks Asia -YouTube Channel

Pak's Strategic Posturing over Article 370
Source: Tribune

Interview on "Why peace eludes Afghanistan? - Implications for India"
Source: Foreign Policy Times -YouTube Channel

Wg Cdr Asheesh Srivastava, Research Fellow, CAPS

The Air Force Responce | India's Energy Challenge
Times Now

Vaad Samvaad - BioFuels Special
DD Kisan

CAPS EXPERTS IN MEDIA 2018

Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur VM (Retd), Additional Director General, CAPS

Dealing with the Impetuous Donald Trump
Source: The New Indian Express

In 1990, there was another daring rescue of an IAF helicopter from Siachen Glacier
Source: The Print

Preventing Another Scuffle
Source: The Hindu

Don't play politics over Defence buys
Source: The New Indian Express

Culture of jointness: Increase professional expertise in defence acquisition else it will be imports as usual
Source: Times of India

The flight of inland letters
Source: The Tribune

IAF in dire need of combat enablers
Source: Mail Today

How to make the Defence ministry fighting fit
Source: Hindustan times

Peacekeeping and Power Politics
Source: The New Indian Express

The Looming Danger of Tech Asymmetry
Source: The Tribune

Do We Even Have a Foreign Policy
Source: The New Indian Express

India's First Pilot to Land on Siachen recounts how his life was saved by Army comrades
Source: The Print

Why India's Warfighter is Worried
Source: Mail Today​

Why Tech Asymmetry must worry the forces
Source: Mail Today​

Dr. Manpreet Sethi, Senior Fellow, CAPS

Have nuclear weapons made India more Secure
Source: The Wire

CAPS EXPERTS IN MEDIA 2017

Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur VM (Retd), Distinguished Fellow, CAPS

The Powerplay in Peacekeeping 
Source: The Hindu

Pak Becomes Puppeteer 
Source: Mail Today

The Arms and the Minister  
Source: Mail Today

No disrespect meant: Understanding the carriage of mortal remains of Tawang chopper crash
Source: The Print

Strategy and World Order  
Source: Mail Today

India should play down victory and be vigilant after disengagement of troops at Doklam 
Source: The Economic Times

India China & a great trap
Source: Mail Today

Armed forces in media: Soldiers, don't fall into the media
Source: The Economic Times Blog

We are not in 1962 and we are militarily strong, but India can’t afford a piecemeal approach to Doklam style events
Source: The Times of India

A new chapter in Indo-Israeli Ties
Source: Mail today

The Rise of Civilian Soldiers
Source: Mail today

Recall 1983 Assam this Poll Season
Source: Mail today

Building Deterrence
Source: The Indian Express

Sky is not the limit
Source: The Indian Express

Dr. Manpreet Sethi, Senior Fellow, CAPS

Nuclear India at 19: keep focus right on deterrence
Source: Deccan Herald

India's N-doctrine: Still credible, still minimum
Source: The Tribune

Unclear Nuclear Pathways for 2017
Source: IPCS

To a Deeper Engagement: The JCPOA Effect on Indo-Iran Relations

Dr. Shalini Chawla, Senior Fellow, CAPS

Panama Papers and SC verdict: Relief for Nawaz Sharif is temporary
Source: DailyO

India-Pakistan Tensions and the Threat of Nuclear War
Source: DailyO

Ms Chandra Rekha, Associate Fellow, CAPS

Minding Multi-Alignment and U.S.-India Ties
Source: South Asian Voices

Breaking Barriers in Central Asia
Source: Mail Today

Are Russia and China Moving Toward An All Weather-Partnership?
Source: South Asian Voices

Detente 2.0 between Russia and the US: An unconvincing idea under Trump
Source: Global Village Space