Highlights: Counter Insurgency needs a Population centric approach – staying power – “clear and hold” beats “search and destroy” – Provide security to locals to live their lives – fire power is no substitute for patience and ‘boots on ground’. Counter Terrorism, especially when sponsored from outside is war and needs effective military action. Quotations […]
Highlights: Bad makes News – Media over simplifies and endlessly repeats itself exaggerating the incident – Terrorists manipulate the Media and use NGO’s to shape the story – Authorities must be as open with the Media as possible and Media must act more responsibly. Quotations for consideration: “… given that there’s been probably a ten […]
Highlights: Understanding the costs of war & conflicts in all their facets – waging war economically – controlling the size of the Military yet keeping it effective – considering costs of development vs. cost of domestic conflicts. Quotations for consideration: “War is not a word, it’s an acronym for ‘ Wasting Another’s Resources’” – Ramman Kenoun . “No matter what […]
Highlights: War/conflicts today – organizing the military accordingly – necessity for an Integrated Defence Head Quarters and a Chief of Defence Staff and a National strategy policy. Quotations for consideration: “The organization of the Army is dependent on the answer to the question – ‘What is the Army for’?” – Anon. “The only defensible war is a war […]
Highlights: War/conflicts today – understanding the many new dimensions of – appropriate and prompt response to each such threat. Quotations for consideration: “No one starts a war – or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and […]
“Nothing is more important in war than unity in command… Better one bad general than two good ones”. – Napoleon Bonaparte. “Order, Counter order, Disorder” – Old proverb. Key Concepts: A Counter Terrorist / Naxal / Insurgent Operation involves not only the Police, the various Intelligence Agencies and the Para Military, but also elements of […]
Summary: Health Care is very essential, especially for the very young and the elderly. However, health care is very costly and can be brought into the reach of all, only through a properly designed universal coverage insurance programme as the more inclusive the programme the lower the individual premium. Inclusion of Traditional medicine and Therapy. […]
Highlights: Changes in the concepts of warfare – Calls for newer types of weapons, equipment, transport and technologies Quotations for consideration: “It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” – John F. Kennedy. “Today the real test of power is not the capacity to make war, but the capacity […]
What do Good Health & Good Fitness actually mean and what minimum and convenient regime of diet and exercise to follow to attain to the desired levels of Health & Fitness. The first and most important requirement is that each of us end-up with a body shape and condition that we each consider good for […]
Summary: Health Care for All is an ideal to aim for and which can be assured only via a comprehensive National insurance scheme with proper guidelines to determine and lay down the costs of medicines and procedures and of additional facilities demanded. (See-”Health Care for All’). The Ayushman Bharat Scheme is a good start but […]
