February-2021

LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Regional conflicts take place when one nation attempts to establish regional hegemony; as China appears to be doing today. Such conflict could well draw the participation of the great powers. Even so, in the prevailing international milieu, it would seem that the great powers are likely to be united in their view of treating regional aggressors as threats to international stability. To that extent, regional aggressors will find few supporters. However, it is possible that some states may be willing to go it alone.

The writer was Commissioned into the Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army on 15 th December 1957, the writer’s operational experience includes service on the Cease Fire Line in Jammu and Kashmir, counter-insurgency operations in the North East and active participation in the 1965 and 1971 operations in the subcontinent. A graduate of the Australian Staff College in 1968, he was awarded the Vir Chakra in 1971 for bravery in battle. Was Military Adviser at the High Commission of India in London in the mid-1980s, and later the Director General of Military Operations, Indian Army. He was the first Force Commander and Head of the United Nations forces in the former Yugoslavia from 3rd March 1992 to 2 nd March 1993. Declining an offer of extension, he returned to the rolls of the Indian Army and retired as the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff on 31st August, 1994. A recipient of the Ati Vishist Seva Medal in 1991 and the Param Vishist Seva Medal in 1994, he was the Colonel of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment from May 1988 till super-annuation on 31st August 1994. Was Director United Service Institution of India from 1st July 1996 to 31st December 2008, and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses from 2011 to 2015.. Was nominated by the then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as a member of a High Level Panel on ‘Threats, Challenges and Change’ in 2003-2004. Was conferred the Padma Bhushan by the President of India on the occasion of Republic Day, 2009 in recognition of his efforts in the study and analysis of national security affairs and international relations.

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