Writer

Firdaus Ahmed

86 articles · 2003–2013

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  1. The relevance of Vanzara's letter

    Opinion · Law and Order · 19 November 2013

  2. Soldiers, not servants

    Opinion · Culture · 17 October 2013

  3. An ambush loaded with meaning

    Opinion · National Security · 13 August 2013

  4. A good school for Maqbool

    Opinion · Education · Society · 11 February 2013

  5. The new 'normal' at the border

    Opinion · National Security · 22 January 2013

  6. The importance of being Asif Ibrahim

    Opinion · National Security · 17 December 2012

  7. The strange case of 2nd Lt. Kalia

    Opinion · National Security · 30 November 2012

  8. Reaching beyond its brief

    Opinion · National Security · 10 September 2012

  9. A secure minority, for a secure nation

    Opinion · National Security · 20 August 2012

  10. The fog of jungle warfare

    Opinion · National Security · 17 July 2012

  11. Expanding too fast?

    Opinion · National Security · 23 May 2012

  12. Uncivil war in South Block

    Opinion · National Security · 5 April 2012

  13. An age-old lesson

    Opinion · National Security · 19 February 2012

  14. The 'Age' of misjudgment

    Opinion · National Security · 19 January 2012

  15. To specialise or not?

    Opinion · National Security · 26 December 2011

  16. Shall we imprison everyone?

    Opinion · National Security · 11 September 2011

  17. Whose command? Whose control?

    Opinion · National Security · 14 August 2011

  18. Negotiate in good faith

    Opinion · National Security · 19 July 2011

  19. Defence reforms: The next phase

    Opinion · National Security · 24 June 2011

  20. Unity in militarism

    Opinion · National Security · 10 May 2011

  21. China in the strategic debate

    Opinion · National Security · 27 April 2011

  22. Long road still ahead

    Opinion · National Security · 31 March 2011

  23. What if Pakistan implodes?

    Opinion · National Security · 28 February 2011

  24. Manufacture of a partner

    Opinion · National Security · 31 January 2011

  25. The Army's right to its opinion

    Opinion · National Security · 24 December 2010

  26. Muddling along

    Opinion · National Security · 30 November 2010

  27. Starving for England

    Opinion · History · 11 October 2010

  28. The tangled triangle

    Opinion · National Security · 31 August 2010

  29. Talk another day

    Opinion · National Security · 22 July 2010

  30. Soldiers in our own images

    Opinion · National Security · 20 June 2010

  31. Pause the mineral economy

    Opinion · Mining · National Security · 29 May 2010

  32. AFSPA: Between battle lines

    Opinion · National Security · 29 April 2010

  33. The government versus the military

    Opinion · National Security · 6 March 2010

  34. Surgical strikes: Missing the mark

    Opinion · National Security · 15 January 2010

  35. Much hullaballoo, little cause

    Opinion · National Security · 20 December 2009

  36. Our view, their view, the world-view

    Opinion · National Security · Jammu & Kashmir · 23 November 2009

  37. A job for an infantryman

    Opinion · National Security · 15 October 2009

  38. The nuclear numbers game

    Opinion · National Security · 7 September 2009

  39. Wanted: A peace movement

    Opinion · National Security · Peace · 16 August 2009

  40. Making Kargil serve a purpose

    Opinion · National Security · 27 July 2009

  41. Looking at China, missing Pakistan

    Opinion · National Security · 20 June 2009

  42. Inward lens for incoming government

    Opinion · Society · 12 May 2009

  43. Awakening the somnolent state

    Opinion · National Security · 11 April 2009

  44. The coming fateful decisions

    Opinion · Society · 7 March 2009

  45. 2009: A preview of security issues

    Opinion · Society · 21 January 2009

  46. An indirect response to terror

    Opinion · Society · 7 December 2008

  47. How deep is the rot?

    Opinion · Society · 20 November 2008

  48. Military cooperation with the US: A mixed bag

    Opinion · Peace · 26 October 2008

  49. In Muslim India, an internal battle

    Opinion · Peace · 21 September 2008

  50. Mid-year chakravyuh

    Opinion · Peace · 27 August 2008

  51. Making nuclear sense

    Opinion · Peace · 9 July 2008

  52. Is Vox Populi good enough?

    Opinion · Peace · 5 April 2008

  53. Successful deterrence? Hardly.

    Opinion · Peace · 29 February 2008

  54. Internal security agenda for the new year

    Opinion · Society · 3 January 2008

  55. Expansion in Indian nuclear theology

    Opinion · Peace · 3 December 2007

  56. Unacceptable underside of 'deterrence by punishment'

    Opinion · Society · 15 October 2007

  57. The Nagaland model for Kashmir

    Opinion · Society · 20 September 2007

  58. This summer, at a border near you

    Opinion · Peace · 29 March 2007

  59. The Indian Army: crisis within

    Opinion · Peace · 3 January 2007

  60. Lessons from recent wars

    Opinion · Society · 15 September 2006

  61. Grand manoeuvre, yes, but to what end?

    Opinion · Peace · 6 July 2006

  62. Politicisation and the Indian military

    Opinion · Peace · 17 April 2006

  63. Muslim headcount: A useful controversy

    Opinion · Peace · 1 March 2006

  64. Security agenda: 2006 and beyond

    Opinion · Peace · 30 December 2005

  65. Of nukes and counter-nukes

    Opinion · Society · 14 October 2005

  66. Second Strike and false security

    Opinion · Peace · 31 August 2005

  67. Political courage, and the next step

    Opinion · Society · 29 May 2005

  68. An illusory battleground

    Opinion · Peace · 22 March 2005

  69. Hail to the new chief

    Opinion · Peace · 1 December 2004

  70. Preparing for the wrong war

    Opinion · Peace · 1 October 2004

  71. Special powers, mixed results

    Opinion · Peace · Manipur · 1 September 2004

  72. A new security agenda

    Opinion · Society · 1 June 2004

  73. The calculus of 'Cold start'

    Opinion · Society · 1 May 2004

  74. Chief of Defense : Implications

    Opinion · Society · 1 January 2004

  75. Not yet history

    Opinion · Society · 1 December 2003

  76. A national confidence syndrome

    Opinion · Society · 1 November 2003

  77. Missing the security target

    Opinion · Society · 1 October 2003

  78. Lies in the name of 'security'

    Opinion · Peace · 1 September 2003

  79. Must remain 'unfinished’

    Opinion · Peace · 1 August 2003

  80. Questions in search of answers

    Opinion · Society · 1 July 2003

  81. PM Peace Initiative : Much Ado?

    Opinion · Peace · Jammu & Kashmir · 1 June 2003

  82. Lessons from Baghdad

    Opinion · Society · Jammu & Kashmir · 1 May 2003

  83. Kashmir after Nadimarg

    Opinion · Peace · Jammu & Kashmir · 1 April 2003

  84. Limited nuclear war, limitless anxiety

    Opinion · Peace · 1 March 2003

  85. A debt we can do without

    Opinion · Society · 1 February 2003

  86. India-Pak: Arms control and disarmament

    Opinion · Peace · 1 January 2003