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Commentaries
  1. Op-ed, “Govt must rethink the role of defence attaché”, The Hindustan Times, February 19, 2024.

  2. Op-ed, "A Renewed Focus on Emerging Technologies", The Hindu, November 21 2023.

  3. Op-ed (with Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Nishant Rajeev), "China in Focus, Defence Reforms Get Underway", Hindustan Times, October 24, 2023.

  4. Op-ed, “India, Japan, and South Korea need Each Other”, Nine Dash Line, February 03, 2023

  5. Op-ed, “What the Indian Military won’t learn from the war in Ukraine”, War On the Rocks, June 21, 2022.

  6. Op-ed, “In defence, The Twin Transformations”. Hindustan Times, November 21 2021.

  7. Op-ed, “India’s Civilian Leadership Must Step Up”, Hindustan Times, July 5, 2021.

  8. Op-ed, “The Great Churning: Modi’s Transformation of the Indian Military”, War On The Rocks, May 5, 2021.

  9. Op-ed, “Use Ladakh Crisis as an opportunity”, Hindustan Times, February 8, 2021.

  10. Op-ed, “Galwan border clash a nightmare come true for India and China,” South China Morning Post, June 24, 2020.

  11. Op-ed, "Three pitfalls of CDS, Dept of Military Affairs and why it should make us sceptical," The Print, March 06, 2020.

  12. Interview with Atul Aneja, “What should India’s joint command structure look like,” The Hindu, February 28, 2020.

  13. Interview with Ankit Panda, "Anit Mukherjee on India’s Chief of Defense Staff and Civil-Military Relations," The Diplomat, February 25, 2020.

  14. Interview with Nalin Mehta, “CDS a positive development… next logical progression would be towards creating joint theatre commands,” The Times of India, January 8, 2020.

  15. Op-ed, “Creating a new framework of civil-military relations,” Hindustan Times, December 5, 2020, 

  16. Op-ed, “Symbol or Substance? Modi’s decision to Appoint a Chief of Defense Staff,” War on the Rocks, November 27, 2019.    

  17. Op-ed, "A top post, its promise and peril," The Hindu, August 21, 2019.

  18. "20 years after Battle of Tololing, defence reforms & Kashmir policy are Modi’s key challenges," The Print, June 14, 2019.

  19. Op-ed, “The single-service syndrome,” The Hindu, May 09, 2017.

  20.  Co-wrote (with Walter Ladwig), RSIS Commentary No. 125 titled “Trump &Modi: Seeking a Global Partnership?” June 2017.

  21. Co-wrote (with Devesh Kapur) an op-ed titled "A Fleeting Opportunity," The Hindu, August 10, 2016.

  22. RSIS Commentary No. CO16131 titled “India’s Act East Policy: Embedding the Andamans.” May 2016.

  23. Op-ed, “The big military challenge,” The Indian Express, January 25, 2016.

  24. Op-ed, “India-Singapore: Deepening Defence Cooperation,” The Strait Times, November 19, 2015.

  25. Op-ed, “UN Missions Bedrock of India’s Military Engagement and Assistance to Africa,” Indian Express, October 29, 2015.

  26. Op-ed, “Closing the Military Loop,” The Indian Express, April 01, 2015.

  27. Op-ed, “India’s Joint Andaman and Nicobar Command is a Failed Experiment,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 289, November 17, 2014.

  28. An Army in a (reluctant) Transition,” India in Transition, University of Pennsylvania, December 2013 republished as “Onward march, the only option,” The Hindu Business Line, December 17, 2013.

  29. Op-ed, “ADMM Plus: Talk Shop or Key to Asia Pacific Security,” The Diplomat, August 22, 2013.

  30. Sarkariyat as Strategic Culture,” India in Transition, University of Pennsylvania, June 2013 republished as “Defend the military from red tape,” The Hindu Business Line, June 04, 2013.

  31. “Civil-Military relations in Crisis,” India in Transition, University of Pennsylvania, September 2012 republished as “Civil-Military Relations in Crisis,” The Hindu Business Line, September 26, 2012.

  32. Op-ed, “Marching Forward on Reforms,” The Hindu, July 2012.

  33. Op-ed, “Republic of Opinions,” Times of India, January 2012.

  34. Op-ed, “How India’s Bureaucracy Stays Unaccountable,” Wall Street Journal (Asia), December 2011.

  35. Column in India Today titled “Mental Battle,” November 2011.

  36. Co-wrote (with General VP Malik) op-ed, “Do we need a Chief of Defense Staff?” Indian Express, July 2011.

  37. Op-ed, “The Future is now,” Times of India, June 2011.

  38. Op-ed, “Defense Reforms Shouldn’t Wait for Another ‘Kargil,’” Times of India, March 2011.

  39. Op-ed, “No Magic Bullet for the Military,” Live Mint, December 2010.

  40. Op-ed, “Tell It Like It Is,” Times of India, June 2010.

  41. Co-wrote (with Walter Ladwig) op-ed, “Putting US-India Ties Back on Track,” Wall Street Journal (Asia), November 2009.

  42. Co-wrote (with Walter Ladwig) op-ed, “Relationship Advice,” Indian Express, November 2009.

  43. Co-wrote (with Dhruva Jaishankar) a Brookings commentary titled “The Limits of US Diplomacy in Kashmir,” January 2009.

  44. Op-ed, “Keep the Troops There,” Indian Express, July 2008.

  45. Op-ed, “IAF, Know Yourself,” Indian Express, May 2008.

  46. Op-ed, “Speaking Truth to Rising Power,” Indian Express, May 2008.

  47. Op-ed, “An Army for Tomorrow,” Indian Express, January 2008.

  48. Op-ed, “Generals and their Stories,” Indian Express, June 2007.

  49. Op-ed, “The Unbearable Injustice of Forgetting,” Indian Express, January 2007.

  50. Op-ed, “Lessons from Another Insurgency,” New York Times, March 2006.  

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