Anit Mukherjee
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Commentaries
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Op-ed, “Govt must rethink the role of defence attaché”, The Hindustan Times, February 19, 2024.
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Op-ed, "A Renewed Focus on Emerging Technologies", The Hindu, November 21 2023.
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Op-ed (with Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Nishant Rajeev), "China in Focus, Defence Reforms Get Underway", Hindustan Times, October 24, 2023.
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Op-ed, “India, Japan, and South Korea need Each Other”, Nine Dash Line, February 03, 2023
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Op-ed, “What the Indian Military won’t learn from the war in Ukraine”, War On the Rocks, June 21, 2022.
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Op-ed, “In defence, The Twin Transformations”. Hindustan Times, November 21 2021.
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Op-ed, “India’s Civilian Leadership Must Step Up”, Hindustan Times, July 5, 2021.
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Op-ed, “The Great Churning: Modi’s Transformation of the Indian Military”, War On The Rocks, May 5, 2021.
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Op-ed, “Use Ladakh Crisis as an opportunity”, Hindustan Times, February 8, 2021.
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Op-ed, “Galwan border clash a nightmare come true for India and China,” South China Morning Post, June 24, 2020.
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Op-ed, "Three pitfalls of CDS, Dept of Military Affairs and why it should make us sceptical," The Print, March 06, 2020.
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Interview with Atul Aneja, “What should India’s joint command structure look like,” The Hindu, February 28, 2020.
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Interview with Ankit Panda, "Anit Mukherjee on India’s Chief of Defense Staff and Civil-Military Relations," The Diplomat, February 25, 2020.
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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.
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Op-ed, “Creating a new framework of civil-military relations,” Hindustan Times, December 5, 2020,
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Op-ed, “Symbol or Substance? Modi’s decision to Appoint a Chief of Defense Staff,” War on the Rocks, November 27, 2019.
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Op-ed, "A top post, its promise and peril," The Hindu, August 21, 2019.
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"20 years after Battle of Tololing, defence reforms & Kashmir policy are Modi’s key challenges," The Print, June 14, 2019.
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Op-ed, “The single-service syndrome,” The Hindu, May 09, 2017.
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Co-wrote (with Walter Ladwig), RSIS Commentary No. 125 titled “Trump &Modi: Seeking a Global Partnership?” June 2017.
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Co-wrote (with Devesh Kapur) an op-ed titled "A Fleeting Opportunity," The Hindu, August 10, 2016.
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RSIS Commentary No. CO16131 titled “India’s Act East Policy: Embedding the Andamans.” May 2016.
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Op-ed, “The big military challenge,” The Indian Express, January 25, 2016.
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Op-ed, “India-Singapore: Deepening Defence Cooperation,” The Strait Times, November 19, 2015.
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Op-ed, “UN Missions Bedrock of India’s Military Engagement and Assistance to Africa,” Indian Express, October 29, 2015.
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Op-ed, “Closing the Military Loop,” The Indian Express, April 01, 2015.
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Op-ed, “India’s Joint Andaman and Nicobar Command is a Failed Experiment,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 289, November 17, 2014.
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“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.
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Op-ed, “ADMM Plus: Talk Shop or Key to Asia Pacific Security,” The Diplomat, August 22, 2013.
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“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.
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“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.
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Op-ed, “Marching Forward on Reforms,” The Hindu, July 2012.
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Op-ed, “Republic of Opinions,” Times of India, January 2012.
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Op-ed, “How India’s Bureaucracy Stays Unaccountable,” Wall Street Journal (Asia), December 2011.
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Column in India Today titled “Mental Battle,” November 2011.
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Co-wrote (with General VP Malik) op-ed, “Do we need a Chief of Defense Staff?” Indian Express, July 2011.
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Op-ed, “The Future is now,” Times of India, June 2011.
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Op-ed, “Defense Reforms Shouldn’t Wait for Another ‘Kargil,’” Times of India, March 2011.
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Op-ed, “No Magic Bullet for the Military,” Live Mint, December 2010.
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Op-ed, “Tell It Like It Is,” Times of India, June 2010.
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Co-wrote (with Walter Ladwig) op-ed, “Putting US-India Ties Back on Track,” Wall Street Journal (Asia), November 2009.
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Co-wrote (with Walter Ladwig) op-ed, “Relationship Advice,” Indian Express, November 2009.
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Co-wrote (with Dhruva Jaishankar) a Brookings commentary titled “The Limits of US Diplomacy in Kashmir,” January 2009.
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Op-ed, “Keep the Troops There,” Indian Express, July 2008.
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Op-ed, “IAF, Know Yourself,” Indian Express, May 2008.
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Op-ed, “Speaking Truth to Rising Power,” Indian Express, May 2008.
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Op-ed, “An Army for Tomorrow,” Indian Express, January 2008.
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Op-ed, “Generals and their Stories,” Indian Express, June 2007.
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Op-ed, “The Unbearable Injustice of Forgetting,” Indian Express, January 2007.
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Op-ed, “Lessons from Another Insurgency,” New York Times, March 2006.