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Archive data: Person was Distinguished Fellow at IDSA

Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal was Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi and a Delhi-based Adjunct Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. He was Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi (January 2008-March 2012), the Indian Army’s think tank. He has co-founded two Delhi-based think tanks: Forum for Strategic Initiatives (FSI) and the South Asian Institute for Strategic Affairs (SAISA).

Brig Kanwal commanded an infantry brigade in the high-altitude Gurez Sector on the LoC with Pakistan in northern Kashmir (Operation Parakram, 2001-03)and an artillery regiment in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley (Operation Rakshak, 1993-94). He has served as Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation and Training) at HQ IDS, New Delhi; Director MO-5 in the Directorate General of Military Operations at Army Headquarters (dealing with threat, strategy and force structure); United Nations Military Observer in UNTAG, Namibia; Brigade Major of an infantry brigade and Instructor-in-Gunnery at the School of Artillery, Devlali.

He opted for voluntary retirement in December 2003 and joined the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, as Director, Security Studies and Senior Fellow. He has also served as Senior Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi; and, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. He has been a Visiting Research Scholar at the Cooperative Monitoring Centre (CMC), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA, and in other think tanks in London and Singapore.

Brigadier Kanwal has authored several books: “Nuclear Defence: Shaping the Arsenal”; “Indian Army: Vision 2020”; “Pakistan’s Proxy War”; “Heroes of Kargil”; “Kargil ’99: Blood, Guts and Firepower” and, “Artillery: Honour and Glory”. He has also edited and co-edited several books. His forthcoming book is entitled “India’s National Security Strategy”.

In November 2012, he was nominated among 50 Thought Leaders by Mail Today. He has contributed extensively to various journals and leading newspapers, including a column in the Statesman for over two years. He is a regular speaker at well-known international think tanks and military institutions. Education: M Phil (Strategic Studies and Management), M Sc (Defence Studies).

Distinguished Fellow
Email: gurmeetkanwal@gmail.com
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983

Publication

Defence Reforms: A National Imperative

  • Publisher: Pentagon Press
    2018
Despite being faced with myriad and complex challenges to national security, India's defence structures have not kept pace with changing times. The defence reforms that were undertaken periodically were reactive in nature and, in many cases, responses to crises as well as being sporadic, piecemeal and often ad hoc. The most recent review of security challenges undertaken occurred close to two decades ago, in the aftermath of the Kargil conflict of 1999.
  • ISBN: 978-93-86618-34-4,
  • Price: ₹.995/- $32.95/-
  • E-copy available

  • Published: 2018
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Arms Race Returns

Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on the Trump doctrine, titled ‘Arms Race Returns’ was published in The Deccan Herald on March 7, 2018.

The article analyses the three important documents released by the US government recently - The US National Security Strategy (NSS), released in December 2017, followed by the National Defence Strategy (NDS) and the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).

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  • Published: 7 March, 2018

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DAC clears $ 2b Indian Army proposal for Assault Rifles

Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on Indian Army’s Infantry modernisation plans, titled ‘DAC clears $2b Indian Army proposal for Assault Rifles’ was published in the February 2018 issue of India Strategic.

The article analyses the modernisation plans of India’s cutting edge infantry battalions, aimed at enhancing their capability for surveillance and target acquisition at night and boosting their firepower for precise retaliation, both in conventional conflict, and against infiltrating columns and terrorists holed up in built-up areas.

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  • Published: 6 March, 2018

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For Lies and deceit

Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on US-Pak ties, titled ‘For Lies and deceit’ was published in the February 2018 issue of Defence and Security Alert. Brig Kanwal, in the article, argues that USA’s continuous support to Pakistan Army emboldens it to interfere in decision-making well outside its domain, undermines civilian control over the military and, consequently, weakens Pakistan’s fledgling democracy.

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  • Published: 16 February, 2018

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Fighting a two-front war

Distinguished Fellow, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal’s article on India facing threat from China and Pakistan, titled ‘Fighting a two-front war’ was published in Deccan herald on January 19, 2018.

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  • Published: 19 January, 2018

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