Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh is an ex DGMT, ex Col of the Regt 'APTC', 'Rajput Regt', 'President's Bodyguards'. He was Lt Gov. of Andaman Nicobar Islands & Puducherry. He is a prolific writer & columnist

20 posts

Israel-Palestine clash: India's Experience in Resolving Long Conflicts can Help Benjamin Netanyahu in Unequal Power Dynamics
‘Muscularity’ never ends insurgencies, it needs sincere engagement, compromise within the expansive contours of the constitution and the ability to look beyond domestic political considerations

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

15 May 2021
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Achilles Heel
Though Pakistan has historically strived for a Taliban-dominant regime in Afghanistan, absolute power to the terror group will be contrary to its interests

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

4 May 2021
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Peace With India Doesn’t Suit Pak Army Why Does Imran Want Truce?
One recent development in the testy Indo-Pak realm has been the unusual nudge to ‘bury the past and move forward’.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

25 Mar 2021
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Chinese Conundrum in Raging Myanmar
The common Myanmar citizen has seen through China’s game of co-opting the junta back to power, putting its ‘investments’ at risk.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

18 Mar 2021
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The Missing Culture of Strategic Thinking
India's restive relationships in the neighbourhood and its own internal governance parameters remain worryingly underleveraged and skittish.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

5 Mar 2021
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Questioning Pullback From Afghanistan
Personal experience should guide Biden while deciding on US troop withdrawal commitments and imperatives in Afghanistan.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

23 Feb 2021
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Chinese Village In AP: Why ‘Deflect’ National Security Questions?
Govt’s vague response to news of a Chinese village in Arunachal is a mealy-mouthed effort to ease security concerns.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

23 Jan 2021
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For Whom the Bells Must Toll!
"The Indian Armed Forces thrives on its heroes who give their lives for things deemed bigger than themselves – each act of glory, gallantry and sacrifice is an inspiration for generations to come, for the institution’s rank and file."

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

2 Jan 2021
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Himalayan Coup
"The political and societal situation is in a flux with contradictory passions spilling out on the streets. Some protests were reported from various parts of the country with a section of people demanding the restoration of Nepal’s erstwhile monarchy and the ‘Hindu State’ status."

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

30 Dec 2020
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The Nagrota Link
Connecting the dots between Pakistan and the Nagrota encounter is crucial to deny Islamabad a convenient plank of dismissing it as a local expression of animus.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

3 Dec 2020
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Joe Biden may not go Belligerent on China like Donald Trump but won't Abandon America’s Hard Stance on Beijing
China is and will remain a US fixation, and within that, India is and will remain a central piece -- this needs to be understood beyond compulsions and issues arising out of personalities, domestic politics or ideological dissonances.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

12 Nov 2020
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KR Narayanan: Prez Who Testified, Upheld, Enhanced ‘Idea of India’
KR Narayanan posited minority rights in a restorative, transformational and sustainable manner.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

27 Oct 2020
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Turkish Non-Delight for India: New Delhi Bears Brunt of Ankara's Closeness to Islamabad, Beijing
Besides the ‘all weather friendship’ of China with Pakistan, Turkey has emerged as the only country that brazenly supports Pakistan at all multilateral forums.

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

24 Oct 2020
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Opposition Must Oppose
"If India is a more restive, revisionist and polarised society it is not because of a divisive opposition necessarily; it is more so due to the lack of a worthwhile opposition..."

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

18 Oct 2020
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Pakistanis in Azerbaijan
It seems that the internal problems of other nations make up the necessary ‘bind’ that keeps our fractured and restive neighbour going

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

11 Oct 2020
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Permanent Seat in UNSC Neither Necessary Nor only Way for India to Assert its ‘Arrival’ on Global Centrestage
The changed world offers examples like Germany, Japan and Israel who have stitched alternative arrangements that could be multilateral (EU), bilateral (US-Israel), regional or creatively/strategically relevant, eg, the Quad

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

5 Oct 2020
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Have We Lost the Plot?
"Today’s primetime ‘news’ is a sad reflection of this convenient retrogression as it is high on decibels, wasted passions and jingoism – that barely masks the shameful abandonment of what needs to occupy center-stage."

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

19 Sep 2020
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The PLA's ‘Peace Disease'
"Battle experience cannot be bought and this could expose the Chinese chimera on the battlefield."

Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

16 Sep 2020
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