In the years since the Parliament attack, India has invested in institutional capability. The NIA, created after the Mumbai attacks, has demonstrated the value of a specialised national-level investigative body. States have, at varying paces, upgraded their own counter-terror capacities.

JeM’s evolution since the Parliament Attack: Why India cannot lower its guard

By removing digital traces early and often, the state prevents a narrative from forming, which in turn helps suppress physical mobilisation.

How China makes a protest disappear: Inside the machinery of real-time censorship

Theatreisation—integrating the Army, Navy and Air Force under unified commands—is the essential structural reform that will determine whether India can deter aggression and respond with agility in the decades ahead.

China–Pakistan axis makes theatre commands a must for Indian military

In a region defined by shifting power balances and unconventional threats, building operational trust between land forces offers a form of resilience that neither geography nor diplomacy alone can guarantee.



Major General Rps Bhadauria Retd