Strategy and Defence Review: Monsoon 2026 Edition Vol. 03

In this Monsoon 2026 Edition, Vol-3:-

• From Observation to Understanding —Lt Gen DP Pandey

• From the Battlefield to the Drawing Board —Shiv Kunal Verma

• Learning Before the Lesson — Col Ajay K Raina

• The Next War Will Punish Delay —Lt Gen Raman Dhawan

• Beyond Theatre Commands: Restructuring India's Higher Defence Organisation for Multi-Domain Warfare —Lt Gen Dushyant Singh

• The West Asia: Lessons for Tomorrow's War —Major General Vijay S Ranade

• Cognitive Warfare from Ancient India to the Age of AI: From Krishna to Algorithm —Lt Gen DP Pandey

• The Third Gate: From Ceuta, Gibraltar to Jantar Mantar: Chokepoints, Crowds and the Push and Pull of 2026 — Capt Sudhir Kandhari

• The Majesty of Governance —Shiv Kunal Verma

• The Mecca Pact: A New Security Triangle and the Lessons of Failed Alliances —Col Ajay K Raina

• Great Nicobar and the Malacca Dilemma: Why Geography May Be India's Greatest Maritime Asset — Maj Gen (Dr) S B Asthana

• David vs Goliath Conflicts —Air Marshal Raghu Rajan

• Iran: The Fortress That Deters US Ground Forces — Brigadier RA Singh

• From Humanoids to Human–Machine Teams: India's Robotics Opportunity — Brigadier PP Singh

• The Day the World's AI Stopped and Nobody Called It a Crisis —Commander V Srivatsan

• Four Words That Define Individuals — Colonel PK 'Royal' Mehrishi

• Iran's Victory in the 40-day War: Lessons for Nations at War-Risk —Lt Col JS Sodhi

• Manned-Unmanned Teaming: Recalibrating Air Dominance for Future Wars — Lt Col (Dr) Arnav Mukherji

• The Pacific's New Strategic Equation: From the Taiwan Strait to the Korean Peninsula —Colonel Ajay K Raina

• From Armoured Columns to Distributed Manoeuvre — Lt Gen Raman Dhawan

• Blood First, Glory Later: A surgeon's account of trauma in the Indian soldier — Dr Parveen Yograj

• Field Marshal Asim Munir: A Composite of Every Mistake Pakistan Ever Made —Bibek Samal

• From Tehran to Kashmir: The Rise of Networked Security and the New Challenge of Terrorism — Vaasu Sharma