July 2026

India’s Op Sindoor Shows Why Clear War Aims Matter in Modern Conflicts

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India’s Op Sindoor Shows Why Clear War Aims Matter in Modern Conflicts What the Article Says In this piece for The Economic Times, Lt Gen D.P. Pandey (Retd.) contrasts India’s Operation Sindoor with the drawn-out, goalpost-shifting conflicts seen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Gaza, and now Iran. His central argument: modern warfighting fails when political and […]

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Pakistan’s Terror Factories and Infrastructure Mayhem

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Pakistan’s Terror Factories and Infrastructure Mayhem At Home and Beyond Borders Lt Gen Devendra Pratap Pandey (Retd) Former Corps Commander, Chinar Corps | DG Territorial Army | Director of Military Intelligence | Commandant, Army War College 78 Yrs Of State-BackedProxy Warfare 80 Proscribed ExtremistGroups (SATP) 74,000+ Lives Lost in PakistanSince 2000 4,000+ Terror Fatalitiesin 2025

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Theatre Commands: Powering Bharat’s Strategic Leap into the Future

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Theatre Commands: Powering Bharat’s Strategic Leap into the Future LT GEN DP PANDEY (R) Former Corps Commander, Chinar Corps | DG Territorial Army | Director of Military Intelligence | Commandant, Army War College In this Issue Brief, Lt Gen Devendra Pratap Pandey (Retd.) himself the author weighs in on India’s long-delayed theaterisation debate, six years

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Operation Sindoor and the Truth Behind the “Defeat” Narrative

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Operation Sindoor and the Truth Behind the “Defeat” Narrative Lt Gen D.P. Pandey (Retd.) dismantles the “first-day defeat” narrative with facts on the ground LT GEN DP PANDEY (R) Former Corps Commander, Chinar Corps | DG Territorial Army | Director of Military Intelligence | Commandant, Army War College Lt Gen D.P. Pandey

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‘Failed Marshals’: Why Asim Munir’s Self-Appointment Degrades Pakistan’s Highest Military Office

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‘Failed Marshals’: Why Asim Munir’s Self-Appointment Degrades Pakistan’s Highest Military Office LT GEN DP PANDEY (R) Former Corps Commander, Chinar Corps | DG Territorial Army | Director of Military Intelligence | Commandant, Army War College Lt Gen DP Pandey (Retd.) compares Asim Munir’s controversial Field Marshal appointment to Ayub Khan’s 1959 self-promotion and explains why

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Has the Iran–US Memorandum of Understanding Already Started to Collapse?

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Has the Iran–US Memorandum of Understanding Already Started to Collapse? LT GEN DP PANDEY (R) Former Corps Commander, Chinar Corps | DG Territorial Army | Director of Military Intelligence | Commandant, Army War College The Iran–US Memorandum of Understanding, signed in the aftermath of the Strait of Hormuz crisis, was meant to draw a line

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CLAWS Issue Brief Examines the “White-Collar Terrorists

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CLAWS Issue Brief Examines the “White-Collar Terrorists The Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) has published an Issue Brief by Maj Gen Roopesh Mehta, PVSM, SM, VSM, tracing the origin and continuing relevance of the term “white-collar terrorists” — first articulated by Lt Gen D.P. Pandey during his tenure as GOC, Chinar Corps. The brief

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