Search results for: “ali ahmed”
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India: A Strategic Alternative
The book is a confluence of the writings of Ali Ahmed and Firdaus Ahmed, Firdaus being Ali Ahmed’s pen name. The writings have been consistent in their furthering the liberal political perspective in matters in national security, strategic and peace studies. The book takes this cause ahead under challenging times, when as the book highlights,…
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From within: Reflections on India’s Army
The book comprises unpublished writings of Ali Ahmed from his time in uniform. The author served in the Indian army for two decades. His reflections in the period that did not make it into print have been compiled into this volume. The commentaries here supplement his other book that contains his published writings of the…
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On India’s Military: Writings from within
The book comprises the published writings in service journals of Ali Ahmed while serving in the army. They cover the two decades on either side of the turn of the century, thereby providing a window into the army in the period. The author was an infantry officer and the articles reflect the concerns of the…
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India’s National Security in the Liberal Lens
Ali Ahmed continues his engagement with the themes of his previous two books, On War in South Asia and On Peace in South Asia (both CinnamonTeal 2014), specifically on issues related to India’s strategic, military and nuclear doctrines. He takes his discussion of a Limited Nuclear War, broached in his book India’s Doctrine Puzzle: Limiting…
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On Peace in South Asia
After doffing his military uniform, Ali Ahmed joined New Delhi’s vibrant strategic community as a researcher in a leading think tank, a doctoral scholar and later on the faculty of a central university. Just as elsewhere in the world, the security debates in India are dominated by the realist perspective. Finding the perspective inadequate for…
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On War in South Asia
The book comprises Ali Ahmed’s writings on strategic affairs and military matters in the period 2008-14. It comprises commentaries on conventional warfare and nuclear deterrence. The work is informed by insights culled during his military service till 2008 and informed by his studies while on sabbatical and later on leaving uniform. From his vantage point…
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My Book Of Ambitions
This is a story about four friends: Ram, Jignesh, Vicky and Krunal. They joined MBA to be the best, to become rich, to become powerful and to become efficient. While pursuing MBA, their life underwent so many dramatic changes, personal problems and lots of pleasant & unpleasant U-turns. But there were three remarkable things about…