{"id":4584,"date":"2024-03-27T10:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:04:40","slug":"the-wellington-experience-a-study-of-attitudes-and-values-within-the-indian-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4584","title":{"rendered":"The Wellington Experience: A Study of Attitudes and Values Within the Indian Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author: <\/b>David Smith<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>Stimson Center<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>Stimson Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b>\u00a0 September 30, 2020\/USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis<\/span><\/p>

Number of Pages:<\/b> 221<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/www.stimson.org\/2020\/the-wellington-experience\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords:<\/b> India, Indian Army, Pakistan, Kashmir Dispute, Civil-Military relations, China, South Asia<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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This in-depth study analyzes the structures of India\u2019s army, the world\u2019s third largest, and its role in the Indian establishment, South Asia, and relations with the US defense establishment. It traces India\u2019s journey from non-alignment days to becoming the US\u2019 strategic partner in the region under the shade of rising China. This study is the outcome of wide-ranging interviews of US military personnel who were trained alongside their Indian counterparts. One of the key findings of the study is that hatred towards Pakistan in the Indian army has been increasing every decade while there is reluctance to categorize China as an enemy. The author argues that the unaccountable actions of the Indian Army in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir has accelerated the \u201cradicalization\u201d of a new generation of Kashmiri youth, besides rejuvenating the indigenous armed rebellion \u201conce thought to have been defeated, and raised the level of violence along the Line of Control to levels not seen since 2003.\u201d It also refers to the Indian Army\u2019s so-called counterinsurgency doctrine in Jammu and Kashmir, categorizing the killing of armed rebels as \u201cextrajudicial.\u201d It notes that while the Indian army\u2019s role remains significantly dim in the structures of Indian civil-military relations, however, \u201csuch questions are less applicable to the Indian Army except perhaps in the nuclear dimension and in issues related to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.\u201d Regarding possible involvement of the US in any future India-Pakistan war, the author argues that Washington will rely on diplomacy and not on military intervention despite the fact that the US is closer to India. However, the same does not apply in case India engages in a military conflict with China. \u201cAny significant failure by the Indian Army against the People\u2019s Liberation Army\u2026 will almost certainly create a crisis situation in which the United States could be pulled in on the Indian side not just diplomatically, but potentially militarily as well. This may lead to enormous geopolitical risks of escalation for the United States not only in South Asia but in other Asian and maritime theaters as well,\u201d the study asserts.<\/span><\/p>


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