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• Afzal drew a detailed account on BJP and its foundations in RSS while Hindutva being the ideology. For more please see: Muhammad Mujeeb Afzal, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian Muslims (Karachi: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2014).
• The ideology gave birth to an organization called Rashtriya Swayamsavek Sangh (RSS) whom the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the political wing - relentlessly pursuing the Hindutva ideology. Please see: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar., Hindutva, Fifth Edition (Bombay, India: Veer Savarkar Prakashan, 1969).
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• Phadke declared Pakistan to be
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• For a detailed account on Operation Parakram please see: V. K. Sood and Pravin Sawhney, Operation Parakram: The War Unfinished (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003)
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• Ayesha Ray,
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• Special Correspondent,
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• Admin,
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• Sobia Hanif,
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• Maaike Verbruggen,
• SP's Special Correspondent,
• Prashanth Parameswaran,
• Rajat Pandit,
• Mearsheimer explained the importance of water in stopping an amphibious attack. Please see: John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. 119-125
• Colonel Dr. Raja Muhammad Khan,
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• Ayesha Ray,
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• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj,
• Rajesh Soami,
• Surendra Singh,
• Masood Ur Rehman Khattak,
• Sannia Abdullah,
• Muhammad Ali Baig,
• North Korean hackers especially the Bureau-121 are noted to possess remarkable cyber warfare capabilities. Please see: Dave Lee,
• According to Western sources, Russia conducted a massive cyber and electronic warfare against Ukraine while annexing Crimea in 2014, ostensibly, under the Gerasimov Doctrine. For more please see: Kenneth Geers, ed., Cyber War in Perspective: Russian Aggression against Ukraine (Tallinn, Estonia: NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Publications, 2015).
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• EY Team, “Turning the 'Make in India' Dream into a Reality for the Electronics and Hardware Industry
• Maaike Verbruggen,
• S. Amer Latif,
• Kapil Patil,
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• Richard A. Bitzinger et al.,
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• Patil argued that India intends to create a 40,000 troop body capable of operating harsh weather conditions along the Sino-Indian border; whereas, it is feared that it might well be used against Pakistan. Please see : Kapil Patil,
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• Hoppe noted that Ju-52 was the first cargo aircraft to carry out troop and equipment transportation for combat purposes during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Please see: Henry Hoppe, Junkers Ju 52/3m, World War II Combat Aircraft Photo Archive, No. 01 (Erlangen, Germany: AirDOC - Aircraft Documentations, 2004). 4-5.
• Keith Sypott,
• Shashank Joshi, Indian Power Projection: Ambition, Arms and Influence. 24. Rajesh Soami,
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• PakistanÂ’s Army Chief argued that Nasr tactical nuclear weapon put cold water on Indian Cold Start. Please see: Zahid Chaudhary,
• Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, Joint Doctrine Indian Armed Forces, Second Edition (New Delhi: Ministry of Defence, 2017). 8
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• Daniel W. Drezner,
• S. Amer Latif,
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• Muhammad Ali Baig,
• John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. 162-164