Let military minds speak

It is here that intellectual autonomy gains salience.

Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani Retd

Updated At : 07:08 AM Aug 13, 2026 IST

THE recent interview of former Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on an online media platform raises the issue of intellectual autonomy of military think tanks. All think tanks have a vision and a mission statement that govern their discourse and writings. Military think tanks serve the purpose of examining geopolitical trends, warfighting, doctrines, strategy, national security in all its dimensions, new and emerging technologies and the changing character and nature of war.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language, are the hallmarks of the paper.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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Let military minds speak

It is here that intellectual autonomy gains salience.

Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani Retd

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