Major General Dilawar Singh

Articles by Major General Dilawar Singh

Maj Gen Dr Dilawar Singh (Retd) is a Ph.D. and policy expert with 40+ years of experience in military affairs and counter-terrorism. Former National DG in the Govt of India, he serves as Senior VP of the Global Economist Forum (AO, ECOSOC, UN) and sits on several corporate boards. He writes on geostrategy, global economics, defence, tech, and governance.

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Leadership imperatives for an aspiring world

Leadership imperatives for an aspiring world

In the relentless churn of 2025's global stage, October 21st headlines etched a vivid mosaic of leadership's dual imperatives: unwavering focus amid disruption and ironclad discipline in execution. Oct 23, 2025
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Brain drain or spark? MIT's shocking revelation on ChatGPT's toll on your thinking power

In the study that dominated headlines from CNN to The New York Times, researchers strapped 54 young adults into brain-monitoring helmets and watched what happened when they wrote essays: some with nothing but their wits, some with Google, and some with ChatGPT as their ghostwriter. The results? A sobering wake-up call. AI doesn't just help: it hijacks your brain. Oct 16, 2025
Europe and NATO

EU's Forthcoming Decisions: Risk of Escalation

History will judge whether the leaders in Brussels, Berlin and Paris acted with the foresight required by a fraught moment. The safe course is not the cautious course of inaction. The safe course is meticulous, transparent action paired with hardheaded diplomacy and rigorous resilience building. Oct 8, 2025
National Day parade in Beijing,

DF‑61 and Recasting of the Global Strategic Calculus

The technical context is essential to understanding this transformation. The DF‑61 is believed to feature solid-fuel propulsion, marking a departure from the cumbersome, vulnerable liquid-fuel predecessors. Solid-fuel rockets permit rapid launch readiness, reducing pre-strike vulnerability windows. Oct 8, 2025
Global Fintech Fest: FM Sitharaman unveils foreign currency settlement system in GIFT City

Fintech as New Engine of National Power: India's Strategic Ascent from Global Fintech Fest 2025

India's UPI corridors to Singapore, France, UAE, and Sri Lanka, and the planned linkages with Africa and Latin America, are quietly rewriting the geography of financial influence. "When nations adopt another nation's payment rails, they adopt part of its economic rhythm," noted a senior economist at the fest a profound reminder that digital interdependence is the new form of financial alignment. Oct 8, 2025
The Global Climate Imperative: Escalating Risks and the Urgent Call for Net-Zero Action

Global climate imperative: Escalating risks and urgent call for net-zero action

In 2025, the global community confronts a climate crisis of unparalleled scale and speed. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) warns that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels requires greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 and decline by 43% by 2030. Failure risks crossing "tipping points" with catastrophic consequences. Oct 8, 2025
Ride-sharing platforms' entry in food delivery poses early jitters to Zomato, Swiggy

Reviving India's Economic Soul: Empowering Small Businesses to Triumph Over Conglomerates

Platforms like Zomato, Swiggy, and Ola, compounded by systemic barriers like corruption, complex taxation, and judicial inefficiencies. This onslaught has driven small business owners into poverty, despair, and even suicide, while gig work traps millions in undignified, precarious jobs. By prioritizing systemic reform, small business protection, human dignity, and gig economy regulation, this calls for presenting a compelling, data-driven vision to empower the unorganized sector, enhance mass earnings, and fuel inclusive GDP growth by curbing conglomerate dominance. Oct 8, 2025
Japan: Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leader race, set to become first female PM on Oct 15

Japan's iron lady rises: Sanae Takaichi and the conservative reckoning

Takaichi's triumph signals a seismic pivot: a hardline conservative vaulting to the helm of the world's fourth-largest economy, vowing to resurrect Abenomics, fortify alliances against Beijing's shadow, and revive a Japan First ethos that flirts with isolationism even as it sharpens Tokyo's sword. Oct 5, 2025
PoJK voices silenced amid escalating protests and state crackdown

PoJK unrest, exploitation, and shifting balance of power

PoJK is no longer just a line on a map or a pawn in a long-running dispute. Its unrest reveals the fragility of Pakistan's governance, exposes the limitations of military control, and challenges decades of ideological narratives. Oct 3, 2025