Brig Arun Sahgal, PhD (Retired)

Arun Sahgal, PhD, a retired Brigadier, is the Director Forum for Strategic Initiatives. He was previously the founding Director of the Office of Net Assessment, Indian Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), Ministry of Defence and Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, United Service Institution of India. His other assignments include Senior Fellow at the Delhi Policy Group, a policy think tank focusing on international and national security, diplomacy and Track II Dialogues, and Senior Fellow at the Mohan Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. His research interests comprise regional security and strategic stability, including medium- to long-term assessments with a focus on geopolitical, strategic and technological dimensions. His current focus is on the conceptual and doctrinal perspectives of “Multi-Domain Deterrence and Warfare,” Indo-Pacific geopolitics, and their impact on regional and strategic stability. He is part of a study group focusing on operational challenges caused by emerging and disruptive technologies, set up by DRDO, the Ministry of Defense, India, and a consultant with IIT Kanpur for developing war gaming models.* Views are Personal