India's silent guardian: The role of the R&AW in national power and intelligence.
CGO Complex, New Delhi. Widely believed to be the headquarters of the Research and Analysis Wing. Zzaamm / Commons CC-BY 3.0 Entebbe. Cyclone. Rubicon. Jungle. Condor. What do these names have in common? These are the codenames of highly sensitive and clandestine operations of the Mossad, CIA, and MI6. Highly trained, highly adept and highly efficient world-class intelligence agencies, capable of carrying out unprecedented operations across the seven seas. What do they also have in common? Their home countries are known to be great powers known to dramatically influence and shape global perspectives and outlooks, with copious amounts of soft and hard power to boot. Through such organisations, select polities around the world are able to exert an unprecedented amount of power and influence in the global soft power war, and through the power of perceptions and public opinions alone, are able to change opinions, spark rebellion, and topple regimes thousands of kilometres away. The role