Col Rahul Tripathi (Retd) was commissioned in 1996, he is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and completed his Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies from University of Madras. Currently, he is a Research Scholar at Rashtriya Raksha University Gujarat researching on multidisciplinary subjects to include International Relations, Defence and Strategic Affairs and Indian Defence Industry. For his ongoing PhD, he has completed several courses in International Relations, Intellectual Property Rights, Defence Manufacturing etc and has recently started writing for Public Policy Institutes.
The rise of Pakistan’s permanent Ruling Elite can also be attributed to the assassination of Liaquat Ali, which created a power vacuum, leaving non-democratic forces, primarily the Army and the bureaucracy, to assert control.
