Lieutenant General P R Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC is a retired Gunner officer . He served in the Indian Army for four decades. He retired as the Director General of Artillery. Currently he is a Professor of Practice in the Aerospace Department of IIT Madras
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Trump’s Oil Discovery in Pakistan, Global Disorder & India’s Options for India
#Trump has created #GlobalDisorder with his #tariff #regime. He has targeted #India for some startling reasons. In the process he has lost India as a #strategicpartner. Over and above that he boasts of #Pakistan as his new ally where he claims to have discovered massive #oildeposits. Overall where is this story heading?
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Trump’s Tariff Blitz: India Cornered or Calling His Bluff?
Are Trumps tariffs and rants on India a coercive negotiation tactic to seal a deal in his favor or does it signal a change in INDIA USA relationship? What should India do and how should it respond? A very lively and insightful discussion between Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, Lt Gen Dushyant Singh, Mr Sree Iyer…
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NAYA DYNAMICS OF PURANA PAKISTAN POST OP SINDOOR
The media narratives indicate that #Pakistan has regained its mojo and is now on the break out of a global trapeze act to be the favorite pal of all #GreatPowers. Why is that so? What is the reality? Has anything really changed in Pakistan? Pakistan is still the same old “Purana” one. Its dynamics are…
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IS INDIA BEING ISOLATED OR PULLED APART ?
There are a lot or narratives about how India finds itself isolated in the international arena post Op Sindoor. This isolation seems to have induced some contradictory pulls in our strategic and economic thinking. The narrative also seems to be that India stands diminished in th global order. Is that so?
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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON OP SINDOOR
The parliamentary debate on #OpSindoor was very good. There were a lot of issues discussed. However the main issue is that democracy in India is vibrant and functioning well. Many messages have been conveyed to all our adversaries and friends in a nuanced manner for those who cared to understand the issues.
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POLITICO – BUREAUCRATIC- MILITARY FUSION FOR INDIA
As #India rises and its #geopolitical #footprint increases, there is a need to enlarge its #defense #capabilities. This is possible only if the #Politico #Bureaucratic and #Military establishment acts in unison in a fused manner. This fusion is required in multiple fields of national security to include capability development, military diplomacy, infrastructure development, defense exports…
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