Month: July 2020
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Belling the Cat of Intellectual Mediocrity By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @https://thedailyguardian.com/belling-the-cat-of-intellectual-mediocrity/ An article titled ’Military Mediocrity – Who Will Bell The Cat’ by Mr Mohan Guruswamy is doing the social media rounds.( published in the citizen.in). It paints the Indian Armed Forces leadership in poor light. Casting aspersions on the leadership of the Armed Forces, at present, sows doubt in the minds of common people. Is the safety, security…
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QUAD2.0 OR TIANXIA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/quad-2-0-or-tianxia-options-before-the-world/ Gordon Chang says ‘Xi, thinks everyone should acknowledge not only Chinese hegemony but also China’s rule,… China’s ruler has both the right and responsibility to rule Tianxia, or all under Heaven’! Does the world want to be in this Chinese hell? If not, it needs the QUAD. It is a global imperative. The Quadrilateral Security…
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The Dark World of China’s Multi Domain Warfare by Lt Gen P R Shankar (r)
Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=350 , @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-dark-world-of-chinas-multi-domain-warfare/ and @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/the-dark-world-of-chinas-multi-domain-warfare In an article on 5G I outlined how China is waging Multi Domain Warfare (MDW) with Huawei as one of its Trojan Horses. It evoked great response. It also evoked great concerns from some right-thinking people like: – I agree with the threat posed and China’s game. My apprehensions….it…
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5G AND CHINESE TROJAN HORSES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/dealing-with-dragons-trojan-horses/ @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=345 These days 5G and Huawei is in the news. Most people ask – why it is such a big affair? In most conversations about ‘5G’ it seems that it is wiser to say ‘Haan Ji’ and let it pass. However what is happening about Huawei and Chinese electronic surveillance and data…
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The Middle-Aged Kingdom’s Last Gambit by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=342 @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-middle-aged-kingdoms-last-gambit/ and @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/china-is-not-the-middle-kingdom-it-is-the-middle-aged-kingdom China is not the middle kingdom It is the middle-aged kingdom Dichotomy Why is China doing what it is doing? Two recent articles highlight the dichotomy of the situation. The article ‘China Talks of US Decoupling and a Divided World’ highlights the views of Zhou Li, a high ranker in CCP.…
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China’s Future Moves: Insidious and Indirect By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ Page 6 of The Daily Guardian e paper ( https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/13-july-2020/), @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/chinas-multi-faceted-insidious-and-indirect-moves-to-overwhelm-india , @ https://missionvictoryindia.com/chinas-future-moves-insidious-and-indirect/ and @https://www.cenjows.in/article-detail?id=330 Any Portal / Platform who wants to re-publish this article may contact the author. Current Scenario Earlier, I had written that the Chinese will start talking peace once the odds are against them. The standoffs had only two outcomes. They end…
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Demand for Fact-finding Grossly Premature by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Demand for fact-finding grossly premature & unfair as situation still volatile in eastern Ladakh July 10, 2020, 5:32 PM IST P R Shankar in Voices | India | TOI published @ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/demand-for-fact-finding-grossly-premature-unfair-when-situation-still-volatile-in-eastern-ladakh/ 144 veterans have addressed a joint statement to the President, PM, RM, CDS and Chiefs of Services drawing attention to the failure in the political, civil, and military establishments, especially in…
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China's Strategic Myopia By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/dragons-strategic-myopia/ @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=329 @https://missionvictoryindia.com/chinas-strategic-myopia/ @https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/chinas-strategic-myopia/ The Sino Indian military pause is part of a geostrategic continuum. Some domestic and international experts opine that India is cornered and in a pickle. They are as myopic as the PRC planners. Bottom line. It has been China’s choice to come in uninvited. it is India’s choice…
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BRI: The Infected Project of the Century by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The BRI envisaged infrastructure and construction projects at a mega scale — Railways, Highways, Ports, Energy Projects, and Industrial Estate Developments across 70 odd countries. The crown jewel being the CPEC. The Chinese ambitions are to displace the US from the top. Engage countries in bilateral economic partnerships. Deploy excess Chinese capital and capacity overseas…
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Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Courtesy: Instagram/Govt of Pakistan Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond Original Article @ https://bharatshakti.in/sino-pak-nexus-collusivity-and-beyond/July 03, 2020; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd) Print Email Editor’s Note Pakistan Army makes hay as long as the sun shines. Over and above its bid for a 20 per cent pay hike, it’s expanding business interests at a hitherto unforeseen scale. Now they are…