Month: March 2023
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CASA Dialogues : Counter The Dragon in Nepal and Bhutan
Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan (r) and I had a great conversation on Nepal and Bhutan and as to how to counter the Chinese influence there. It was an in-depth discussion on core issues. Worth your while to go through it. It was educative for me.
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The Takeaways of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meet by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The recently concluded Foreign Ministers meet of the G20 nations held in India failed to arrive at a consensus . There was no joint statement at the end of the events. There is a clear divide between western Nations and Russia plus China over the ongoing Ukraine war. It prevented any joint statement from coming…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Analysis of Two Sessions of a Sick Dragon.
This is an analysis of the recently held Two Sessions in China. It marks the start of Xi Jinping’s third term and it actually gave out the contours of what is coming ahead. I have outlined the direction which China is heading in. We need to be On Guard. I got a feed back from…
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Military Technology of This Century : Cloud Computing For Armed Forces
In this video, we delve into cloud computing for Armed Forces. This is a subject which is alien to the normal Fauji mind. This video brings out the importance of thinking differently and with some vision in case we have to transform our armed forces into being modern. We enjoyed and felt nice doing this…
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CASA Dialogues : The Increasing Nuclear Overhang
Had a terrific discussion on the increasing global nuclear overhang with Lt Gen P R Kumar (R). It was a new topic and opened new thinking. The QnA was very good. What came out was India needs new thinking on nuclear issues. An interesting aspect of this presentation was that an ex DGMO was propounding…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : An Overview of Two Sessions
China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), opened its annual meeting today. The NPC meeting is part of the “two sessions” and is an important window into the central government’s policies on areas from the economy and trade, to diplomacy and science and technology. This video gives you an overview as to what is…
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CASA Dialogues :Curbing Chinese Adventures in the Indo Pacific
Lt Gen Gen Gautam Moorthy (retd) and I had a great discussion on curbing Chinese (mis)adventures in the Indo Pacific. It was a good solid beginning for CASA dialogues Ref : https://gunnersshot.com/2023/02/28/new-indo-pacific-security-initiative-needed-to-curb-chinese-military-adventurism-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-r/
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China’s Priority in the Neighbourhood
In this video, Aadi and I discuss the priority China accords to countries in our neighbourhood. The interse priorities between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal to China are discussed
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Is Pakistan Dying? By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Most Pakistani thinkers these days talk of Pakistan sliding into Anarchy. Hmm. Anarchy…Anarchically speaking it rhymes with Anarkali…of Mughal E Azam fame. Pakistan the modern day ‘state’ version of Anarkali was courted by numerous suitors – USA, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey et al. It cavorted with all of them for the past seventy five years with…
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Military Technology of This Century: AI for Armed Forces
In this video Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan and self delve into the basics of AI and examine where it fits into the Armed Forces and how to garner it Refs: Chinese AI and National Security Garnering Al for Armed Forces https://gunnersshot.com/2020/02/06/garnering-artificial-intelligence-for-indian-armed-forces-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-retd/
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