Month: April 2023
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China’s Influence Operations
The sixth episode of the China Challenge series with Mr N C Bipindra was revealing. The extent of influence operations being carried out by China is astonishing to say the least. The examples quoted in this dialogue are actually chilling. Influence operations are not a faraway phenomenon but are at your doorstep and in many…
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INTERNAL POLITICS OF CHINA
The fifth episode of the China Challenge featured internal politics of China. Namrata Hasija put across the happenings in the internal politics of China in a clear and concise manner. Often one feels that the internal goings on in China are opaque. However things are not so opaque as one thinks they are. An understanding…
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Deterring China’s Aggressive Behaviour
The fourth episode of the China Challenge Series was simply free flowing. It was a great experience to be in conversation with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia in which a whole lot of new aspects came out. Some fresh ideas were discussed. The idea of causing ‘displacement anxiety’ to China came to the fore and it…
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Will Jinpingism Survive?
This was the third episode of the China Challenge. It was an interesting discussion on the politics of Xi Jinping and the direction he’s taken China into. It was an illuminating discussion on the pitfalls of Jinpingism. Given the international and domestic tensions confronting China, the immediate future of the country will be unstable. That…
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China’s Strategic Military Posture and Power Dynamics
In the The China Challenge 2, Lt Gen Raj Shukla very eloquently painted a maximalist picture of China’s Strategic Military Posture and its Power Dynamics. He very clearly brought out the military and the strategic threat we are facing from China. He also outlined what India needs to do to contend with this threat. It…
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Yuanisation of the World by Lt Gen PR Shankar(R)
Once the Yuan becomes the reserve currency of the world, everything falls in place for Xi and the gang. Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-yuanisation-of-the-world-3060104/ De-dollarisation is the Chinese tune of the day. Elegies are being sung on the death of the dollar, choreographed with Chinese lyrics. The death of the dollar is supposed…
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India’s Geopolitical Mandala
This was a presentation made during the Annual Security Conference of C3S and NMF. A full length article on this subject forms part of the IIRF yearbook. It gives you a unique perspective of the geopolitical issues confronting India.
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Pakistans Slippery Future
This was the eighth in the series of a 360 degree examination of the Future of Pakistan. In this video, we discussed each facet of Pakistan based on previous discussions. It was deep discussion and threw up very interesting issues. It told us as how to deal with the country. This video ia a must…
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The China Challenge : Defining the Challenge
The curtain raiser on the China challenge was indeed defining. Lt Gen SL Narasimhan (R) lays it out in bare terms the challenge which is now emerging from China. This is the second time I heard this presentation. It acquired more meaning. This is a must for anyone who is a china watcher , even…
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ECONOMIC, WATER AND FOOD INSECURITIES OF PAKISTAN
This is the seventh episode on the Future of Pakistan. This video with Lt Gen Dushyant Singh (R) only confirmed that our worst fears about Pakistan are coming true. Impending chaos, anarchy or something else. One thing is clear is that Pakistan might have reached a stage of no return. Other Videos in the Series