Month: September 2023
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Fallout of The India Canada Spat
The discussion with Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (R) was free flowing and covered a wide range of issues in the India Canada spat. The audience interest was high and the questions were very good.
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Trouble in the South China Sea
There is trouble brewing in the South China Sea between China and Philippines. There have been two face offs already. The second one has seen the Fillipinos take a resolute stand. Things might hot up. Need to keep a watch.
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Will Overhauling The DRDO Ensure Atmanirbharta?
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja and I had an informed discussion on the government proposal to overhaul DRDO. It was logical and well grounded. This was the first in the series. More will come. Unless we have more perspectives the issues at stake will not be clear . I do hope that the comittee which is…
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Looking Ahead in Manipur
This was the second CASA webinar on the Manipur crisis. The discussion was positive, open and frank. A lot of causative factors were discussed and broad options emerged. Many of them are doable. The most important issue is that the problem of Manipur has to be solved through a constitutional mechanism externally. The internal mechanisms…
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IMEC : A GEOSTARTEGIC PERSPECTIVE
This video has an update on Canada in the beginning. The more important aspect is the IMEc which has tremendous benefit for India even if it crystallises partially.
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Changing India China Equations
The Chinese view of India is changing and that is what I have tried to capture in this video. The first part of this video is an update on the India Canada spat.
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The Pakistan of Military, Mullahs and Money
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and i had a free flowing and comprehensive discussion on Pakistan and how to deal with it. we spoke of the three Ps of dealing with Pakistan – Proaction, Pre-emption and Punition. A very interesting discussion.
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The Case for Admitting Taiwan Into the UN by Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired)
Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-the-case-for-admitting-taiwan-into-the-un-3248439/ China recently released a new ‘Standard Map’ in which it shows Taiwan as part of the PRC. Besides the PRC’s illegal claim on Taiwan, the new map has violated the sovereignty of India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Japan and Russia. In addition, China is expanding its ‘One…
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Kashmir Reflections
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and i had a discussion on Kashmir where he touched upon the Kokernag encounter, reflected on how militancy has changed and most importantly, he gave us a glimpse about his forthcoming book. It was a good discussion. We also discussed the ongoing India Canada spat.