Month: March 2024
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Somalian Piracy – Maritime Security and Indian Navy
If you want to understand why piracy has resurfaced off the Somalian Coast one has to understand the Somalian region. Mr Gurjit Singh , IFS with his vast experience of African Affairs explains the intricacies of Somalia extremely well. This is a must see video to understand the broader picture which is unfolding in this…
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Maritime Developments in the Indian Ocean Region and India’s Response
The Indian Navy has the bite while the huge PLA Navy has only the bark! Cmde RS Vasan, DG Chennai Centre of China Studies explains in detail the maritime developments in the IOR. He also explains how the Indian Navy and Indian Armed Forces as a whole are responding to the situation. What comes out…
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Five Developments Rattling China
Very often we discuss that China does this..China does that. Most times we do not realise that as India is rising it is sending its own messages constantly. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain and I highlight five recent developments which seem to have rattled China a bit. It started with his article in the New Indian…
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China’s Predatory Behaviour
China is facing an economic, demographic and an environmental crisis. However the national thrust is on nationalism, militarisation and technology as Xi believes China’s time has come. The result is that its predatory activities – diplomatically and geopolitically have only increased. This will continue as China declines further and will be a major problem for…
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Seminar on National Security and Building Bharat @2047
Recently, Southern Command held a seminar on National Security and Building Bharat . The speakers in the seminar were of very high calibre. Some of those talks are in the videos below. I also had the opportunity of speaking at the seminar. Overall the talks were of very high calibre and covered a vast range…
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Chinese Perceptions of India By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
India’s revocation of Article 370 and promulgating Ladakh as a Union Territory has raised concern and reinforced views of ulterior Indian designs on China. Relations between India and China are rapidly changing. In the recent past there have been some articles from both China and India which highlight this change. In one strain, Chinese authors opine that…
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China in Crisis
China is in crisis when you think as per normal conditions. However Xi Jinping does not think so! He feels everything is normal and he is going his merry ways to establish a Sino centric world order through his Chinese dream. Danger ahead? The open session was long with lot of questions.
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INDIA’S DIVYASTRA
Mr Sree Iyer and I had a short but meaningful talk on India’s Divyastra – Agni V with MIRV capability and the implications it has for our Strategic Autonomy. We also discussed the road ahead.
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Capability Development in Technology & Strategy to Attain Self Sufficiency
The Southern Command organised a one day seminar on National Security and Building Bharat @2047 . I spoke in the seminar on Capability Development & Strategy to Attain Self Sufficiency. I made some important points in this talk of mine which has been taken note of. The need is for a follow up on a…
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Thoughts on Defending Taiwan By P.R. Shankar
Published in the Taipei Times @ https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/03/16/2003814987 on 16 march 2024. It is well known that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) ambition is to rejuvenate the Chinese nation by unification of Taiwan, either peacefully or by force. The peaceful option has virtually gone out of the window with the last presidential elections in Taiwan. Taiwanese,…
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