Month: April 2024
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PLA’s Latest Reforms
China recently gave high publicity to the establishment of an Information Support Force. Alongside that it also established the Aerospace Force and Cyberspace Force. In effect, China broke up the erstwhile Strategic Support Force in to its three constiuents with no capability added. My analysis suggests that it is more of a political move than…
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India China : Cold Peace or Cold War ?
Our PM has made an initial signal to China to resume some sort of dialogue in his interview to Newsweek. The response from China has been ambivalent. In light of this , Lt Gen Hasnain (R) and I had a discussion on whether the relationship between China and India which is currently verging on a…
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India’s Cold War
India is in a Cold War with China and we should make no mistake about it. When one compares the construct of the Cold War with the situation in our environment and our so called contestation with China, it emerges that we are in a Cold War with China and it will only get worse…
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Favourable Strategic Balance For India
In this episode Brig Arun Sahgal (R) outlined the Strategic Equations and the Emerging Balances in the Global Order. In this context a favourable strategic balance for India which it must seek was outlined. The new government has its work cutout in 2024.
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Is Xi Jinping Ready To Go To War? By Lt Gen P R Shankar
Published in News 9 live @ https://www.news9live.com/world/is-xi-jinping-ready-to-go-to-war-2509613 A calculated risk taker , he won’t audaciously enter into a conflict in which China can lose. Xi Jinping’s China Dream is to rejuvenate the great Chinese nation as he prepares China to deal with worst-case scenarios, withstand high winds, choppy waters, and even dangerous storms. He also wants to increase…
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The Great Chinese Rope Trick
The Great Chinese rope trick is being played out and many of us are believing it! China has declared that its GDP has gone up by 5.3% . However all its other indices are falling down – trade, jobs, stocks or exports! That is why it is a great rope trick. As always about China…
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Iran Israel War : Political Aspects
Lt Gen K R Rao (R) and I went into the political aspects and compulsions of Iran and Israel in their ongoing war. Some very important and interesting aspects came out in this discussion. This is a war with deep roots of animosity and one which has no acceptable solution. We are going to see…
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ISRAEL IRAN WAR : THE SHIFTING RED LINES OF WEST ASIA
Interested in the cauldron called West Asia? See this. Lt Gen Ata Hanain (R) and I covered a wide canvas in this episode. Iran and Israel, once good friends, are now at war with each other with no solution. The other rivalry is between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia. These rivalries constitute a set…
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Israel Iran War : The Counterstrike?
Was Israel’s action a counterstrike, a probe or a strategic message to Iran? It probably is all of that and much more. The focus has shifted away from Gaza and is now on the larger West Asia crisis with larger ramifications. Every actor in this drama has stakes . Lt Gen Dushyant Singh (R) and…
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India Pakistan Multi Domain Scenario
Global Geopolitics is dominated by multi domain approaches. For long we have been attacked through multiple domains by Pakistan and China. Mostly our responses have veered towards a kinetic thought process. It is time we think of multi domain responses, gray zone, hybrid and asymmetry. After all it takes two to play a game. It…