Month: June 2024
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Geopolitical Imperatives For The New Government
It was an honour to be part of the inaugural edition of the Gyan Chakra Dialogues with Maj Gen Neeraj Bali(R). We discussed the geopolitical imperatives for the new government at three levels. The first was about the geopolitical trends in the world. This was followed up by an analysis of our adversarial neighbours and…
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DID CHINA INTERFERE IN ELECTIONS?
China interferes in many elections and loses badly. Their interference in our elections was no different. What we need to understand is that China will do its best to interfere in any system that it feels is a threat to its system. Today it ran down the BJP and Mr Modi. Tomorrow if the government…
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THE EMERGING SECURITY ARCHITECTURE IN EAST ASIA
Brig Arun Sahgal (R) outlines the contours of Chinese assertivity and threat as it manifests itself across East Asia. We discussed that the strategy of ambiguity practiced by USA against China also affects all East Asian nations. As a result all these countries are building capacities to defend themselves as also are getting into cooperative…
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China’s Salami Slicing of the Russian Border – Karakhan Manifesto
China has commenced its salami slicing of its border with Russia. It now has started laying claim to almost the entire outer Manchuria based on a manufactured story which the Karakhan Manifesto contains. sounds mysterious? See the video…it has ramifications for us.
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Indian Elections and China
So far Xi Jinping has not sent a congratulatory message to our PM. The formal communique from the Chinese government is also conditional to the ‘Three Mutuals’ – mutual respect, mutual interests and mutual sensitivity. Going ahead things will be rocky…and why …see on.
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INDIA BEYOND ELECTIONS : BACK TO THE FUTURE
It does not matter which party wins or loses. India has won big time. We have a stable government, a strong leader and an empowered opposition. Time to look ahead. The challenges are ahead.
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PAKISTANI WAY OF WAR – SALVAGING VICTORY FROM DEFEAT
The only army which emerges victorious after every defeat. It does not matter if the nation loses, the Pakistani Army is never defeated. I have tried to outline this strange mentality through writings of Pakistani authors.
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Lessons From Kargil
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and i discussed the Kargil conflict which we fought sucessfully against Pakistan 25 years ago. This was an overviewing discussion where we spoke of the macro lessons. More to follow.
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Agnipath and Elections
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I discussed the Agnipath. In this episode I discus the societal, operational, political, international and aspirational implications and out comes of the ill conceived Agnipath Scheme. It must not be scrapped. It needs modification immediately.
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Security Implications of Election Results
Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (R) and I had a detailed discussion on how the election results have thrown up certain grave security issues along our northern and Eastern Borders. The issue of Agnipath was also discussed and it needs a change without doubt. The new government will have its task cut out to address these…
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