Month: July 2025
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NAYA DYNAMICS OF PURANA PAKISTAN POST OP SINDOOR
The media narratives indicate that #Pakistan has regained its mojo and is now on the break out of a global trapeze act to be the favorite pal of all #GreatPowers. Why is that so? What is the reality? Has anything really changed in Pakistan? Pakistan is still the same old “Purana” one. Its dynamics are…
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IS INDIA BEING ISOLATED OR PULLED APART ?
There are a lot or narratives about how India finds itself isolated in the international arena post Op Sindoor. This isolation seems to have induced some contradictory pulls in our strategic and economic thinking. The narrative also seems to be that India stands diminished in th global order. Is that so?
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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON OP SINDOOR
The parliamentary debate on #OpSindoor was very good. There were a lot of issues discussed. However the main issue is that democracy in India is vibrant and functioning well. Many messages have been conveyed to all our adversaries and friends in a nuanced manner for those who cared to understand the issues.
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POLITICO – BUREAUCRATIC- MILITARY FUSION FOR INDIA
As #India rises and its #geopolitical #footprint increases, there is a need to enlarge its #defense #capabilities. This is possible only if the #Politico #Bureaucratic and #Military establishment acts in unison in a fused manner. This fusion is required in multiple fields of national security to include capability development, military diplomacy, infrastructure development, defense exports…
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PRALAY AND INDIA’S MISSILE POWER / LT GEN PR SHANKAR
The recent #test #firings of the #Pralay #missile was carried out at maximum and minimum ranges successfully a short while back. The missile is on the verge of entering service in a year or so. Where does it fit into India’s security calculus and what are the missile systems which India has?
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Evolving Paradigms: Air Power in India’s National Security
A great discussion on the contours of #airpower as it is unfolding. What will future #aerospace power be like? What should be the key areas of #India’s future devp. A perspective on #joint application of force. India’s capability and measures to tackle #Pakistan and# China despite the gaps in the #IAF.
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HOW SHOULD INDIA DEAL WITH AN AGING AND GREEDY CHINA
China is aging at the fastest rate in human history. By 2030 (in five years), 1/3rd of Chinese population will be 60+. The rapidity of change has started unfolding. How does India deal with this aging adversary? This is a silent and rapidly evolving inevitability.
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India – Pakistan Nuclear Dyad: Space for Conventional Ops
#Pakistan’s #deterrence vis a vis #India based on #nuclearblackmail broke down completely in #OpSindoor. Their notion of controlling the #escalatory matrix and use of #tacticalnuclearweapons to blunt India’s “#Cold Start’ doctrine went out of the window. Pakistan has suddenly realized that the #space for #conventional ops has widened and its nuclear capability is practically useless.…
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THAILAND – CAMBODIA AT WAR
The #ThaiCambodia conflict has been brewing for some time. It is at a stage of erupting into a full blown war. It will destabilize the #IndoChina peninsula as also the #ASEAN region. The conflict is a colonial leftover and is a quibble for the Preah Vihar Temple on their border.
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THE DECEIVER’S GAME IS BACKFIRING ON PAKISTAN
#Munir the #Deceiver has put #Pakistan in a fix. China is upset and US is not yet bailing him out. His personal ambition to become the #President is gaining traction by the day. The situation in #baluchistan and #KPK is out of control. #Resources are non existent. #InternalDissent in the #PakistanArmy is on the rise.…
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