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  • The Chinese Wobble : Part 3

    If you have not read the first two parts please read them before proceeding further. It will enable you to understand the context of this article from the larger perspective. .  1 – Preamble to the Wobble Please Click Here Part 2 – The Cobbles in the Wobble Please Click here Part 3 – An…

  • Discussiion on QUAD and AUKUS : Divergence and Convergence

    AUKUS is the new alignment on the block. It is clearly meant for containment of China. In this context, what is the role and relevance of QUAD. That is what Aadi ands I have a discussion on. This discussion is a sequel to my article where I have argued that QUAD and AUKUS are two sides of…

  • Gunners Day Thoughts on the Future Of Artillery By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

      HAPPY GUNNERS DAY We Gunners Live By Our Guns And Die By Them To Pakistanis : Don’t tempt an Indian Gunner. He will send you to the same fate which your predecessors met in Kargil.  To Chinese : Ask the Pakistanis.       Recently, General Bipin Rawat, our CDS spoke of the necessity of…

  • Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Divergent Convergence of QUAD and AUKUS By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

      Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Divergent Convergence of QUAD and AUKUS  Original article @ Bharatshakti.in September 26, 2021; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)    Print Email Editor’s Note AUKUS has raised quite a storm of divergent debates. Is AUKUS going to make a dent in QUAD’s importance? Or, would it enhance QUAD’s potential?…

  • The Chinese Wobble – Part 2 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    Part 1 – The Preamble to the Wobble  If you have not read the first part please read it before proceeding further. it will enable you to understand the context of this article from the larger perspective. .   click here for Part 1 Part 2- The Cobbles in the Wobble   China has once again…

  • The Chinese Wobble – Part 1 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

     Part 1- The Preamble to the Wobble Last year China was seen to be displacing USA as the undisputed global power.  It was the only large economy booming during the pandemic. It had declared victory over the Virus.  Militarily it was threatening against India and assertive in the South China Sea was. Hong Kong was swallowed into…

  • Discussion on US Pakistan Relationship

    Aadi and I had a good discussion on the future of the US-Pakistan relationship. We realised that the relationship is historical and multifaceted. It has gone through many ups and downs. One has to be pragmatic in viewing their inter-se relationship. They still need each other. We need  to understand the entire issue in the…

  • SOME HARD TRUTHS OF A NUCLEAR BEGGAR by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

    Preface Most of  the cartoons are by Pakistanis. Hence there is fundamental truth in what I have written.  Take any set of keywords and google them. You will get to a Pakistani or an International source to confirm the authenticity of what I have written here. However for most Pakistani watchers this must be old…

  • QUAD Summit : Posers and Prospects by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    EARLIER ARTICLES ON QUAD  CLICK ON ARTICLE TITLE TO READ QUAD 2.0 OR TIANXIA INDIA’S QUADRATIC EQUATIONS  THE CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRATIC TENT QUAD : EVOLVING FAST  EVOLUTION OF QUAD 3.0 SIX STRATEGIES FOR QUAD 3.0 THE PATHWAYS OF QUAD The View from China ! Regional cooperation cliques formed to target a third country…

  • India’s Three Front Strategy by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)

      India’s geostrategic environment has changed significantly in the past one month. A Talibani Afghanistan, a hybrid Pakistan and an authoritarian China – all in flux, present a new geostrategic challenge beyond the ordinary conception that terrorists will flood the Valley. There is a new Afghanistan- Pakistan- China axis on the block.  This axis has tremendous…