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INDIA’S RISE AND MILITARY MODERNISATION
These days there is lot of information-disinformation on India’s capability vis a vis China. I put forth two simple propositions. India’s rise is unstoppable when compared to that of Germany, Japan and China which seem to be faltering at the slightest of hurdles whereas India continues to progress despite unsurmountable odds. India needs to equip…
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National Security Objectives in 2025
Lt Gen K J Singh outlines the regional security landscape and explains what our national security objectives should be in 2025. It is repeatedly emerging that the most important national security objective is building internal strength and structures. A nation which is socially cohesive and strong internally cannot be touched. CAPFs which are numerically as…
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INDIA’S REGIONAL TRAJECTORY IN 2025
India’s regional trajectory will be affected by big power rivalry, increasing use of violence by all forces, turmoil in adjoining states and revival of AfPak dynamics and Pak China collusion. The region is being increasingly militarised and disinformation narratives are rampant. Destabilisation of India is being attempted by Western and Chinese powers. In this scenario,…
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CHINA INDIA IN THE WORLD ORDER – A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE
In any analysis the first order of business is to know what lies on the other side of the hill. It is in this context that one has to understand the Chinese perspective of where they see China and India in the world order. Logically a country in decline should start altering its ambitions. However…
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INDIA’S RESPONSE TO CHINA’S GREAT LEAP FORWARD
Every odd day China comes up with a new military capability. Even after discounting China’s PR and Info War as well as its dodgy technology, the PLA is adding warlike equipment at a fast clip to its inventory with the maxim being Quantity has its own Quality. Without doubt the gulf between Chinese and Indian…
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CHINA 2024 : ON A LIMP
China’s big bet on technology will not revive its fortunes as its property sector continues to sink further. The interesting thing is that two new factors of downward pull have emerged – involution and social unrest. Consumption, the likely saviour of China is elusive as its population keeps sinking and its military edge keeps getting…
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India Bangladesh : The Road Ahead
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain outlined various facets of the troubled India Bangladesh Relationship. He explained the need for both countries to work together for a shared future drawing on his experiences with Bangladeshis and the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The reality as it emerged during the course of the discussion is that while road ahead is…
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RICH PAKISTAN – POOR PAKISTAN : DANGEROUS , TOXIC AND AT WAR FOREVER
I have always been of the opinion that there are two Pakistans. One which is rich, well armed and dangerous. That is the Pakistan of the Army. The other is a Pakistan which is poor and toxic- politically unstable, bankrupt, radical and hereafter eternally at battle with the Taliban. The Pakistan of the Army is…
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GOOD, BAD & THE UGLY FOR INDIA IN 2024
In this episode we have summarised what has been good, bad and ugly for India in 2024 – geopolitically, geoeconomically, technologically and internally. If the Chinese withdrawal is the best thing which happened in 2024, the ugliest is the Bangladesh upheaval and the bitter aftermath. Everything else has been in between. However, 2024 on the…
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INDIA’S INCREASING RISK RELIANCE
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain and i had an in-depth discussion on the 20th Anniversary of the 2004 Tsunami and how India has become more disaster resilient than that time. However the most important part of our discussion was that all of us feel that disaster will happen only to the next person, town or district,…
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