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  • A NEW CHAPTER IN PAK-CHINA COLLUSION

    A new chapter in PAK- CHINA collusion is unfolding. Pak is being armed with latest mil capabilities including stealth fighters, submarines and stealth frigates. The number is China Pakistan exercises are on the rise exponentially. More than 50 % of Pak mil equipment will be Chinese hereafter. Gwadar is set to be Chinas 1st overseas…

  • Navigating Chaos Till 2035

    Cdr Sandeep Dhawan outlines that the world is entering into a chaotic decade in which Xi Jinping’s China will be the main disruptor. India has to rise in this chaos and navigate its way through some perplexing scenarios which are likely to come up. A simple and straight forward no nonsense discussion.

  • Tackling Targeted Violence/ Discrimination Against Hindus in Bangladesh

    When BBC comes out with report that Hindus in Bangladesh are facing serious issues , it is time to examine it with equal seriousness. The situation for Hindus in a regressive Bangladesh is going from bad to worse. In this context Mr Sree Iyer and I discussed the idea whether a Hindudesh can be set…

  • DISENGAEMENT TO DETERRENCE

    Lt Gen Raj Shukla and I had a discussion on something India needs to think of very seriously. How to deter China from coming back as it has always done after a step back. India needs to put in place a fail safe layered deterrence mechanism based on persistent surveillance, guaranteeing simultaneous adversity , narrowing…

  • ARE US HAWKS SWOOPING DOWN?

    There is a distinct feeling in China that Trumps hawks on China are going to swoop down on it once he takes office. However that is in January. Even before that USA has made military moves to tighten its containment of China in the Western Pacific. Things are going to be more interesting as the…

  • PAKISTAN VS PAKISTANIS

    Brig Arun Sahgal who has experience of Track 2 efforts , analyses the current goings on in Pakistan holistically. Increasingly the Pakistan state will continue to suppress Pakistani people as the Army continues to control the strings and Imran Khan is kept in jail. At this level, Pakistan will continue to find new bottoms in…

  • A Big One is Coming

    Lt Gen Dushyant Singh and I had a sobering conversation. There is a lot of euphoria about the India China thaw. The traders and commercialists are upbeat. Some think that Hindi Cheeni Bhai Bhai 2.0 has begun. It will do us well to know that Chinese feel that our rise is at their expense. It…

  • PAKISTAN’S UNSTABLE RIIMLANDS

    Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza and I had a very interesting conversation on Pakistan and its unstable rimlands. The issue gravitated to reunification of POJK and GB with India. Many in India want to re-unify POJK and GB militarily. That is the worst option with a certainty of failure. Despite all the unrest in POJK and…

  • XI ADMITS CHINA’S DEMOGRAPHIC DECLINE

    The fact that China’s demography is declining at the fastest pace in human history is well known. What makes it interesting is that Xi Jinping has now admitted it. This is a clear indication that the problem is much deeper than what we think. Given the propensity of the Chinese lies , this is a…

  • APPROACHING WW3 IN UKRAINE?

    Are we approaching WW3 and a nuclear strike in Ukraine? For the first time we have witnessed a MRBM with a MIRV capability being fired at a counter value target. How this pre nuclear escalation is unfolding is what we have put across in this program.