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  • A Discussion on The Multi Domain Threat to India

    This discussion is based on my article Multi Domain Threat Beyond Yangtze @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/29/the-multi-domain-threat-beyond-yangtse-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-r/ Aadi and I had an interesting discussion on The Multi Domain Threat to India from China. The QnA was mature and interesting

  • A Peek Into Everyday China : The Receding China Dream of 2023

    Xi Jinping started talking of the China Dream when he assumed power. His concept of the China Dream was publicised in a New Year Message in 2014. In 2023 where does his China Dream stand? What is the China Dream? No one knows! It means many things for many people. A BBC article of 2013…

  • India’s Geopolitical Mandala in 2023. by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) 

    Also published in The Sunday Guardian @ https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/indias-geopolitical-mandala-2023 2023 is critical for India from many aspects. It has to constantly stave off hostility in its immediate neighbourhood, stabilise turmoil in its near neighbourhood, build on opportunities of its intermediate neighbourhood and strengthen its strategic relationships. A rising India with its dominant location in the Asian…

  • Indian Rocket Force

  • The Multi Domain Threat Beyond Yangtse by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    Also Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/the-multi-domain-threat-beyond-yangtse/2930533/ War is politics with blood shed Politics is war without blood shed ……Mao The Yangtse incident, when examined, against the back drop of  the politico military objectives of China,  Xi Jinping’s persona, decline of China and relative rise of India indicates that India needs to be prepared for the next…

  • Civil Military Fusion : Talk in CLAWS Seminar

    On 27 December 22, I gave a talk at the CLAWS seminar on Civil Military Fusion. The Chinese and US models of civil military fusion were compared and examined to derive a model suitable in the Indian context. Other articles and talks on this subject are :-

  • A Discussion on China on Jaipur Dialogues

    Mr Sanjay Dixit and I had a wide ranging discussion on China. We started with the widespread Covid prevalent in China and went on to Sino Indian issues. interesting discussion. Contrary to the popular conception, a long drawn conflict with India could be detrimental to China if the battle is taken into Tibet. That is…

  • Pakistan’s 2022: A year of constitutional crises, the B word and redefining neutrality

    This is an excerpt from the PRISM in Dawn @ https://www.dawn.com/news/1727864/2022-a-year-of-constitutional-crises-the-b-word-and-redefining-neutrality. It encpsulates Pakistan in manner as nothing else can…straight from the horses mouth. To me the most important take away is that even in a country like Pakistan, the media is open or bold or both to take on the establishment – military and…

  • A Discussion on China’s Covid Waves

    Aadi and I had a discussion on the Covid wave sweeping China and the implications over the long term. The Q&A session was great.

  • A Peek Into Everyday China : Living With The Virus, Abandoned By The Government

    This cartoon from SCMP says it all….However, The headlines and pictures from the past one week say more… This Peek is a sequel to the one @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/18/a-peek-into-everyday-china-victory-into-defeat/ The joke in Chinese media is :- Three men who don’t know one another sit in a prison cell. Each explains why he was arrested:“I opposed Covid…