Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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Trump’s Oil Discovery in Pakistan, Global Disorder & India’s Options for India
#Trump has created #GlobalDisorder with his #tariff #regime. He has targeted #India for some startling reasons. In the process he has lost India as a #strategicpartner. Over and above that he boasts of #Pakistan as his new ally where he claims to have discovered massive #oildeposits. Overall where is this story heading?
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Trump’s Tariff Blitz: India Cornered or Calling His Bluff?
Are Trumps tariffs and rants on India a coercive negotiation tactic to seal a deal in his favor or does it signal a change in INDIA USA relationship? What should India do and how should it respond? A very lively and insightful discussion between Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, Lt Gen Dushyant Singh, Mr Sree Iyer…
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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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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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MALDIVES : ‘INDIA OUT’ TURN AROUND
PM Modi is to visit #Maldives on 25-26 Jul and participate in their 60 Independence Day celebrations. This is a huge turnaround from the days of #indiaout. At a time when India faces severe headwinds in its neighborhood and internationally the fact that our seas are more secure from predators around us gives some comfort.
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FACETS OF CIVIL MILITARY FUSION
Civil Military Fusion is the need of the day in India. However there are many facets of Civil Military Fusion – Politico Military Fusion, Information and Strategic Communication , Economic and Financial Fusion and Industrial Fusion. We had a very interesting and meaningful discussion . India has a long way to go and a lot…
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A Comparative Review of Operations Sindoor and Vijay (Kargil)
Lt Gen P R Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) When I was asked to write on this topic, I knew it would be tough. How does one compare apples with oranges? That is the difference between Operation Vijay and Operation Sindoor. They are as different from each other as chalk with cheese. These operations were…
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MUNIR AS PRESIDENT : IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN AND THE WORLD
The CASA Webinar on Asim Munir as the President of Pakistan was fascinating. There are good reasons as to why he will not attempt to be the president. There are equally good reasons why he might effect a roof coup to become the president. In all cases the basic configuration of Pakistan as the Military…
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RARE EARTHS IN INDIA
India has adequate reserves of #rare earth oxides. It is a matter of processing them in required quantities and building up the value chain. It is a process which the government has started. It will take its due time. One has to be patient. See the earlier Video on Rare Earths @ https://youtu.be/krlgMfGsnjg
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China-Pak Collusion After Op Sindoor; US-India Strategic Ties in Doubt
The character of China Pak collusion has changed post Op Sindoor. It has stepped up from being collusion to one of interoperability. This will not change. The relation is historic and elastic. It will accommodate issues coming up from time to time. The India USA strategic partnership is full of question marks. USA wants an…
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