Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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To Russia With Love
The PMs visit to Russia has raised some hackles in USA and China. This is what mr Sree Iyer and I discussed in this episode. The major issue to understand is that this trip signifies India’s emergence as a balancing power in Global Affairs which has signalled to everyone that it will excercise strategic autonomy…
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The Killing Fields Of Pakistan
Pakistan has three killing fields;ds in which it is active – the eastern front with India, the western from with Pakistan and the internal from it has created for itself. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and I discuss these fronts and what it means to India , specially in the context of the fact that…
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THE FUTURE CONTOURS OF CHINA PAKISTAN AXIS AGAINST INDIA
The contours of Pakistan China axis are changing due to many factors. The old assumptions are passed and new equations and factors are forming which need understanding.
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The Odds of Kargil Victory
Kargil was won 25 years back. Memories have faded. New theories and narratives are being formed these days to suggest that Indian Army and its leadership failed in Kargil . There is nothing farther than the truth. That is what Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I are dispelling in this episode. We have put across…
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India Snubs China
In this video Mr Sree Iyer and I discussed how India has returned China a favour by our PM skipping the SCO meet. More importantly, this action is not one of bravado. It is just another in a series of actions where India has indicated to China and the world that it means business.
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Manipur Beyond The Brink
Manipur has gone beyond the brink. We should have no doubts. Third rate politics have divided the communities and have engendered hate between the Meitis and Kukis. The need of the hour is to regain the state and ensure that the writ of the government runs in the state. The rest can follow later. What…
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Geopolitical Imperatives For The New Government
It was an honour to be part of the inaugural edition of the Gyan Chakra Dialogues with Maj Gen Neeraj Bali(R). We discussed the geopolitical imperatives for the new government at three levels. The first was about the geopolitical trends in the world. This was followed up by an analysis of our adversarial neighbours and…
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Indian Elections and China
So far Xi Jinping has not sent a congratulatory message to our PM. The formal communique from the Chinese government is also conditional to the ‘Three Mutuals’ – mutual respect, mutual interests and mutual sensitivity. Going ahead things will be rocky…and why …see on.
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INDIA BEYOND ELECTIONS : BACK TO THE FUTURE
It does not matter which party wins or loses. India has won big time. We have a stable government, a strong leader and an empowered opposition. Time to look ahead. The challenges are ahead.
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Lessons From Kargil
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and i discussed the Kargil conflict which we fought sucessfully against Pakistan 25 years ago. This was an overviewing discussion where we spoke of the macro lessons. More to follow.
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