Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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Shaksgam Valley and Chinese Roads
The Shaksgam Valley is in news due to PLA presence there and a road being built on Aghil Pass. Many people have opined that the road building it is a threat to the Siachen Glacier. In this video I clarify certain issues of realities of the Military Geography of the area.
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India China : Cold Peace or Cold War ?
Our PM has made an initial signal to China to resume some sort of dialogue in his interview to Newsweek. The response from China has been ambivalent. In light of this , Lt Gen Hasnain (R) and I had a discussion on whether the relationship between China and India which is currently verging on a…
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India’s Cold War
India is in a Cold War with China and we should make no mistake about it. When one compares the construct of the Cold War with the situation in our environment and our so called contestation with China, it emerges that we are in a Cold War with China and it will only get worse…
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Favourable Strategic Balance For India
In this episode Brig Arun Sahgal (R) outlined the Strategic Equations and the Emerging Balances in the Global Order. In this context a favourable strategic balance for India which it must seek was outlined. The new government has its work cutout in 2024.
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India Pakistan Multi Domain Scenario
Global Geopolitics is dominated by multi domain approaches. For long we have been attacked through multiple domains by Pakistan and China. Mostly our responses have veered towards a kinetic thought process. It is time we think of multi domain responses, gray zone, hybrid and asymmetry. After all it takes two to play a game. It…
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Israel Iran War ; The Deepening West Asia Crisis
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I discussed the Iran Israel war and what lies ahead in the deepening crisis in West Asia. The world has not been closer to a WW3 than this time. However the opportunity for India to be a peace maker in this crisis is huge since big powers are part of the…
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Increasing Interference in India’s Internal Matters
Ambassador Anil Trigunayat and I had a fee and open conversation on how there is increasing interference from outside on India’s internal matters. Most of the countries which comment on India’s internal affairs do so from the prism of their circumstances. They often do not understand India. More importantly they do not understand that India…
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India’s Strategy To Tackle Pakistan China Collusion in War and Peace
This was a very deep discussion in which there was diversity of opinion which highlighted the level and degree of Pak China collusion amidst changing geopolitical circumstances. This is a must see for those who are worried about the two from situation that India has to face. What Pak and China are up to and…
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Will Xi Go To War?
Will Xi take China to war is a million dollar question which is conditioned by many factors. Mr Sree Iyer and I discussed the factors involved in detail. For the present it does not appear as if Xi Jinping will indulge in a war by ‘Design’. At least for the present. Going to war by…
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ASSERTIVE CHINA AND THE LAC
Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma(R), Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan and self had a very interesting discussion on Chinese assertion and how they approach the LAC. The interesting issue is that the Chinese have been assertive on the LAC since long and have also been assertive in our neighbourhood. Hence there is a huge direct and indirect…
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