Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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Outcomes of the G20 Summit:Initial Analysis
First reactions are always the best reactions and hence this immediate analysis. There are many good outcomes of the G20 summit for India . I am only recounting the main ones here. A detailed analysis will follow.
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India’s Composite Conventional Deterrence Through a Missile Force
The idea of a missile force is being spoken about these days. This talk with Brig Arun Sahgal (R) gives an idea of the thinking which makes a missile force. These are initial thoughts. More discussion is needed and will follow.
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Unstable Adversaries and Contours of India’s Security Makeover
Lt Gen Raj Shukla (R) and I had a free flowing discussion on how things are changing in Pakistan and China for the worse. We also discussed about the rise of India. Resultantly, there is a need to change the way we think about our security which caters for our rise as well as the…
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Global Food Weaponisation
It was a pleasure to discuss weaponisation of food with Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (R). As climate change is kicking in, food is increasingly becoming a determinant of hard power. In fact in my reckoning Food is already one of hard power indices besides economy and military capability, though we discussed it as part of…
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What Lies Beyond Chandrayan 3
Chandrayaan 3 is all about the search for energy to sustain our development. That is what I have outlined in this video – the search for sustainable energy through nuclear fusion. Tomorrow’s superpowers will be those who own energy and India is on the right track.
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INDIA AND OUTCOMES OF THE BRICS SUMMIT
Ambassador Gurjit Singh and I had a very meaningful conversation on the outcomes of the 15th BRICS summit. The Ambassador put across the finer aspects of the New Development Bank, RIC and IBSA which are interlinked to BRICS. We also delved in to the expansion of the forum and the much publicised issue of a…
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UNDERSTANDING THE QUEST FOR THORIUM ENERGY
In this video I have outlined the Thorium cycle for energy generation and the difficulties involved as also India’s efforts at utilising the vast resources of Thorium available in the country. There is no doubt that India is at the forefront of research and technology of thorium based energy generation. It is not a matter…
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AN OVERVIEW OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
The presentation by Lt Gen Ajai Singh (R) on A&N was informative and instructive. The audience response was great. It clarified a whole lot of ideas which people wanted to know about our ‘spiked necklace’ on China’s throat.
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The Siliguri Corridor
This discussion on the Siliguri Corridor was simply fantastic…so many issue came out…do not miss seeing it.
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Manipur Violence : What is Happening and Why
I had an open and frank discourse on Jaipur Dialogues on what is happening in Manipur. Laid out the issue of expanding internal strife to other parts of the region and also India. The external dimensions and drug related issues were also highlighted. The need for political consensus is paramount…if the state is to be…
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