Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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2022 : THE YEAR OF PROMISE by Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
Gunners Shot wishes you and you family a very happy and prosperous 2022 designed by Sudha @ Pansandspaces.com 2022 is a year of great promise for all of us. The enigma is that what will it take India to realize this promise. If the Virus is under control anywhere in the world at present, it…
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LEVERAGING ANTI CHINA SENTIMENT TOWARDS STRATEGIC AUTONOMY BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
INDIA Originally published by Firstpost. @ https://www.firstpost.com/india/time-for-india-to-leverage-global-anti-china-sentiment-towards-strategic-autonomy-10222961.html Time for India to leverage global anti-China sentiment towards strategic autonomy Today, China with its assertive attitude is virtually frightening away investors. If India fails to grab this opening, there will be no alternative for investors but to go back to China PR ShankarDecember 20, 2021 09:32:05 IST Representational image.…
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Russian Roulette Ahead by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Original article @ Bharatshakti.in The relationship between India and Russia is special and the Strategic Partnership is privileged. The relations are unique, confiding and mutually beneficial by nature, encompassing all possible areas of cooperation. They are based on similar civilizational values, time-tested friendship, mutual understanding, trust, common interests and proximity of approaches to the fundamental issues…
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India’s Three Front Strategy by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
India’s geostrategic environment has changed significantly in the past one month. A Talibani Afghanistan, a hybrid Pakistan and an authoritarian China – all in flux, present a new geostrategic challenge beyond the ordinary conception that terrorists will flood the Valley. There is a new Afghanistan- Pakistan- China axis on the block. This axis has tremendous…
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India and Its Last Bastion at 74 By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Freedom is something that money can’t buy; it’s the result of the struggles of many brave hearts.Let us honor them today and always. 🇮🇳Happy Independence Day!🇮🇳 Indian Armed Forces are required to safeguard India’s national interests which are enshrined in our constitution. These are a. protection of land borders, coastline, island territories and sea lanes from external aggression…
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The Dark and Deep Woods of National Defence By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Former prime PM Manmohan Singh recently said ‘The road ahead is even more daunting than during the 1991 economic crisis and the nation would need to recalibrate its priorities to ensure a dignified life for all Indians’. He also quoted the last lines from Robert Frosts poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ which say…
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Aiming Without Arming by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
India was a poor country in the decade prior to 1971. Two debilitating wars with China (1962) and Pakistan (1965), truant monsoons, high inflation, food shortages and imports dominated headlines. Five-year plans were suspended from 1966 to 1969 due to lack of resources. Prime Ministers Nehru and Shastri died in quick succession to cause political instability. Rupee…
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NO VACCINES NO GUNS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The other day I was reading about our vaccination program. It was to save India from the extreme debilitation of the Chinese virus. When the time of reckoning came the cupboard of the ‘pharmacy of the world’ was found bare. I also saw an interesting article on cricket in which an Australian player said that…
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THE COLLAPSING THIRD POLE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Followup Reflections on Governance by The Unelected @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/05/governance-by-unelected-by-lt-gen-p-r.html The leadership mantra When the problem is ignored, The problem becomes the leader and, The leader becomes the problem …The WhatsApp University of Wisdom In 2001, China was only slightly ahead of India on most metrics. Both were rising middle powers in the unipolar world…
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