Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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A ‘Strategic Marriage’ of an ‘Arranged Partnership’ By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Previous article on Indo US Strategic Partnership @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/11/indo-us-strategic-relationship-reality.html Former US president Obama once said that the India-US relationship could be a “defining partnership of the 21st century“. President Biden reiterated this viewpoint recently. I immensely believe in these statements. India and USA are two democracies which should be natural partners. Together they can counter an assertive China. Their two militaries…
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India's Emergence Beyond Reticence by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Ancient India was a great power due to its immense knowledge, culture and fabled wealth. It was a nation of states and never a nation state as ‘India’ is today. The conglomeration of states collectively represented a significant portion of the world GDP (as seen in the chart below). Invaders came to conquer or sack…
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A Pakistani View of Farm Protests
I found this article in Dawn titled When Farmers Protest written by Amber Darr. If I had to give it a title l would call it ‘ Neighbours Envy Owners Shame’! The lady gives a very balanced view of the farmers protests unlike most of the other Pakistanis who are revelling in the the disturbance…
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Beyond the Farmers Agitation By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
India was born in the blood bath of partition. Protests, riots and demonstrations have a long history here. One has seen upheavals like the Anti Hindi agitations (60s), the Railway Strike (70s), the Bombay Mill strikes and the Farmers agitation (80s), the Mandal Commission protests (90s) and many more. Communal riots which started with Independence…
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CHALLENGE FACING THE INDIAN ARMY By Gen Deepak Kapoor
Words of wisdom from our ex Chief of Army Staff. We will do well to heed them. Having witnessed the 73rd Indian Army Day parade 2021 on 15 January, one is assured that the army is performing to its potential and would deliver whenever a crisis occurs to the security of the nation, as it…
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INDO US STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP : A REALITY CHECK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
HAPPY DEEPAWALI TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY The Basic Architecture The India-U.S. bilateral cooperation is broad-based. Its vista is multisectoral – trade and investment, defence and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high-tech, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health. The India-U.S. Dialogue Architecture consists of a high level…
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PAKISTANI PERFIDY REPEATED IN GILGIT AND BALTISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
This is an old map. Only to highlight certain issues. Pakistan recently declared that Gilgit and Baltistan will be its fifth province. It has announced its decision to hold the GB Assembly elections on November 15. It is an illegal step. It is a repeat act by Pakistan during Independence when the area was usurped illegally with perfidy. It has major…
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THE GLOBAL ORDER IS BROKEN! LONG LIVE THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER! BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-global-order-is-broken-long-live-the-global-order/ Everything Comes in Threes! Three gentlemen broke the world order. Xi Jinping’s surrealistic ambition of Chinese world domination and aggressive behavior was unacceptable to the world. Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ plan forced USA to walk away from global leadership. Johnson’s ‘Brexit’ broke EU solidarity and dashed hopes of an alternative…
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THE CONTINENTAL VS MARITIME DEBATE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Last year I wrote this article on the Continental Vs Maritime debate going on in India. Since then a few issues have progressed. The QUAD is taking shape and raking up maritime issues. China has shifted focus to the Spratly’s after having consolidated the Parcels. China and India have disengaged along the frontline in…
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THE VIRUS BEYOND CORONA by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
This is a followup on my previous article India At Strategic Cross Roads The Corona Virus is dominating international headlines as it rightly should. However, India is grappling with another virus – the US/Taliban deal. Both these viruses have a bearing on the Indian strategic landscape. There is a subtle shift taking place. While China remains…
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