Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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A NEW CHAPTER IN PAK-CHINA COLLUSION
A new chapter in PAK- CHINA collusion is unfolding. Pak is being armed with latest mil capabilities including stealth fighters, submarines and stealth frigates. The number is China Pakistan exercises are on the rise exponentially. More than 50 % of Pak mil equipment will be Chinese hereafter. Gwadar is set to be Chinas 1st overseas…
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Navigating Chaos Till 2035
Cdr Sandeep Dhawan outlines that the world is entering into a chaotic decade in which Xi Jinping’s China will be the main disruptor. India has to rise in this chaos and navigate its way through some perplexing scenarios which are likely to come up. A simple and straight forward no nonsense discussion.
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DISENGAEMENT TO DETERRENCE
Lt Gen Raj Shukla and I had a discussion on something India needs to think of very seriously. How to deter China from coming back as it has always done after a step back. India needs to put in place a fail safe layered deterrence mechanism based on persistent surveillance, guaranteeing simultaneous adversity , narrowing…
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PAKISTAN VS PAKISTANIS
Brig Arun Sahgal who has experience of Track 2 efforts , analyses the current goings on in Pakistan holistically. Increasingly the Pakistan state will continue to suppress Pakistani people as the Army continues to control the strings and Imran Khan is kept in jail. At this level, Pakistan will continue to find new bottoms in…
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A Big One is Coming
Lt Gen Dushyant Singh and I had a sobering conversation. There is a lot of euphoria about the India China thaw. The traders and commercialists are upbeat. Some think that Hindi Cheeni Bhai Bhai 2.0 has begun. It will do us well to know that Chinese feel that our rise is at their expense. It…
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HOW TO DEAL WITH A DECLINING CHINA?
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) outlines the markers of the Chinese Decline. While most people do not believe that China is declining, the facts on the ground say otherwise. There is a huge imbalance in the Chinese system. With time, these imbalances have increased. It is to note that a declining China is worse than…
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A Hypersonic Shock to China and Beyond
The reaction from the tabloid Chinese press is that India’s Hypersonic test is worse than ‘Houthi’ quality and that a HGV was not fired. Be that as it may, the fact remains that the air vehicle did achieve all its payments of range and manoeuvrability. Means do not matter, ends do. To that extent once…
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ZOMI IDENTITY AND NATIONHOOD
Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan explains the concept of tribal identity and nationhood in a clear and lucid manner. This unbiased video is a must for any one who wants to understand our northeastern people and solve their problems. The problems of the people in the north east can only be solved through culture and tradition.…
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INDIA’S HYPERSONIC MISSILES BEYOND THE HYPE
A 360deg discussion with Mr Sandip Unnithan of News Nine Plus on India’s Hypersonic Missile Test when seen in conjunction with other significant missile developments. There are huge Implications for #India‘s Strategic posture and envelope which is fast expanding.
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INDIA’S AFGHAN SQUEEZE ON PAKISTAN
Our equation with Taliban is improving. Taliban’s equation with Pakistan is worsening. So the squeeze…simple.
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