Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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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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INDIA AT STRATEGIC CROSSROADS by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Changed Times On 05 Aug 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated, India was on top of the Geo strategic game. It was seeking a lasting solution to the K problem in a bold new gambit. Pakistan Army was left wringing its hands on the side-lines. Their PM whined and wailed to no avail.…
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Kerala floods rescue op, AFSPA 'dilution': The two shades of Indian Army
https://www.dailyo.in/variety/kerala-flood-rescue-op-afspa-dilution-extra-judicial-killings-indian-army-saviours-or-killers/story/1/26294.html VARIETY | 9-minute read | 27-08-2018 Lt-Gen PR Shankar (retd) Armymen too are human beings and please grant them some rights. A WhatsApp message doing the rounds following the Kerala flood crisis reads: “…We were all petrified at the rising water…till the Army came…smiling…their actions were so reassuring…that we forgot all our fears…
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The Tale Of Two Corridors Beyond Gwadar & Chabahar
Image Courtesy: World News Report https://bharatshakti.in/the-tale-of-two-corridors-beyond-gwadar-chabahar/ September 06, 2017; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) terminates at Gwadar Port. Its value for China is indeed strategic. However, what it would do to Pakistan’s economy and sovereignty is debatable. Next to Gwader, less than a 100 km away,…
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Non-Contact Conventional Deterrence by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
Original Article @ bharatshakti.in December 06, 2019; Editor’s Note The author addresses an issue that’s been debated less often. How to make deterrence stronger along the conventional axis? His reliance is more on precision and long-range artillery to cause attrition to counterforce targets. The capability enhancement in these areas has not kept pace with the emerging…
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A PLAN TO RETAKE PAK OCCUPIED KASHMIR, GILGIT AND BALTISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Times Have Changed Abrogation of Article 370 has changed the Indo-Pak landscape in toto. It has irreversibly cemented J&K as an integral part of India like other states. It has brought into focus the future of illegally occupied POK and Gilgit-Baltistan. The statements of Shri Rajnath Singh that further dialogue with Pakistan will…
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DESTRUCTION OF THE DEEP STATE – A NATIONAL APPROACH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
TARGET THE PAKISTANI ARMY. THE IMBALANCING CENTRE OF GRAVITY MUST BE DESTROYED Authority Without Responsibility The Pakistani Army is in pole position. Full authority. No responsibility. Carry on with proxy war against India. Provoke the Indian Army. Wave the nuclear card at the slightest indication of a conventional Indian retaliation. Anyway the conventional window is…
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