Category: India
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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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DO UNTO CHINA WHAT DOES TO INDIA : AN INDIAN STRATEGY
This is a combination of a set of ideas which have come about based on various inputs. Very simply put, there is a clear anxiety developing in China regarding India. There is also a new awareness. However China’s play book remains the old and it does want to budge from its old positions. High time…
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Manipur Fallout
Manipur is at a stage where the fall out will be huge if we do not pull back. I have outlined the fallout along with some options. We need to act pronto on it.
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Evolution Of India’s Africa Policy and Recent Developments
Shri Gurjit Singh our former ambassador to Germany , Indonesia , Asian , Ethiopia and the African Union gave a fantastic overview of India in Africa over the years. Most importantly he made me realise the depth and breadth of the Political and Human investment that India has made in Africa since the past eight…
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4D Strategy to Counter China
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I discussed the 4 D strategy India needs to adopt to counter China. It revolves around – Defending the LAC, Denial of space in the neighbourhood, Diplomacy to balance and Domination of the maritime space. We had spoken about it peripherally often. Today we got down to fleshing out the…
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Command and Control of Joint Theatres
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and i had a discussion on the Command and Control of Joint Theatres as they would evolve. As the CISC , Gen Dua had worked on it and had contributed significantly to institutionalising jointness. His explanations simplified this complicated subject and made it easy to understand. This was one of…
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