Category: India
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Looking Beyond Yangtse
Also Publihsed in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/looking-beyond-yangtse/2927052/ General The recent attempt by PLA to dislodge the Indian piquet at Yangtse is without doubt a plan conceived at the highest level in China. Why did Xi Jinping attempt this? There are many reasons which I have put forth in many of my articles. A successful…
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A Discussion on India’s Rise
Aadi and I had a very interesting discussion on India’s rise as a power in its own right and the inevitability of this happening. India and Indians have to be confident about this rise. This discussion is based on two of my articles @ Geoeconomics of India’s Rise @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/21/the-geoeconomics-of-indias-rise-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-r/ and India : The Emerging…
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An Interview With Rediff.Com on Yangtse Faceoff
‘India is China’s prime military target’ By ARCHANA MASIH December 22, 2022 09:54 IST Published @ https://m.rediff.com/news/interview/india-is-chinas-prime-military-target/20221222.htm ‘On the LAC, China can undertake military action at any place with much fewer resources. It can do ‘salami slicing’.’ “If China enters Taiwan, there’s a chance it might get entangled with the USA, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea,…
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The Geoeconomics of India’s Rise by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/the-geoeconomics-of-indias-rise/2922059/ I had written earlier that as India has grown stronger in a changing geopolitical environment, it is emerging as a balancing ‘Third Pole’. I had concentrated largely on the geopolitics of being a ‘Third Pole’. As an extension, It is time to examine the Geoeconomics of India’s rise. At the core,…
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Discussion on POK on Jaipur Dialogues
It was a fascinating discussion on POK with Mr Sanjay Dixit and Mr Tahir Gora on the issue of taking back POK. Many related topics also came into the dialogue. The discussion is based on my article @ https://gunnersshot.com/2019/09/15/a-plan-to-retake-pak-occupied-kashmir-gilgit-and-baltistan-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-retired/
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Jaipur Dialogues : A Discussion on China in Hindi
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I had a discussion on China and the looming instability there. We also discussed as to how to tackle China in future.
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China: Instability on the Horizon by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published @ The Financial Express as China: Instability on the horizon A detailed analysis of the state of affairs in China – a nation with the second largest economy at the disposal of a dictator for life in a state of self-induced atrophy is an international problem. November 24, 2022 7:29:19 pm In China, three…
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Sino Indian Border : Stable and Unpredictable by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published at The Print @ ‘Stable but unpredictable’ border with China is a real risk. India needs a new game plan Chief of Army Staff Manoj Pande has triggered an important thought that demands national attention. India must act like the third pole it aspires to be and avoid conflict. LT GEN P R SHANKAR RETD …
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A Discussion on Narratives with Aadi
Aadi and I had a spontaneous and unstructured discussion on narratives. It was serious fun.
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China’s Strategy in India’s North East By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published in The Sunday Guardian as Destabilising the Northeast on Chinese Radar Lt Gen PR Shankar Retd Updated November 19, 2022, 9:07 PM The tribes, ethnicities and their issues in the Northeast are such that it takes very little imagination and some funding to stoke a social issue into an instability in a democracy like India.…
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