Category: India
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KASHMIR- A FUTURE REFLECTION By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/kashmir-a-future-reflection/ and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=383 It is more than a year since the abrogation of Article 370. A lot has been said. Commentaries commemorating the anniversary abound. Some experts painted deterioration. Some painted no change. Some expressed hope…
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India's Options to Achieve 'Chini Kam' by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
First Part: India Needs To Have “Chini Kam’ – A SWOT Analysis @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/06/profound-myopic-vision-consistent-with.html China, while seeking global hegemony, must support military expansionism and an aging population, with a contracting economy, in a deglobalising environment of falling exports, withering manufacturing, collapsing BRI and weak internal consumption. It portends an authoritarian China rapidly reverting to revisionism. Simultaneously,…
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INDIA NEEDS TO HAVE 'CHINI KAM' BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Profound myopic vision consistent with its turbulent history has led China to squander a strategic opportunity to achieve global greatness when the Wuhan virus broke. If only they were honest about their “Peaceful Rise” rather than being treacherous, they would have been a superpower by now. So anything long-term about Chinese is a carefully cultivated…
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The Prickles of Theaterisation of Commands By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Original Article @ bharatshakti.in Please read in conjunction with my earlier article on SHAPES OF THEATRES The Nation and I wish Gen Bipin Rawat all the best. In his success lies ours. Image Courtesy: PTI March 11, 2020 Print Email Editor’s Note The creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by the government was…
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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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SHAPES OF THEATRES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
At the outset I must confess that I have used the old dictum that a picture conveys a thousand words. Hence there is not much reading to do. Happy theaterisation! Having had the privilege and the good fortune of serving along almost of our borders including most parts of the LAC, some parts of the…
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Chinese Threat – A Reality Check By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R )
Authors Note My articles Modernising Armed Forces on Tight Budgets and Modernising Armed Forces on Contracting Budgets evoked good response. Lot of constructive suggestions. However, I get the feeling from feedback received, that pruning down forces is fraught with risk. Yes of course. There is risk. There is risk even when you cross a road. However,…
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MODERNISING ARMED FORCES ON CONTRACTING BUDGETS by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R )
BITE THE BULLET BOYS TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT Smell the Anasthesia As per Economic Times, the outlay for defense in the budget has been hiked by 5.8 % over the last year’s budget outlay. It is…
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THE HUAWEI HORSE TROJANNING INDIA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy through subterfuge and then destroyed the city and slaughtered its people completely. That is an old fable. Nothing new. In…
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