Category: Strategic and Geopolitical
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The CRIK Upheaval
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea seem to be evolving into a partnership which could provide an alternative order to the existing US led global order. Lt Gen Raj Shukla (R) outlines the political, diplomatic, military and technological linkages between these nations and how they are uniting against USA. More importantly they are not averse…
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Return of Global Terror and Implications for India
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain and I discussed the new wave of global terror which is making its impact. It is more dangerous, impactful and has an element of being state sponsored. One has to contend with a hybrid form of threat where a nation will have to battle state and non state forces. Terror will…
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TWO YEARS OF RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR AND BEYOND
This war has gone on for two years with any significant political outcome for either Russia or Ukraine. If anything both have lost out. Ukraine is a destroyed country and Russia has an open sore on its borders. Looking ahead, this war seems to be degenerating back into what it was in the period 2014…
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How Nations Fight
Different nations fight differently. How nations fight depends on their character, culture, location, history and many more factors. That is what I have tried to put across in this episode. Go through it and you will find it interesting.
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Turbulent 2024
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and I discussed the turbulence one can foresee in 2024. Wars, tensions, chokepoints, elections , climate change and disasters will create global turbulence in food security, energy security and supply chain disruptions throughout 2024.
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How Middle Powers Sustain Balance Of Power In Global Conflicts Involving US, China by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
DEFENCE.CAPITAL ON DECEMBER 11, 2023 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) By Lt Gen. PR Shankar (Retired) Conventional wars between states have returned with a vengeance. The wars between Ukraine and Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Israel and Palestine/Hamas are prominent among them. In addition, there have been civil wars, coups, and ethnic strife in the Sahel region of Africa.…
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SUPERPOWERS : PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
This video is unique since it is an examination of superpowers – what they were and why they were. I have examined the Roman, Mongol and British Empire which were the true superpowers of the past along with USSR. in the present there is USA. The future…..have a look at the video.
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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR : IS THE END NEAR?
Col Ajay Singh(R), Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (R), and I discussed the various scenarios which are likely to emerge from the ongoing Russia Ukraine War. In all scenarios, there seems to be no positive way to end the conflict. A desultory stalemate seems to be the end state. Unfortunately, the stalemate does not lead to…
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The New Cold War By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published in The Sunday Guardian @ https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/the-new-cold-war A major marker of the new cold war was the Covid pandemic. Two years of the pandemic brought the worst features of China to the fore The post-cold war international order was underpinned by three elements. The unipolar status of the United States, increased globalisation and the impending…
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