Category: Strategic and Geopolitical
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QUAD : EVOLVING FAST BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY GUARDIAN @ https://epaper.thedailyguardian.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=2710d408a74c&imageview=1 THIS IS THE FOURTH ARTICLE IN A SERIES EARLIER ARTICLES ON THE QUAD QUAD 2.0 OR TIANXIA INDIA’S QUADRATIC EQUATIONS CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRILATERAL TENT Once India invited the Australian Navy to take part in the Malabar 2020 exercise QUAD has become demi official. In addition, India has also…
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THE CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRILATERAL TENT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/11-october-2020/ This is the third article on the QUAD. Earlier articles are :- QUAD 2.0 or Tianxia @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/07/quad20-or-tianxia-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar.html India’s QUADratic Equations @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/indias-quadratic-equations-by-lt-gen-p.html Chinese assertion and aggression is steered by Xi Jinping whose personal ambition is greater than the ambition of China and the CCP put together. A ‘China Dream’ and ‘Rejuvenation Plans’ are fine if they…
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DISRUPTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also Published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/disruption-in-military-affairs/ and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=388 Three months back I was approached to speak at the Army War College, Mhow, during the Doctrine and Strategy Seminar on Multi Domain Operations. In this time many things happened. I corelated the topic with the current international military and strategic events. I realised that the actual scope was wider…
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सुपरपावर – पूर्व, वर्तमान और चीन By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published @ https://www.aajsamaaj.com/editorial/विचार-मंच/superpower-east-present-and-china/ English version @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=366 हमने कई सभ्यताओं को देखा है -क्रिक, फारसी, चीनी, सिंधु घाटी, मेसोपोटामियन, मिस्र, रोमन, इस्लामिक, मय, इंका और भी बहुत कुछ। कई महान साम्राज्यों में वृद्धि हुई है और गिर गए हैं – ओटोमन, फारसी, स्पेनिश, हाप्सबर्ग्स, अरब मौर्य, मुगल, तांग राजवंश। हालांकि, दुनिया ने केवल पांच महाशक्तियों को…
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SUPERPOWERS – PAST, PRESENT AND CHINA BY | LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
CENTRE FOR JOINT WARFARE STUDIES SUPERPOWERS – PAST, PRESENT AND CHINA BY | LT GEN P R SHANKAR, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (RETD) Published@ https://thedailyguardian.com/world-superpowers-and-china/@https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=366 and Civilizations, Empires and Superpowers. We have seen many civilizations-Greek, Persian, Chinese, Indus Valley, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, Mayan, Inca and more. Similarly, many great empires have risen and fallen- the Ottoman, Persian,…
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India’s ‘QUADratic’ Equations By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @https://thedailyguardian.com/indias-quadratic-equations/ and https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=362 India has reinforced the LAC with 35000 troops. It is considering banning more Chinese apps. Chinese entities are being excluded from – telecom, railways, non-essentials, infrastructure and more. Our stance against the Chinese is hardening. The question is – should we continue to do it alone or as part of the QUAD? …
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QUAD2.0 OR TIANXIA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/quad-2-0-or-tianxia-options-before-the-world/ Gordon Chang says ‘Xi, thinks everyone should acknowledge not only Chinese hegemony but also China’s rule,… China’s ruler has both the right and responsibility to rule Tianxia, or all under Heaven’! Does the world want to be in this Chinese hell? If not, it needs the QUAD. It is a global imperative. The Quadrilateral Security…
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The Dark World of China’s Multi Domain Warfare by Lt Gen P R Shankar (r)
Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=350 , @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-dark-world-of-chinas-multi-domain-warfare/ and @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/the-dark-world-of-chinas-multi-domain-warfare In an article on 5G I outlined how China is waging Multi Domain Warfare (MDW) with Huawei as one of its Trojan Horses. It evoked great response. It also evoked great concerns from some right-thinking people like: – I agree with the threat posed and China’s game. My apprehensions….it…
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MILITARY LESSONS FROM A STALEMATE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R)
The US- Iran Spat in Brief On 31 Dec 2019, supporters of Iran backed militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. It was in retaliation to an US airstrike on a camp of an Iran backed Hezbollah offshoot group which resulted in the death of 25 fighter’s [1]. USA retaliated by an armed UAV attack…
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WAR WAGING WAYS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R )
The targeted killing of Maj Gen Soleimani through a drone attack has set the social media abuzz. However, this comment by one veteran was reflective of our situation. “See the use of modern intelligence used to kill a general. I hope they do the same with ISI generals. We just talk, we cannot do it.…
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