Category: Strategic and Geopolitical
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Nuclear Lesson From The Russo-Ukrainian Conflict By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Mr Putin gave a highly emotional and charged speech when the Russian operations into Ukraine commenced. During his televised talk he gave out a warning “To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside – if you do, you will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history.” It was a direct and unambiguous nuclear…
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Discussion on PGurus on India's Stand on Ukraine
This was a live show in which Mr Sree Iyer and I were to discuss the takeaways for India from the ongoing Ukrainian conflict. I had already spoken about it in two earlier videos with Aadi Achint and Brig Chatterjee. Resultantly in this live session I changed track and dwelt on the Indian response and…
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A Short Discussion on Russo Ukraine Conflict
I had a short discussion with Brig SK Chatterjee of BhratShakti.in on various facets of the ongoing Russo-Ukranian conflict. A few interesting issues came out. Short clip.
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Discussion on Military Lessons For India in Ukraine War
Had a very interesting discussion on the lessons for India from the Ukraine War so far.
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Early Military Lessons From The Russo Ukrainian Conflict By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in First Post This article is a follow-up on my last article : Early Gold Standard Non Military Lessons From Ukraine @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/02/early-gold-standard-non-military_28.html Past Russian military forays into Georgia (2008) and Crimea (2014) as also its sustained support of separatists in the Donbas region were immensely successful. Russia repeatedly used overwhelming and unrestricted force to quickly…
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Early “Gold Standard” Non Military Lessons From Ukraine By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Discussion with Aadi Achint on the subject. Also published in First Post The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict is a truly modern multi domain operation in progress which opened with a Russian multi-pronged offside into Ukraine. The first cycle of the war is over. As the kinetic conflict enters the next cycle, Russian initial thrusts and enclaves formed…
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Russian Lessons on Neighbourhood First by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
AN OLD CARTOON WITH AN ENDURING MESSAGE The confrontation between Russia and NATO over Ukraine is being analysed for many reasons. To me the most striking issue is the way Russia is managing its neighbourhood. While the fine print of the Russian environment and ours is different, the larger takeaway is important to grasp. There are…
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The Generals Talk on India as a Global Pivot
Lt Gen Satish Dua , Aadi and I got together on the latest edition of the Generals Talk after a long time. We discussed that in the prevailing geopolitical situation, India ia emerging to be a pivotal power. Very reassuringly, today I saw that Mr Shyam Saran had penned a similar article in the New…
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Discussiion on QUAD and AUKUS : Divergence and Convergence
AUKUS is the new alignment on the block. It is clearly meant for containment of China. In this context, what is the role and relevance of QUAD. That is what Aadi ands I have a discussion on. This discussion is a sequel to my article where I have argued that QUAD and AUKUS are two sides of…
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Divergent Convergence of QUAD and AUKUS By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Divergent Convergence of QUAD and AUKUS Original article @ Bharatshakti.in September 26, 2021; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd) Print Email Editor’s Note AUKUS has raised quite a storm of divergent debates. Is AUKUS going to make a dent in QUAD’s importance? Or, would it enhance QUAD’s potential?…
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