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A Peek Into Every Day China : Shanghai – The Tip of The Covid Iceberg in China By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
This is a follow up of my article @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/a-peek-into-everyday-china-revenge-of.html China has a long and ugly history of famine, displacement, and civil unrest. The social contract between the government and the people is that the CCP ensures a steady improvement in quality of life, and people won’t quibble too much about the path that which takes…
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AGNIPATH : AN INSIDERS VIEW FROM OUTSIDE
As per reports the government is set to finalise the ‘Agnipath’ nee ‘Tour of Duty’ recruitment scheme, under which youth can enlist in the Army for three /five years and be known as ‘Agnivirs’. It is being envisaged that 25% of them would serve for three years and 25% for five years, the remaining 50% would…
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LESSONS FROM UKRAINE WAR ON HANDLING PLA : A DISCUSSION
Ukraine has taught many lessons for many militaries. However there are many lessons which are evident and relatable to PLA and our situation. Lessons from Ukraine are very important for our MOD which is contemplating the Agniveer concept.
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Generals Talk on Future of Pakistan
As a new dispensation comes into power in Pakistan, we discuss the future as we can see it. Its not rosy at all.
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Military Literature Festival : Major Emerging Lessons of the Russo-Ukraine War
Took part in a panel discussion of the Military Literature Festival, Chandigarh on the Emerging Lessons of the Russo-Ukraine War. It was an eminent panel and an informed and focussd discussion.
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Russo-Ukrainian Conflict and Neighborhood First by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
In an earlier article I had mentioned that the Russo Ukrainian Conflict had important lessons to make our ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy a success and left it at that. I was asked by a reader to dilate upon them. This article dilates upon the whole idea and is a central lesson of the war as far as India is…
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Live Discussion on Issues Related to Pakistan and China on P Gurus
Had a very lively discussion on issues concerning Pakistan and China in the backdrop of the Russo Ukrainian War VISIT THE GUNNERS SHOT WEBSITE CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW
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A Peek Into Everyday China : The Revenge of The Virus by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
See clip of Shanghai under lockdown @ https://youtu.be/7vOvHcS6Egg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngYxAi86gU In May 2020, China Declared Victory over the Coronavirus. It was a rebuttal to all critics of the Communist Party and its system of governance. That was at a time when the rest of the world was beleaguered. What was happening in China seemed a miracle. Within a year…
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Pakistan : Predictably Unpredictable by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST POST Pakistan remains a predictably unpredictable nation. While its constitutional and political chaos makes instant headlines in India, it is nothing new. However the more important part is the impact for India irrespective of the outcomes in Pakistan. One has also to appreciate the situation in Pakistan in the larger…
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Russo Ukrainian War : Vanquished Victors by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Clausewitz in his classic treatise ‘On War’ had stated that ‘war is continuation of politics by other means’. Mao has also famously stated that ‘ War is politics with bloodshed and politics is war without bloodshed’. A common fundamental to these sayings is that nations go to war over a core political reason/difference/ disagreement. Eventually,…
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