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The First Half Army: 74 years of Pakistan's first capitulation to Indian Army By Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
This article has been published originally @ https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/the-first-half-army-74-years-of-pakistans-first-capitulation-to-indian-army.html. Pakistan Army exudes a hubris of fighting capability and martial tradition. However, Stephen Cohen once described it as the finest army in the world which never won a war. The fact that it has lost all wars with the Indian Army and that too at a time and…
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THE REALITY OF CHINA : PART 1 – A DISCUSSION
China is changing and changing fast. The change is revisionist in nature with a back to basics approach, driven by demographics and ambition – individual and collective. The entire exercise makes China more militaristic and aggressive than before. It is in this context that Aadi and I have embarked on a three part discussion to examine the…
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Discussion on P Gurus
After a long time, Mr Sree Iyer of P Gurus and I had a very interesting talk on a few regional issues. The good part was that it was a live show where we could interact with the auidence. We started with Imran Khan and Taliban, drifted to Afghanistan and ended up with Bangladesh. The…
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India's Neighbourhood : A Discussion
Aadi Achint and I had a discussion on India’s neighbourhood. What came out of the discussion is that while we need to be focussed on Afghanistan, Pakistan and China, the situation in Sri Lanka and Myanmar is fragile and unsettled. We need to do more to reach out to these nations to help them stabilise.…
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WIN THE TAIWAN BATTLE AND LOSE THE CHINA WAR by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Background The priority task of PLA is capturing Taiwan and reunification with China. Xi Jinping keeps vowing to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful means. However China keeps carrying out massive air violations into Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone. It also carries out amphibious exercises to capture Island territories. It is a typical two faced Chinese mutt(yin) and jeff (yang)strategy. Analyses indicate…
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Why Imran Khan is Called Taliban Khan by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Have you ever wondered why the Imran Khan, the PM of Pakistan is called Taliban Khan? Well the answers are there in all the cartoons drawn by Pakistanis. However if pictures have not conveyed the truth, read the excerpts from articles written by Pakistanis themselves. Very clearly Imran Khan is made from a…
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CHINA : A FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON OR A SICK LIZARD? By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Articles which substantiate this analysis Current Revisionism in China The Chinese Wobble China is bellicose and militaristic towards India and Taiwan. The hurry to usurp Taiwan is palpable. Massive air violations and amphibious exercises. Xi Jinping’s speech on the eve of the Taiwanese National Day, exhorted it to peacefully unite with the motherland or else… Even a time line is…
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The Indian Geostrategic Palate by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Indian geostrategic palate is a mixed bag. Our neighbourhood is in turmoil. Our traditional adversaries are getting back to their old tricks. We have just started seeing green shoots of recovery in our external environment. However, internally, we also keep jumping from one crisis to another. Our strategic partners – past and present seem…
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OUTLINES OF MULTI DIMENSIONAL NEO-REVISIONISM IN CHINA by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Revisionism has been a way of life in China for more than a century. China transited from imperialism to nationalism to Maoism to capitalism with socialist principles. It has just embarked on another revision from capitalism to an uncertain form of socialism with an ideological mix of Mao, Marx and Xi Jinping. The current revisionism…
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A Relic of a Bygone Era Should Remain One by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
I read the article A relic of a bygone age? I might be, but I’m not a defeatist by Mr Paul Keating, ex PM of Australia. He has been very critical of QUAD and has lampooned the current Australian Government . He says “The government’s AUKUS agreement re-staples us to the Anglosphere – the world of the Atlantic,…
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