Category: CASA DIALOGUES
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India China Multi Domain Scenarios
This web discussion contains many ideas in the multi domain environment of China and India. The distinguished panel went over the various aspects of the multi domain scenarios in the China India context. As we progressed in the discussion, it was realised that there is a lot of multi domain initiatives that India has taken…
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China’s Invasion of Taiwan
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and I outline how the invasion of Taiwan can proceed or rather flounder given the state of PLA preparation at this point of time. It will bust many myths which people hold.
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Favourable Strategic Balance For India
In this episode Brig Arun Sahgal (R) outlined the Strategic Equations and the Emerging Balances in the Global Order. In this context a favourable strategic balance for India which it must seek was outlined. The new government has its work cutout in 2024.
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Israel Iran War : The Counterstrike?
Was Israel’s action a counterstrike, a probe or a strategic message to Iran? It probably is all of that and much more. The focus has shifted away from Gaza and is now on the larger West Asia crisis with larger ramifications. Every actor in this drama has stakes . Lt Gen Dushyant Singh (R) and…
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India Pakistan Multi Domain Scenario
Global Geopolitics is dominated by multi domain approaches. For long we have been attacked through multiple domains by Pakistan and China. Mostly our responses have veered towards a kinetic thought process. It is time we think of multi domain responses, gray zone, hybrid and asymmetry. After all it takes two to play a game. It…
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Living and Fighting in High Altitudes
Sometime back I saw in ‘X’ a report that PLA will most likely resort to firepower than physical attacks in High Altitudes since their soldiers are attached to oxygen bottles in High Altitudes. It indicates a basic deficiency in PLA. It is sort of emerging that their soldiers will struggle in high altitudes. People need…
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Israel Iran War ; The Deepening West Asia Crisis
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I discussed the Iran Israel war and what lies ahead in the deepening crisis in West Asia. The world has not been closer to a WW3 than this time. However the opportunity for India to be a peace maker in this crisis is huge since big powers are part of the…
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Increasing Interference in India’s Internal Matters
Ambassador Anil Trigunayat and I had a fee and open conversation on how there is increasing interference from outside on India’s internal matters. Most of the countries which comment on India’s internal affairs do so from the prism of their circumstances. They often do not understand India. More importantly they do not understand that India…
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India’s Strategy To Tackle Pakistan China Collusion in War and Peace
This was a very deep discussion in which there was diversity of opinion which highlighted the level and degree of Pak China collusion amidst changing geopolitical circumstances. This is a must see for those who are worried about the two from situation that India has to face. What Pak and China are up to and…
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Some Thoughts on AFSPA
There are reports in the media of normalcy in J&K and some clamour for removal of AFSPA. Absence of normalcy is not peace and AFSPA remains a necessary instrument of the state to bring any disturbed area back to normalcy. In this context Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and I shared some thoughts on AFSPA.
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