Category: CASA DIALOGUES
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China’s Himalayan Blunder
This is one of the best videos I have done. Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia very clearly and succinctly outlined the scale of the Chinese Himalayan Blunder which it has committed against India and the larger world. The attendance was great and the audience response was better. The questions from the audience were amazing.
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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR : IS THE END NEAR?
Col Ajay Singh(R), Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (R), and I discussed the various scenarios which are likely to emerge from the ongoing Russia Ukraine War. In all scenarios, there seems to be no positive way to end the conflict. A desultory stalemate seems to be the end state. Unfortunately, the stalemate does not lead to…
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INDIA AND OUTCOMES OF THE BRICS SUMMIT
Ambassador Gurjit Singh and I had a very meaningful conversation on the outcomes of the 15th BRICS summit. The Ambassador put across the finer aspects of the New Development Bank, RIC and IBSA which are interlinked to BRICS. We also delved in to the expansion of the forum and the much publicised issue of a…
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How to Beat The PLA : Cues From 1967 to 2020
India often focuses on the 1962 defeat and gets weighed down by it. It is a psychological block. In all cases, we forget that we have bested the PLA and China four times at Sikkim (1967), Sumdorong Chu (1986), Doklam(2017) and Eastern Ladakh (2020). In an era where small skirmishes have geopolitical ramifications and where…
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MANIPUR : THE WAY FORWARD
This discussion on Manipur was open and frank as it can be. One viewers said it ” is an exceptional podcast. Absolutely brilliant”. The rest I leave to your judgement.
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AN OVERVIEW OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
The presentation by Lt Gen Ajai Singh (R) on A&N was informative and instructive. The audience response was great. It clarified a whole lot of ideas which people wanted to know about our ‘spiked necklace’ on China’s throat.
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5 Things Pakistan Should Do…But Can’t
Lt Gen VP Singh (R) and i had an interesting conversation about what Pakistan needs to do to become a normal state….maybe utopian but needs to be enunciated. It was a different way of looking at things.
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Rocketing Of The PLA Rocket Force Generals
The discussion with Lt Gen Raj Shukla (R) on the recent purge in the PLA rocket force was pretty extensive. Our discussion on the fallout of the purge and the effectiveness of this force indicates that India has to do a lot of catching up.
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Paranoia In Pakistan Military
This was a very deep look into our neighbours with Brig Arun Sahgal (R). We started with Pakistan and ended up discussing China and collusivity between our bette noires. A wide canvas was covered with emphasis on nuclear aspects in the second half of our discussion.
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THE DRAGONS BITE : A BOOK DISCUSSION
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and I had a great discussion on the book he has written on the PLA. Tremendous audience response for a well written book. The book is written in as simple a manner as possible. Makes easy reading. Want to understand the PLA? Read the book…
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