Category: CASA DIALOGUES
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India’s Military Stamina
Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy(R) and I had an informed discussion on India’s Military Stamina. Alarmist do to understand what we are capable of….
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Pakistan On A Slippery Wicket
Lt Gen Dushyant Singh (R) and I had a free flowing talk on Pakistan and its current status which can be described as slippery. A important issue which came up was that Gilgit Baltistan is emerging as an area which India must focus on and start the process to reclaim it. The process must start…
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The Siliguri Corridor
This discussion on the Siliguri Corridor was simply fantastic…so many issue came out…do not miss seeing it.
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The Confused State of Pakistan
I wanted to discuss the “hybrid” state of Pakistan. Tahir Gora pointed out that “hybrid” is system which functions by design like in hybrid vehicles. However in the case of Pakistan, it has gone beyond that into a state of utter “confusion” starting from its foreign policy and going on to its ideology. That is…
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CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS
Lt Gen Prakash Menon (R) and I had an informed discussion on Civil Military Relations. This issue is assuming increasing importance as India rises. As the Indian economy expands , there is an undeniable requirement for the role of its Military to play a significant part in this growth. . We covered a lot of…
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Manipur Fallout
Manipur is at a stage where the fall out will be huge if we do not pull back. I have outlined the fallout along with some options. We need to act pronto on it.
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PLA PUSHED BACK IN 1967 AT NATU LA AND 1987 AT SUMDORONG CHU
Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (R) and I recounted the events of 1967 at Natu La and 1987 at Sumdorong Chu when India had the better of PLA. In fact the PLA got a bloody nose in 1967. More often than not these incidents fade with time and current narratives take over. Resultantly, the PLA through…
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Evolution Of India’s Africa Policy and Recent Developments
Shri Gurjit Singh our former ambassador to Germany , Indonesia , Asian , Ethiopia and the African Union gave a fantastic overview of India in Africa over the years. Most importantly he made me realise the depth and breadth of the Political and Human investment that India has made in Africa since the past eight…
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4D Strategy to Counter China
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I discussed the 4 D strategy India needs to adopt to counter China. It revolves around – Defending the LAC, Denial of space in the neighbourhood, Diplomacy to balance and Domination of the maritime space. We had spoken about it peripherally often. Today we got down to fleshing out the…
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Command and Control of Joint Theatres
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and i had a discussion on the Command and Control of Joint Theatres as they would evolve. As the CISC , Gen Dua had worked on it and had contributed significantly to institutionalising jointness. His explanations simplified this complicated subject and made it easy to understand. This was one of…
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