Category: YOU TUBE
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India Bangladesh : The Road Ahead
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain outlined various facets of the troubled India Bangladesh Relationship. He explained the need for both countries to work together for a shared future drawing on his experiences with Bangladeshis and the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The reality as it emerged during the course of the discussion is that while road ahead is…
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GOOD, BAD & THE UGLY FOR INDIA IN 2024
In this episode we have summarised what has been good, bad and ugly for India in 2024 – geopolitically, geoeconomically, technologically and internally. If the Chinese withdrawal is the best thing which happened in 2024, the ugliest is the Bangladesh upheaval and the bitter aftermath. Everything else has been in between. However, 2024 on the…
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INDIA’S INCREASING RISK RELIANCE
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain and i had an in-depth discussion on the 20th Anniversary of the 2004 Tsunami and how India has become more disaster resilient than that time. However the most important part of our discussion was that all of us feel that disaster will happen only to the next person, town or district,…
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FOUR YEARS ON THE LAC IS CHINA’S DEFEAT
The PLA spent four years on the LAC to go back to the points where it started from. What did it achieve? In my opinion – DEFEAT. I have elucidated it in this video. The events of the past four years have been examined against the background of China’s historical actions in Korea, India(62), Vietnam,…
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THE TURBULENT GLOBAL ORDER AND INDIA’S WAY AHEAD
At the end of 2024 the global order is far more uncertain and turbulent than when the year started. As we head into 2025, the portents are that the turbulence will only get worse. Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) outlines the geoeconomics of this turbulence and discusses India’s way ahead. This is a time when…
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LEADERSHIP AND COMMAND IN COMBAT
Leadership and command in combat is not well understood outside the armed forces. It involves raw courage, sacrifice, physical fitness, wisdom, empathy, professional competence and much more to lead brave hearts to possible death to achieve victory at least cost in an environment where being a runners up means defeat. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R)…
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WHAT NEXT IN INDIA BANGLADESH RELATIONS
India Bangladesh relations are rocky. That is being Charitable. The government to government relations are on an even keel while not being close. The people to people relations are becoming more acrimonious. The rise of Islamist ideology in Bangladesh which has been targeting Hindu minorities is a source of deep concern. Mr Sree Iyer and…
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Containing India : The Big Power Game
As India rises it has to contend with containment. Primarily it has already started coming from China which feels that India’s growth is at its expense. Simultaneously it is also coming from USA which has started opining that it will have to contend with a risen India and face problems it has with China. Hence…
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Can Trump End The Ukraine War ?
There is a general expectation that Mr Trump will be able to end the Ukraine War once he assumes office. He has also stated that he will do so during his campaigning. Will he be able to do that? What are the options he has? Mr Sree Iyer and I examined the whole gamut of…
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AFGHANISTAN RISES AS PAKISTAN FAILS
When US forces quit Afghanistan the popular thought was that Pakistan will call the shots for China to exploit the country and that hordes of terrorists will invade India. How things have changed as Afghanistan has risen while Pakistan has failed. Today Pakistan needs China to keep the Taliban off its back. That is the…
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