Category: YOU TUBE
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Changes in India China Relations
Subtle changes are happening in the India China relations. Mr Sree Iyer and I discuss these changes and explain where India is heading and how we need to handle the India-China relationship.
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Focus on Tibet
Focus on Tibet was a freewheeling and wide ranging conversation on Tibet with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (R). We covered a lot of ground. The most important take away was that a combination of myriad factors like China’s collapsing demographics, climate change and succession related issues of HH Dalai Lama will open up opportunities for…
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Kashmir Elections – Impact on Pakistan
Mr Tahir Aslam Gora and I had a wide ranging conversation on Kashmir, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The significant issue is that he feels for the first time he sees signs break up of Pakistan due to synergies developing between militant, political and social stands of Baluch and Pashtun movements. It will be beyond the divided…
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Nature of Threats From an Unstable Pakistan
There is s perception gaining currency that the threat from Pakistan is reducing as its multi crisis endures and the economy enters into an unknown territory. As per evidence on ground Pakistan’s conventional and nuclear capability has not been affected despite the problems it faces. In fact the threat from an unstable Pakistan is much…
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BANGLADESH : WHAT NEXT
The webinar got tremendous response from Bangladesh. It indicated a lot go antipathy to India. The need of the hour is to avoid knee jerk reactions and exhibit strategic patience. The central theme of Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (R) , Lt Gen Ata Hasnaian (R) and Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhya was on rebuilding relations with a…
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PRC IN A FIX
PRC in a fix was an outstanding presentation by Maj Gen R Rajiv Narayanan (R). He clearly lays out the internal problems of China which are of a long standing nature. These are not going to go away. Much as it is being projected that China is a global power externally , the internal reality…
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FRIENDS OF BANGLADESH
In this episode I have put across the reality of those whom Bangladesh considers as its friends and also the reality of India. Bangladesh has to realise that it is interlocked with India and has no way out. It has a choice of cooperating for mutual benefit or under conditions of loss. It has to…
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EXPLODING FAULT LINES IN PAKISTAN
Lt Gen K J Singh (R) has this simple and direct view that Pakistan came into being with manufacturing defects. This unnatural nation has endemic fault lines which include its permanently unsettled borders, constitutional shortcomings, religious flaws. societal cracks and many more including the geographical fault of being dependant on only one river. It was…
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MENDING INDIA USA FENCES
Mr Sree Iyer and I discussed the frayed India USA relationship and why it needs mending. Fundamentally if China is to be contained as per the Indo Pacific Strategy, there is no choice but for India and USA to cooperate. In this context there is a greater need for India and USA not to act…
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A POLITICO MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN’S ARMED FORCES : PART 2 – PROTECTING ITS POSITION IN SOCIETY
IN THIS EPISODE I HAVE OUTLINED HOW THE PAKISTAN ARMY HAS SYSTEMATICALLY TAKEN OVE THE GOVERNANCE OF PAKISTAN AND HAS CEMENTED ITS ROLE IN THE SOCIETY. A POLITICO MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN’S ARMED FORCES / PART 1 -GUARDING THE NATIONS BORDERS A POLITICO MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF THE PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES : PART 3- DEFENDING GODS CAUSE
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