Category: YOU TUBE
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Can PLA Win Wars?
Armies are meant to fight wars to achieve political objectives of a state. Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan and I examined the PLA from this perspective. It emerges that the PLA though involved in many conflicts , shies away from fighting when the penny drops. The theories of war which its had propagated to present itself…
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Kashmir After Elections
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and I had a detailed discussion on Kashmir and the evolving situation in the state. The increase in terrorist incidents is a worrying sign and has many connotations. We covered ground on the multifarious aspects in a 360 degree manner including strengthening and refocussing the security grid, dealing with Pakistan…
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Manipur What Next ?
Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan (R) and I discussed the current situation in Manipur. This was a no holds barred discussion. To say that the situation has gone from bad to worse is an understatement. The situation has scope to go even worse with political violence threatening to spill over into the neighbouring states. It is…
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Geopolitical Imperatives For The New Government
It was an honour to be part of the inaugural edition of the Gyan Chakra Dialogues with Maj Gen Neeraj Bali(R). We discussed the geopolitical imperatives for the new government at three levels. The first was about the geopolitical trends in the world. This was followed up by an analysis of our adversarial neighbours and…
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DID CHINA INTERFERE IN ELECTIONS?
China interferes in many elections and loses badly. Their interference in our elections was no different. What we need to understand is that China will do its best to interfere in any system that it feels is a threat to its system. Today it ran down the BJP and Mr Modi. Tomorrow if the government…
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THE EMERGING SECURITY ARCHITECTURE IN EAST ASIA
Brig Arun Sahgal (R) outlines the contours of Chinese assertivity and threat as it manifests itself across East Asia. We discussed that the strategy of ambiguity practiced by USA against China also affects all East Asian nations. As a result all these countries are building capacities to defend themselves as also are getting into cooperative…
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Indian Elections and China
So far Xi Jinping has not sent a congratulatory message to our PM. The formal communique from the Chinese government is also conditional to the ‘Three Mutuals’ – mutual respect, mutual interests and mutual sensitivity. Going ahead things will be rocky…and why …see on.
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INDIA BEYOND ELECTIONS : BACK TO THE FUTURE
It does not matter which party wins or loses. India has won big time. We have a stable government, a strong leader and an empowered opposition. Time to look ahead. The challenges are ahead.
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Lessons From Kargil
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and i discussed the Kargil conflict which we fought sucessfully against Pakistan 25 years ago. This was an overviewing discussion where we spoke of the macro lessons. More to follow.
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Agnipath and Elections
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I discussed the Agnipath. In this episode I discus the societal, operational, political, international and aspirational implications and out comes of the ill conceived Agnipath Scheme. It must not be scrapped. It needs modification immediately.
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