Category: YOU TUBE
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Ex Buland Bharat : PLA Blocked at Sakteng
In 2020, at the height of the Eastern Ladakh crisis, I wrote an article highlighting the danger and real intent of China claiming Sakteng. That is given below. Ex Buland Bharat an integrated surveillance and firepower exercise conducted recently in the Mandala Heights of Western Kameng District is more than a mere exercise. It effectivly…
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China’s India Perceptions and Compulsions
The eight episode of the China Challenge was the best episode of the series so far. They say that it is always good to know on what lies on the other side of the hill. Understanding what the Chinese think is important. This interaction was intuitive to that effect. The questions posed by the audience…
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CHINA’S MULTIDOMAIN MARITIME OPERATIONS
Rear Admiral S Y Shrikhande and I had a discussion on China’s Multidomain Maritime Operations. it was an interesting talk in which lot of issues pertinent to China’s maritime operations came out. There was great interest in the audience and the QnA session was great.
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Perspective of Generals on Conflict With China
The recent talks between the defence ministers of India and China highlighted the different approaches and outlook of the nations. China clearly does not want to give India any leeway on the LAC. However,China’s stand also indicates that they want India on their side. It sort of confuses the normal thinking. With this in view,…
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Protecting India Through Cyber Sovereignty
This conversation with Pavitran Rajan was sobering and eye opening. He laid bare the fundamental issues which plague our cyber systems. India needs to do a lot more in a focussed manner if it needs to achieve strategic autonomy. More importantly unless we are able to have all aspects of cyber space in our control,…
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China’s Influence Operations
The sixth episode of the China Challenge series with Mr N C Bipindra was revealing. The extent of influence operations being carried out by China is astonishing to say the least. The examples quoted in this dialogue are actually chilling. Influence operations are not a faraway phenomenon but are at your doorstep and in many…
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INTERNAL POLITICS OF CHINA
The fifth episode of the China Challenge featured internal politics of China. Namrata Hasija put across the happenings in the internal politics of China in a clear and concise manner. Often one feels that the internal goings on in China are opaque. However things are not so opaque as one thinks they are. An understanding…
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Deterring China’s Aggressive Behaviour
The fourth episode of the China Challenge Series was simply free flowing. It was a great experience to be in conversation with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia in which a whole lot of new aspects came out. Some fresh ideas were discussed. The idea of causing ‘displacement anxiety’ to China came to the fore and it…
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Will Jinpingism Survive?
This was the third episode of the China Challenge. It was an interesting discussion on the politics of Xi Jinping and the direction he’s taken China into. It was an illuminating discussion on the pitfalls of Jinpingism. Given the international and domestic tensions confronting China, the immediate future of the country will be unstable. That…
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China’s Strategic Military Posture and Power Dynamics
In the The China Challenge 2, Lt Gen Raj Shukla very eloquently painted a maximalist picture of China’s Strategic Military Posture and its Power Dynamics. He very clearly brought out the military and the strategic threat we are facing from China. He also outlined what India needs to do to contend with this threat. It…
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