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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM : AIM GONE ASTRAY By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam : A Review No Go For China in the Logjam Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears Sino Indian Logjam: The Winter Haul Sino Indian Logjam – The Chinese Three Card Trick Sino…
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CONTOURS OF THE QUAD IN THE NEW PARADIGM
On 18 February 2021, the third virtual QUAD ministerial meet was held. This was held in the early days of the Biden administration. It indicates a seriousness of intent on the part of all QUAD nations. Issues which came up were :- Challenges faced by existing international order. Unilateral attempts to change the status quo…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM: THE UNLIKELY RETURN by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam : A Review No Go For China in the Logjam Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears Sino Indian Logjam: The Winter Haul Sino Indian Logjam – The Chinese Three Card Trick Sino…
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SIX STRATEGIES FOR QUAD 3.0 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
EARLIER ARTICLES ON QUAD BY THE AUTHOR CLICK ON ARTICLE TITLE TO READ QUAD 2.0 OR TIANXIA INDIA’S QUADRATIC EQUATIONS THE CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRATIC TENT QUAD : EVOLVING FAST EVOLUTION OF QUAD 3.0…
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A Pakistani View of Farm Protests
I found this article in Dawn titled When Farmers Protest written by Amber Darr. If I had to give it a title l would call it ‘ Neighbours Envy Owners Shame’! The lady gives a very balanced view of the farmers protests unlike most of the other Pakistanis who are revelling in the the disturbance…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM – SOVEREIGNTY GAINED AND SOVEREIGNTY LOST IN DISENGAGEMENT by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
WATCH THE YOU TUBE VIDEO AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE FOR A DISCUSSION ON WHY ‘DID CHINA BACK OFF’ Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam – A Review No Go For China in the Logjam Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options…
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EVOLUTION OF QUAD 3.0 : FOOD FOR THOUGHT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
EARLIER ARTICLES ON QUAD BY THE AUTHOR CLICK ON ARTICLE TITLE TO READ QUAD 2.0 OR TIANXIA INDIA’S QUADRATIC EQUATIONS THE CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRATIC TENT QUAD : EVOLVING FAST China’s economic, geographic, political and diplomatic assertion has made the Indo-Pacific the centre of gravity of international geopolitics. As long as the pandemic was…
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Beyond the Farmers Agitation By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
India was born in the blood bath of partition. Protests, riots and demonstrations have a long history here. One has seen upheavals like the Anti Hindi agitations (60s), the Railway Strike (70s), the Bombay Mill strikes and the Farmers agitation (80s), the Mandal Commission protests (90s) and many more. Communal riots which started with Independence…
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Back To Pakistani Blackmail With A Gun To Its Head by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Long back, when the Soviet Russia invaded Afghanistan, USA was worried that Pakistan could be rolled over next and join hands with India. USA would then lose not only its base but the region also; having lost Iran and being inimical to India. In 1979, the Carter administration panicked. It offered a $400 million military…
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CHALLENGE FACING THE INDIAN ARMY By Gen Deepak Kapoor
Words of wisdom from our ex Chief of Army Staff. We will do well to heed them. Having witnessed the 73rd Indian Army Day parade 2021 on 15 January, one is assured that the army is performing to its potential and would deliver whenever a crisis occurs to the security of the nation, as it…
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