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China's Strategic Myopia By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/dragons-strategic-myopia/ @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=329 @https://missionvictoryindia.com/chinas-strategic-myopia/ @https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/chinas-strategic-myopia/ The Sino Indian military pause is part of a geostrategic continuum. Some domestic and international experts opine that India is cornered and in a pickle. They are as myopic as the PRC planners. Bottom line. It has been China’s choice to come in uninvited. it is India’s choice…
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BRI: The Infected Project of the Century by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The BRI envisaged infrastructure and construction projects at a mega scale — Railways, Highways, Ports, Energy Projects, and Industrial Estate Developments across 70 odd countries. The crown jewel being the CPEC. The Chinese ambitions are to displace the US from the top. Engage countries in bilateral economic partnerships. Deploy excess Chinese capital and capacity overseas…
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Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Courtesy: Instagram/Govt of Pakistan Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond Original Article @ https://bharatshakti.in/sino-pak-nexus-collusivity-and-beyond/July 03, 2020; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd) Print Email Editor’s Note Pakistan Army makes hay as long as the sun shines. Over and above its bid for a 20 per cent pay hike, it’s expanding business interests at a hitherto unforeseen scale. Now they are…
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India's Options to Achieve 'Chini Kam' by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
First Part: India Needs To Have “Chini Kam’ – A SWOT Analysis @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/06/profound-myopic-vision-consistent-with.html China, while seeking global hegemony, must support military expansionism and an aging population, with a contracting economy, in a deglobalising environment of falling exports, withering manufacturing, collapsing BRI and weak internal consumption. It portends an authoritarian China rapidly reverting to revisionism. Simultaneously,…
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INDIA NEEDS TO HAVE 'CHINI KAM' BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Profound myopic vision consistent with its turbulent history has led China to squander a strategic opportunity to achieve global greatness when the Wuhan virus broke. If only they were honest about their “Peaceful Rise” rather than being treacherous, they would have been a superpower by now. So anything long-term about Chinese is a carefully cultivated…
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‘SATYAMEVA JAYATE (TRUTH ALONE PREVAILS)’ BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
AUTHORS REQUEST : KINDLY DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS ARTICLE TO SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. JUST FORWARD THE LINK PLEASE. ALL THE TROUBLE I TAKE TO PRESENT AN ARTICLE IS LOST WHEN THIS IS FORWARDED AS A DOWNLOADED SCRIPT. THANKS. My thoughts are with Col Santosh Babu and our soldiers who sacrificed themselves for us…
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THE ARMED FORCES OF INDIA : UNYIELDING BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
If you have chosen to face the Indian Armed Forces, you have chosen to face death and defeat. Ask the Pakistanis they have the best experience. The Chinese have recently joined their ranks. There is clarity that the Chinese did something typically characteristic of China – “Attempted a stab in the back”. Post the…
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FDI IN DEFENCE : SOME THOUGHTS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Original Article @ https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/june/20/fdi-in-defence-some-thoughts When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported that it will encourage multinationals to set up manufacturing bases in India or…
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Wuhan to Galwan : The Chernobyl Factor by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Original Article @ https://thedailyguardian.com/wuhan-to-galwan-the-chernobyl-factor/ CHINA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WITH ITS BABY IN ITS LAP, ‘THE WUHAN VIRUS’ CRYING FOR MORE Do not trouble the trouble until the trouble troubles you. This is common sense and not Sun Tzu. I suppose that is why the Chinese have not heard of it.…
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Defence Procurement Advisory Board by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Original Article Published @ http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=14934370 It was long thought that nuclear, space and missile programs will provide us with Security and ‘Stability’. However ‘Instability’ due to threat from China and Pakistan has increased recently. This is happening at a time when the Pandemic is devastating our economy. The PM has responded to the Pandemic with the…
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