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What’s Wrong With Xi ?
There are many rumours floating around about Xi Jinping’s health. In this connection Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R), Mr Sanjay Dixit and I had an interesting conversation on what will happen to China, global impact, India’s opportunities et al.
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PLA’s CRISIS IN COMMAND
There is a crisis of command in PLA. I have no doubt about it. I have outlined it in this episode. I have drawn inputs from Chinese sources. It actually deflates PLA’s capability significantly. This is a factor which we rarely take into account when we assess China. I remain convinced that we are overassessing…
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Artillery in Kargil : The Winning Edge
Maj Gen Sanjaya Saran (R) is a decorated veteran of the Kargil war. He commanded an artillery regiment in the Batalik Sector. In this episode he recounts all the issues which went in to ensure that India won the war and how Artillery played a significant part in victory. This is a soldiers recall from…
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NATO @ 75
NATO has just finished 75 years. In this period it has grown from a membership of 10 to 32 with a few more waiting to join. It started largely as an anti soviet system focussed on European security. However its foot print and major conflicts are far beyond Europe. It is on the verge of…
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The Stronger Power in 2030 – INDIA or CHINA?
This is a comparative analysis of China and India based on a CNA debate of 2013. I have compared certain key elements of national power to highlight what China and India will look like in 2030.
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To Russia With Love
The PMs visit to Russia has raised some hackles in USA and China. This is what mr Sree Iyer and I discussed in this episode. The major issue to understand is that this trip signifies India’s emergence as a balancing power in Global Affairs which has signalled to everyone that it will excercise strategic autonomy…
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Winning Confidence of People in Disturbed Areas
Mr Sree Iyer and I had short and lively discussion on how the army goes about winning the confidence of people in counterinsurgency and disturbed areas.
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Leadership In The Armed Forces
Leadership in the Armed Forces is unique and highly demanding. This was the essence of my talk at IIT Madras in a program for nurturing the future leadership from leading academic institutions. It was well received.
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The Killing Fields Of Pakistan
Pakistan has three killing fields;ds in which it is active – the eastern front with India, the western from with Pakistan and the internal from it has created for itself. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and I discuss these fronts and what it means to India , specially in the context of the fact that…
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AI in Battle
The talk of the town is that AI is an important tool in the battlefield. In this video Videh Raj Nema a graduate student in this budding field explains the nuances and intricacies of Ai in battle as he describes IOBT ( Internet of Battle Things) . The understanding at the end is that while…
Gunners Shot 