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Manipur Violence : What is Happening and Why
I had an open and frank discourse on Jaipur Dialogues on what is happening in Manipur. Laid out the issue of expanding internal strife to other parts of the region and also India. The external dimensions and drug related issues were also highlighted. The need for political consensus is paramount…if the state is to be…
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DO UNTO CHINA WHAT DOES TO INDIA : AN INDIAN STRATEGY
This is a combination of a set of ideas which have come about based on various inputs. Very simply put, there is a clear anxiety developing in China regarding India. There is also a new awareness. However China’s play book remains the old and it does want to budge from its old positions. High time…
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Manipur Fallout
Manipur is at a stage where the fall out will be huge if we do not pull back. I have outlined the fallout along with some options. We need to act pronto on it.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Eyeing India in a Bad to Worse Situation
In this Peek Into Everyday China, , I have highlighted the economic situation of China which is going from bad to worse was per the Chinese media. All indications are that Chinese recovery will take a long time. In this environment, the Chinese view of India is interesting and that is what I have highlighted.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Public Control of The Private Economy in China
The latest policy of China to revive its flagging economy and assist private firms is by taking control of them…that is why the title…draw your own conclusions as to where China is headed after seeing the video…btw…it is based on facts….
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PLA PUSHED BACK IN 1967 AT NATU LA AND 1987 AT SUMDORONG CHU
Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (R) and I recounted the events of 1967 at Natu La and 1987 at Sumdorong Chu when India had the better of PLA. In fact the PLA got a bloody nose in 1967. More often than not these incidents fade with time and current narratives take over. Resultantly, the PLA through…
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Evolution Of India’s Africa Policy and Recent Developments
Shri Gurjit Singh our former ambassador to Germany , Indonesia , Asian , Ethiopia and the African Union gave a fantastic overview of India in Africa over the years. Most importantly he made me realise the depth and breadth of the Political and Human investment that India has made in Africa since the past eight…
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4D Strategy to Counter China
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I discussed the 4 D strategy India needs to adopt to counter China. It revolves around – Defending the LAC, Denial of space in the neighbourhood, Diplomacy to balance and Domination of the maritime space. We had spoken about it peripherally often. Today we got down to fleshing out the…
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Command and Control of Joint Theatres
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and i had a discussion on the Command and Control of Joint Theatres as they would evolve. As the CISC , Gen Dua had worked on it and had contributed significantly to institutionalising jointness. His explanations simplified this complicated subject and made it easy to understand. This was one of…
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The Demographic Decline of China
The ‘all girl’ team from Chennai Centre of China Studies did a great job in highlighting the demographic decline of China. Old man Xi Jinping has a lot to do. Watch to believe and understand the future super power without people.
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