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Cutting Edge Military Technology Through Academia
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and I discuss as to how to ingest cutting edge technologies into the Armed Forces through our academia. It was an interesting but simple discussion with a lot of questions thrown at us. A viewers comment : This podcast is a seriously good one. Thank you so much.
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Pandemic, Ukraine War and the Waning Comprehensive National Power of China By Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
Over the past two years, the pandemic and the Ukraine war have upended some Chinese myths. Many popular assumptions of China and its CNP have been laid bare. Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/pandemic-ukraine-war-and-the-waning-comprehensive-national-power-of-china/3025926/ In the pre-pandemic period it was thought that China’s Comprehensive National Power (CNP) was increasing rapidly. It was deemed to…
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Understanding The LAC
Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni and I had a very informative session on the LAC. The response from the audience was great and people asked a lot of questions. Tricky ones too.
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Bridging Gaps in Defence Innovation
Recently I spoke in the NDC on this subject as part of a panel which I had moderated. This presentation is largely based on that talk duly modified and abridged.
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China’s Hard Exterior and Brittle Interior in A Peek Into Everyday China
China is developing a hard exterior as Xi Jinping attempts to establish a Sino Centric World Order. However it is beset by internal problems which will only increase as days go by. This is the new China which is emerging. One needs to be cognisant of this since China sees India as a country which…
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The Afghanistan Trail on CASA Dialogues
Lt Gen K J Singh (R) and I had a great conversation on Afghanistan. It was an education for me. He is as knowledgeable about the country as he was when he wrote his outstanding dissertation on Afghanistan during our Higher Command Course. A comment from the audience says it all : Impressively comprehensive discussion…
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CIVIL MILITARY FUSION: A MODEL FOR INDIA
In case India has to modernise and rise as a power of consequence, the necessity of Civil Military Fusion for India is undisputed. By Lt Gen PR Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)* This article was published in the CENJOWS Journal, SYNERGY- Feb 2023 on theme “Civil-Military Fusion in Defence: The Way Forward” @ https://cenjows.in/pdf-view/?url=2023/03/3.-Civil-Military-Fusion-A-Model-for-India-By-Lt-Gen-PR-Shankar-Retd.pdf&pID=19302&pg=1 (Pages 52-67)…
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A Peek Into Everyday China: India Again
Some more interesting views of how China perceives India. The videos are in Hindi and English separately. The links are given below the graphic.
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DD Dialogues: Is Pakistan a Failed State.
I was part of a panel on DD Dialogues to discuss Is Pakistan a Failed State? It was a pleasant surprise that Christine Fair was also part of the panel.
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Post COVID China: Hard Exterior and Brittle Interior by Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
To understand this, one must start with the economy. China and the CCP are GDP fixated. China has always set hard growth rates and striven to achieve them. The fundamental precept of the Chinese political economy has been getting high GDP growth rates and achieving them. Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/post-covid-china-hard-exterior-and-brittle-interior/3017859/ Post Zero-Covid,…
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