Tag: STRATEGIC ISSUES
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China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – Failure Looming Ahead By Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
Editor’s Note Is the CPEC faltering? What is the extent to which it has been pruned down already? Why are more and more countries getting apprehensive about Chinese funding? Has it got anything to do with Hambantota unfolding – the Chinese garnering a 99 years lease on the loss making huge port and logistics facility…
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Pakistan Nervous, Deep State on High Alert by Lt. Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
Original Article at bharatshakti,in April 03, 2019; Pakistan is in a High Strung State and its Deep State is on high alert. The Pakistani Prime Minister feels that Indian mischief is possible before the elections. Even the heat and dust of the Indian election juggernaut is keeping Pakistan on its toes and bleeding its economy! High…
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STRATEGIC RESTRAINT VS SURGICAL STRIKES – A PAKISTANI VIEWPOINT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
‘If only we conducted airstrike after 26/11 attack’: Nirmala Sitharaman[1] Debate is raging in the political, military, diplomatic and journalistic circles regarding the Surgical Strike strategy of the current government vs the Strategic Restraint exhibited by previous governments. These strategies are either extolled or denigrated, often acrimoniously, depending upon which side of the divide one…
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China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – Failure Looming Ahead By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
This article was originally published at the Bharat Shakti website Editor’s Note Is the CPEC faltering? What is the extent to which it has been pruned down already? Why are more and more countries getting apprehensive about Chinese funding? Has it got anything to do with Hambantota unfolding – the Chinese garnering a 99 years lease…
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CROSS ROADS BEYOND BALAKOT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Dawn – Seventeen years after first banning militant groups, Pakistan is once again at a crossroads. (https://www.dawn.com/news/1468717/renewed-campaign) If in seventeen years a nation does not know that it took a wrong turn then, the likelihood of taking the right turn are bleak. Pakistan should stop cheating itself. Chessboards The Indo-Pak chessboard changed dramatically when India…
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THE LONG HAUL AFTER BALAKOT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
PURANA PAKISTAN HANGS PRIME MINISTER NAYA PAKISTAN PROTECTS TERRORISTS AND JAILS PRIME MINISTER! The high-profile aerial exchanges between us and the Deep State are over. Some de-escalation has taken place. The nuclear risk has been pushed back for now. But …it is far from over. There is a lull in this battle. Lot of opinions…
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THE POST BALAKOT REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud…
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BALAKOT – THE WESTERN MEDIA HOGWASH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
AMRAM MISSILE RECOVERED IN RAJOURI MISSILE GIVEN TO PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR MISSILE USED BY PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR FOR TERROR CHINA CLAIMS PAKISTAN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ANTI TERROR OPERATIONS! MEDIA HYPE? NO HARD FACTS! The Western Media Hogwash There is a WhatsApp message floating around which contains the views of New…
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THE BALAKOT FALLOUT- AN ANALYSIS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Well begun is half done. One emotion which integrates all Pakistanis is hatred for India. Pakistani Army practices exhibition of rationality-irrationality. That is on display. The other half won’t be easy to sort out Note: please read this with my other blogs on this issue to get a 360-degree view Rubicon Crossed India crossed…
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DESTRUCTION OF THE DEEP STATE – A NATIONAL APPROACH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
TARGET THE PAKISTANI ARMY. THE IMBALANCING CENTRE OF GRAVITY MUST BE DESTROYED Authority Without Responsibility The Pakistani Army is in pole position. Full authority. No responsibility. Carry on with proxy war against India. Provoke the Indian Army. Wave the nuclear card at the slightest indication of a conventional Indian retaliation. Anyway the conventional window is…
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