Tag: STRATEGIC ISSUES
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India, Tibet and China : The Way Forward . Part 2 – Tibet : Helpless and Tangled By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
When Indian and Tibetan flags were waved at the funeral of Company Leader Nyima Tenzin of Special Frontier Force who died during the Kailash Range operations , there was widespread belief that ‘Tibet’ issue will be leveraged. It was short-lived due to haziness in Indian thinking, absolute clarity in China and a return to resigned helplessness amongst Tibetans…
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Strategic Perspective of 1971 Bangladesh War : A Vijay Divas Discussion
TODAY IS VIJAY DIVAS. A VERY PROUD DAY FOR INDIA. WE DISMEMBERED PAKISTAN AND CREATED A NATION. ALL IN 14 DAYS. AN UNPARALLELED BLITZKRIEG. HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF THE BEST RESEARCHERS IN BUSINESS ON THE 1971 OPERATIONS ON ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED BELOW. Backdrop and geo-political strategy at the national level. Military strategy overall,…
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India, Tibet and China : The Way Forward . Part 1- Chinese Designs: Illegal and Coercive By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE BASIC ARTICLE : CHINA’S FIVE INSTABILITIES NEXT IN SERIES PART 2 : TIBET : HELPLESS AND TANGLED PART 3 : A NEEDLES AND HATSTACKS POLICY FOR INDIA PART 4 : OUTLINES OF A TIBET POLICY When Indian and Tibetan flags were waved at the…
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PAKISTAN INTERNALISING by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
In my recent article China’s Five Instabilities I had put forth an argument that an inward looking China will get automatically contained. China cannot be made to look inwards economically or militarily. It must be done politically and diplomatically. Pakistan is a parallel for better understanding. Despite sporadic spikes in violence in Kashmir, the threat from Pakistan is far…
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CHINA’S FIVE INSTABILITIES by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE NEXT ARTICLE : INDIA TIBET AND CHINA : THE WAY FORWARD IN FOUR PARTS PART 1 : CHINESE DESIGNS : ILLEGAL AND COERCIVE PART 2 : TIBET : HELPLESS AND TANGLED PART 3 : A NEEDLES AND HATSTACKS POLICY FOR INDIA PART 4 : OUTLINES OF A TIBET POLICY …
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XI FAST FORWARDING PLA INTO WARS OF ‘WHO IS THE BOSS’ by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R
The Chinese White Paper on Defence , July 2019 (China’s National Defense in the New Era) lays down the following goals :- Generally, achieve mechanization by 2020 with significantly enhanced informationization and greatly improved strategic capabilities. Comprehensively advance the modernization of military theory, organizational structure, military personnel, and weaponry and equipment in step with the modernization of the…
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THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE CARD TRICK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE CARD TRICK Ever since my last article on the Chinese Three Card Trick, there have been a set of events – seemingly unconnected but enough to set me thinking. Things did not jell. I shared my apprehension with Lt Gen Ata Hasnain also. We concluded that one will have…
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Pakistan’s Societal Fracture By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles of Similar Genre on Pakistan Pakistani Insights A Day in the Life of an Ordinary Pakistani The New Formula Dawn in a Dusk in Pakistan As a nation, Pakistan is a far cry from where it started. Jinnah, had famously said “You are free; you are free to go to your temples.…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM – THE CHINESE THREE CARD TRICK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam – A Review @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/sino-indian-logjam-review-by-lt-gen-p-r.html No Go For China in the Logjam @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/no-go-for-china-in-logjam-by-lt-gen-p-r.html Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-aim-capability-and.html Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-facts-risks-options.html Sino Indian Logjam: The Winter Haul @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/10/sino-indian-logjam-winter-haul-by-lt.html As Ladakh…
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INDO US STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP : A REALITY CHECK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
HAPPY DEEPAWALI TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY The Basic Architecture The India-U.S. bilateral cooperation is broad-based. Its vista is multisectoral – trade and investment, defence and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high-tech, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health. The India-U.S. Dialogue Architecture consists of a high level…
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