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Make in India : Will Swadeshi 2.0 Help India Outperform China?
- May 29, 2020
- Posted by: Mr Manoj Mohanka
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Domestic Issues, Foreign Affairs, General Topics
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Swadeshi – that clarion call for self-reliance – first heard in 1905, asking Indians to boycott British products and embrace the home-grown, is making a comeback it seems, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only this time, the object of protest is China. Open WhatsApp or Instagram today, and a video or a meme asking to ‘Say No to Chinese Goods’ or ‘Buy Indian, Be Indian’, is likely to pop up.
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Human Capital for the Department of Military Affairs
- May 20, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: Domestic Issues, General Topics, Military
The creation of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) in the Ministry of Defence portends better civil-military cooperation. That India’s civil-military cooperation was in need of structural reform was never doubted. Yet, the implementation of such reform lacked political will, faced bureaucratic resistance, and was stymied by elements within the armed services.
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A Stunning Defence Reform – The Contours of Corporisation of the OFB
- May 20, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (Retd)
- Categories: Defence Production, Domestic Issues, General Topics
The announcement of the relief package by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 14 May 2020 was followed by certain specifics by the Hon’ble Finance Minister on 16 May 2020.
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Leveraging the strengths of the OFB in a Post Covid Era
- May 15, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy (Retd)
- Categories: Defence Production, Domestic Issues, General Topics, Uncategorized
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Post-COVID, Is China Only Country with Enough Reserves to Lend ?
- May 7, 2020
- Posted by: Mr Manoj Mohanka
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Rest of the World, SAARC, USA, West Asia
On 3 April 1948, three years after the WWII ended, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It came to be known as the Marshall Plan, named after Secretary of State George Marshall, who, in 1947, proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of post-war Europe.
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Lockdown: How we pay for Centre-States trust deficit
- March 7, 2020
- Posted by: Mr Manoj Mohanka
- Categories: Domestic Issues, General Topics
At any given time in the life of a nation, trust and cooperation between the states and the Centre are the key to the state of the Union.
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Is Indian Deterrence Effective Against Potential Aggressors
- July 5, 2019
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Foreign Affairs, Military, Strategic Affairs
The concept of deterrence is undergoing transformation in the emerging multi polar and multi nuclear world. The democratic world order and international institutions are being challenged, leading to a dynamic international security environment, where strategic balancing by even the global powers has become the norm. This has resulted in 24 X 7 Multi Domain Operations (MDO), where the military dimension is but one of the verticals albeit a decisive one. Applied effectively, deterrence discourages an adversary from pursuing an undesirable action. It works by changing the adversary’s calculation of costs, benefits and risks.
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The Infected Project of the Century
- July 4, 2019
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Europe, General Topics, Rest of the World, USA, West Asia
The BRI envisaged infrastructure and construction projects at a mega scale — Railways, Highways, Ports, Energy Projects, and Industrial Estate Developments across 70 odd countries. The crown jewel being the CPEC. The Chinese ambitions are to displace the US from the top. Engage countries in bilateral economic partnerships. Deploy excess Chinese capital and capacity overseas to boost the economy. Chinese merchandise was to flow in outbound streams. Inbound traffic ensures food, energy, and resource securities for China. BRI consolidates Xi Jinping’s role in perpetuity in creating a Sinocentric world.
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Stand up against China
- April 29, 2018
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
Some of India’s chickens of statecraft have come home to roost. India has embarked on a “reset of relations” with China and simultaneously seeks to “redefine ties” with the USA. The simultaneity is structurally imperative when it comes to India’s role in the context of great power tensions.
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Where Will India Store Indus Water Once It Stops The Supply
- October 2, 2016
- Posted by: Mr Manoj Mohanka
- Categories: Domestic Issues, Military, Strategic Affairs
I think everyone in India is making too much of a song and dance about our “surgical strike”. One can justify it as an emotional outburst as public mood was frayed and action was demanded from the government. It was also clear that the noises being made by India on the repudiation of the Indus Waters Treaty was only a bluster.
