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Look closer, Kashmir and Afghanistan attacks on minorities are copycat strategies
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Afghanistan, India
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A gurudwara attacked in Kabul, a Pandit killed in Kashmir – all these are not the work of ‘free radicals’. They are tragedy replicated.
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Make public India’s doctrine on use of force, it’ll dispel notion that we are non-committal
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India


When and how can India use military force? India needs a doctrine, and role of PMO in overcoming frictions is crucial.
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LAC Talks & Transgressions – Taiwan Tensions – US-China Engagement – CIA’s China Focus – Fu Zhenghua & Sun Lijun Corruption Cases – China-Pak Space Cooperation – Xi’s 20th Congress Pitch
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, Taiwan, USA
I hope this finds you all well. I’m trying something a little different with today’s newsletter by clubbing together some key themes in one longish section.
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The most definitive account of 1965 war
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India


The sheer scope of the book, 1965: A Western Sunrise is remarkable. It seamlessly moves from the Rann of Kutch, where the first salvos were fired, to the icy heights of Kargil.
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Are India’s borders under renewed threat?
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India


Our emerging commitment to the Indo-US strategic partnership provides insufficient support for our dilemma in dealing with both China and Pakistan at the land borders
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The Chinese Wobble : Part 3
- October 18, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: China
In China, politics is supreme, above all other considerations. CCP has to remain in absolute power without any semblance of competition.
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Happiness in Af-Pak
- October 18, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: Pakistan


Confession This is a fully pliagiarised narrative of Pakistan lifted from what Pakistani writers have written.
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A Relic of a Bygone Era Should Remain One
- October 18, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India


I read the article A relic of a bygone age? I might be, but I’m not a defeatist by Mr Paul Keating, ex PM of Australia.
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OUTLINES OF MULTI DIMENSIONAL NEO-REVISIONISM IN CHINA by
- October 18, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: China


Revisionism has been a way of life in China for more than a century. China transited from imperialism to nationalism to Maoism to capitalism with socialist principles.
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The Indian Geostrategic Palate
- October 18, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India


The Indian geostrategic palate is a mixed bag. Our neighbourhood is in turmoil.