• Balancing the Gulf: India’s Strategic Dilemma Between the US–Israel Axis and Iran

    • April 21, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: Iran, Israel, US, West Asia
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    India must carefully balance its ties

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  • Shock, Martyrdom, and Attrition: Why “Shock and Awe” Risks Becoming a Long War

    • April 20, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: Iran, Israel, US, West Asia
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    Shock-and-awe doctrines rely on rapid psychological collapse

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  • Arc of Fire: Proxies, Air Power, and India’s Strategic Exposure Amid a Widening Middle East War

    • April 20, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: India, Israel, Middle East, US, West Asia
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  • From Shah to Strategic Attrition: Iran, Regime Change, and the Hard-Power Reckoning in West Asia

    • April 20, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: Iran, Iraq, West Asia
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  • Operation Pawan Revisited: Honour, Hard Truths, and the Imperative of Strategic Honesty

    • March 18, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Category: India
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  • America First 2.0: US Aggressive Policies and Their Geopolitical Implications for India, China, and Russia

    • March 16, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: China, India, Russia, US, West Asia
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  • The Caracas Playbook: Oil, Narco-Politics, and a Few Dollars More

    • March 15, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: America, China, Gaza, Russia, Ukraine, US, Venezuela, West Asia
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    Venezuela’s crisis reflects a familiar Latin American pattern

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  • From Puppetry to Patronage: The Shifting Power Centres of India’s Political Economy

    • March 12, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    The “puppet Prime Minister” label obscured

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  • Indian Army at the Crossroads: Transforming to Fight Tomorrow’s Wars

    • March 6, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: Gaza, India, Russia, Ukraine
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  • Sovereignty Before Alignment: India’s Strategic Autonomy at the Indo-US–Indo-Russia Crossroads

    • February 28, 2026
    • Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
    • Categories: India, Russia, US
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    India’s strategic posture rests on a clear principle

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