• Disruption in Military Affairs

    • September 2, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Pakistan, SAARC, Strategic Affairs
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    Three months back I was approached to speak at the Army War College, Mhow, during the Doctrine and Strategy Seminar on Multi Domain Operations. In this time many things happened. I corelated the topic with the current international military and strategic events. I realised that the actual scope was wider since the concept is evolving.

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  • It is no longer Pakistan seeking Chinese support for its adventurism as much as it is the other way around. India must prepare

    • July 20, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Foreign Affairs, Military, Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
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    While India has long considered the potential of a two-front war with Pakistan and China, it was only in 2009 that a keynote address at a seminar in Delhi, by the then Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor, forced a serious re-evaluation. The debate regarding India’s capability to fight a war in which there is full collusion between China and Pakistan has generally remained inconclusive.

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  • Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond

    • July 3, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
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    Editor’s Note

    Pakistan Army makes hay as long as the sun shines. Over and above its bid for a 20 per cent pay hike, it’s expanding business interests at a hitherto unforeseen scale. Now they are partners in funding the construction of DiamerBhasha Dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan along with a Chinese company. Are there any options left for Pakistan beyond the dark abyss or the unfathomable dungeon. The author gives his assessment of the future Pakistan that we have to contend with.

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  • The Weak Heart of CPEC – Neglected Beyond Repair?

    • July 2, 2020
    • Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
    • Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Pakistan, SAARC, Strategic Affairs
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    Editor’s Note
    We have already published a fairly large number of articles by the author on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in BharatShakti. in. This article focuses primarily on the cascading effects of the CPEC on Baluchistan. Baluchistan, apparently, will barely have marginal gains while contributing the most among the Pakistani provinces for CPEC. The protests of the locals are already audible and are likely to rise in decibel levels as the project progresses.

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