Category: Security & Intel
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Afghan Betrayal: Interview with Ambassador B R Muthu Kumar – Part 1
In Part 1 of his first tell-all interview Ambassador Bharath Raj Muthu Kumar, India’s most experienced diplomat on Afghanistan, reveals what’s happening in the region, the old and new Taliban, and how…
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Chhattisgarh attack: Political backing of bad governance allowing Maoism to thrive
The pattern is so agonizingly similar – another Maoist attack; high death count; muscular political pledges to respond at an appropriate time; civilian outrage and shock flooding all forms of media. Yes,…
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Ladakh standoff: Target G219, deploy weapons of peace
First, India needs to call off the ridiculous military to military talks and if you must, then engage the Chinaman through the existing diplomatic channels–after all Sun Weidong is there for a…
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Ladakh standoff and India’s repeated intelligence failures
Unfortunately, in covering up for this big failure, and combined with the need to always appear on top of the other side, transparency went out of the window, opening the doors for…
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Kargil War Redux in Galwan? A war reporter’s recollection of Operation Vijay
By occupying areas in Pangong Tso lake region till Finger 4, China’s PLA has effectively taken over India’s buffer zone territory and reduced its claim line by 8 km from what it…
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India of 2020 is same as India of 1962
Successive governments have ignored the Chinese strategy of incremental land grab along the LAC and thereby strengthening its positions by building infrastructure.