Lt Col Manoj K Channan

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Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd) served in the Indian Army, Armoured Corps, 65 Armoured Regiment, 27 August 83- 07 April 2007. Operational experience in the Indian Army includes Sri Lanka – OP PAWAN, Nagaland and Manipur – OP HIFAZAT, and Bhalra - Bhaderwah, District Doda Jammu and Kashmir, including setting up of a counter-insurgency school – OP RAKSHAK. He regularly contributes to Defence and Security issues in the Financial Express online, Defence and Strategy, Fauji India Magazine and Salute Magazine.*Views are personal.

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The Middle East After America’s Guarantee: Hedging, Alliances and Uncertain Deterrence

The Middle East is not becoming post-American. It is becoming post-guaranteed. The United States remains the region’s indispensable military anchor, but its security commitments...

The Price of Power: How Global Upheaval Is Pushing India Toward Strategic Balance

The winds of change sweeping across the globe are no longer confined to distant battlefields or diplomatic communiqués. They are being felt in kitchen...

When the Weapon Fails: Why the Man Behind It Decides War

War is often framed as a contest of inventories: tanks, aircraft, missiles, satellites, defence budgets and alliance guarantees. Yet history repeatedly shows that the...

The Great Unravelling: Tehran’s Table, Washington’s Retreat, and India’s Energy Diplomacy

The closing months of 2026 are revealing a world in transition: not a sudden collapse of the old order, but a visible loosening of...

Ottawa Comes Calling: Why India and Canada Need Each Other Now

Canada’s simultaneous diplomatic and commercial outreach to India is more than a seasonal burst of ministerial activity. With Foreign Minister Anita Anand in New...

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I2U2, Israel and the Contest for Middle East Influence

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