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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From Shah to Strategic Attrition: Iran, Regime Change, and the Hard-Power Reckoning in West Asia

To understand the present confrontation among Iran, the United States, and Israel, one must begin not with uranium enrichment but with 1953. That year,...

War Beyond the Nuclear Question: Iran, Regime Change, Energy Geopolitics

As time passes, the coordinated Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran and the initial fog of war lift. The Iranian response is planned and calculated, which...

India at the Pivot: US–China Competition, Strategic Trust, and the Next Phase of the Partnership

In a significant 2026 hearing of the US–China Economic and Security Review Commission, commissioners and expert witnesses discussed a question increasingly vital to American...

The Asymmetry of Commitments in the Indo-US Trade Deal

The Indo-US trade deal has been presented as a landmark sign that India and the United States have finally aligned their economic and strategic...

India’s Toughest Deal with the US: What Did India Actually Gain?

The government has called the latest India–US trade deal historic. A breakthrough. A sign of India’s rising stature. But history has a habit of...

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Russia has established an ambitious objective to modernize its...

Russia’s SJ-100 Jet Hits 990 km/h in Test Flight as PD-8 Engine Program Advances

The ongoing certification program for Russia's import-substituted SJ-100 regional...

How AI and Quantum Warfare Could Redefine India’s Military Decision Advantage

The character of warfare is undergoing a structural transformation....