Lt Col Manoj K Channan
309 Articles
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.
The Beijing Pivot: How a POTUS-China Summit Reshapes the World Order
President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing in mid-2026 is framed as a pivot in the great-power order rather than a reset. The United...
Europe’s Moral Theatre and Israel’s Reality: Power, Security, Hypocrisy
The Second World War forged the geopolitical architecture of the modern West in its ashes. Europe emerged devastated, militarily exhausted and economically shattered. The...
Analysing Why the Series Fauda Resonates with Indian Viewers
There is a reason the Israeli series Fauda has found such a deep and emotional audience in India. Indian viewers are not simply watching...
India’s Democracy: An Autoimmune Crisis Demanding Urgent Course Correction
“Democracy thrives not by chance, but by the courage of those who choose to protect it." These words resonate deeply in contemporary India, where...
How the End of World War II Reshaped South Asia and Locked In Strategic Rivalries
The 1947 Partition of British India is often framed as a singular imperial miscalculation. Yet, when viewed through the wider lens of World War...
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Europe as We Knew It May Already Be Lost. Who Will Be Next?
For centuries, European nations defended their frontiers with armies,...
Mecca Defence Pact: A Hedge Against Uncertainty, Not an Islamic NATO
The Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Mecca pact is a security arrangement that...
MiG-41 Developer Raises Alarms Over Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate
Russia's enigmatic MiG-41 interceptor has once more become the...
Russia’s New Starlink Killer Doesn’t Target Terminals—It Targets the Satellites
Russia has reportedly developed a specialised electronic warfare system...
