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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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India and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis: A Path to Peace, Stability, and Maritime Freedom

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Across the Middle East and the wider Indian Ocean region, the confrontation between Iran and its regional rivals has created a dangerous moment in...

The Price of Trusting Ankara: Lessons for India from Turkey’s Strategic Ambiguity

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History has a habit of issuing warnings long before crises fully emerge. The difficulty is not recognising those warnings, but taking them seriously before...

Revenge Is Not Strategy, Let Alone National Policy

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After October 7, no Israeli needs a lecture on pain. The country has seen enough blood, horror, and barbarity to last generations. Entire communities...

After Iran, the Next Threat to the Middle East May Come from Turkey

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If Iran weakens, many observers assume the Middle East will move towards relative calm. That belief is deeply flawed. In this region, there is...

America, Pakistan, Iran, and Trump’s Hard Line

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Washington’s decision to use Pakistan as a channel to Tehran is not a routine diplomatic move. It is a revealing strategic signal that warrants...
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