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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Built for Uncertainty: Why Cavalry Thrives Where Doctrine Fails

Cavalry has never been merely about horses, tanks, or manoeuvre. Those are temporary expressions of a more profound and enduring philosophy. The true essence...

Why the Indian Army’s Training Culture Struggles in a VUCA Battlespace

In the mid-1930s, at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein was not seeking brilliance in the conventional sense. He was not interested in...

FTAs with the UK and EU: Tariff Relief or Revenue Ruse?

India’s landmark Free Trade Agreements with the United Kingdom and the European Union mark a decisive shift in the country’s trade strategy. Signed with...

India’s Free Trade Agreements: Navigating Global Tensions and Strategic Resilience

India's expansive network of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) serves as a critical bulwark against escalating global trade tensions, particularly...

From Reaction to Resolve: India’s Strategic Shift Toward Psychological Sovereignty and Long-Term Power

For decades, India’s strategic thinking remained constrained by a narrow frame of reference. Pakistan occupied the centre of national security calculations, shaping military doctrine,...

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