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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Balancing the Gulf: India’s Strategic Dilemma Between the US–Israel Axis and Iran

In geopolitics, the only constant is change. The current turmoil in West Asia highlights this reality more starkly than at any time in recent...

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

The character of warfare is undergoing a structural transformation. Artificial Intelligence, autonomous systems, and quantum-enabled technologies are no longer peripheral enablers; they are becoming...

Shock, Martyrdom, and Attrition: Why “Shock and Awe” Risks Becoming a Long War

The logic behind any “shock and awe” campaign is psychological dominance. Overwhelming precision strikes, leadership decapitation, paralysis of ISR grids, and rapid coercive escalation...

Arc of Fire: Proxies, Air Power, and India’s Strategic Exposure Amid a Widening Middle East War

The confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran has rapidly evolved into a multi-dimensional crisis with regional security implications, including conventional strikes, proxy...

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,...

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Mossad’s Theatre of the Impossible: When the Unthinkable Becomes an Operation

The reported attempt to recruit former Iranian President Mahmoud...

The Parrots’ Grammar and the Collapsing Tunnel

In the ancient forest of Aryavan, a magnificent peacock...

Will S7 Walk Away? Russia’s Flagship Tu-214 Program Faces Fresh Uncertainty 

Uncertainty surrounds S7's Tu-214 Mega Deal, as the agreement...

Qatar’s Soft Power Strategy: Opportunities, Risks and Lessons for India

The passing of former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa...