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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 at the Crossroads: The Essential Role of Critical Thinking in Facing Challenges

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Two newborn girls die in an ICU from rat bites. The outrage? The outrage was directed not at the hospital's negligence or the administration, but...

Forging the Steel of Unity: Theatre Commands and India’s Future Operational and Logistics Synergy

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The recent Combined Commanders' Conference in Kolkata marks a historic turning point for the Indian Armed Forces. The decisions made at this forum are...

The Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact: A Strategic Shift Challenging India and Reshaping the Middle East

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The signing of the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact marks a seismic moment for Middle Eastern and South Asian geopolitics. It is more than a...

India-Pakistan Military Conflict and Beyond: Breaking the Deadlock

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Few rivalries are as enduring and volatile as that between India and Pakistan. For more than seventy years, the two nuclear-armed neighbours have remained...

Nepal’s Youth Uprising: A Nation at Boiling Point

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Nepal is at a dangerous turning point. The events of September 2025, which were the deadliest civil unrest in the country's modern history, were...
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