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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The Iran Gambit: Regime Change, Insurgency, and the Expanding Arc of Conflict

The unfolding confrontation involving Iran could raise concerns among policymakers and analysts by highlighting the potential for regional instability through internal insurgency, external pressure,...

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...

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Israel’s Puppet, SCO Eviction—Turkey’s Extraordinary Campaign Against India

Some insults are really confessions. Ibrahim Karagül, the former...

India’s Surprise Russian Aircraft Deal: Why 85 Il-114-300s Could Change the Aviation Map

India and Russia have taken a potentially significant step...

PD-8 vs SaM146: Why Russia’s New Jet Engine Has a Huge Life Gap to Close

Rybinsk Engine Plant is currently in the process of...