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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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Operation Pawan Revisited: Honour, Hard Truths, and the Imperative of Strategic Honesty

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On the eve of Army Day, after a silence that had lasted nearly four decades, the Government of India took a bold and deeply...

America First 2.0: US Aggressive Policies and Their Geopolitical Implications for India, China, and Russia

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President Donald Trump's second term has intensified "America First" policies through massive visa revocations, tariff coercion, and bold military interventions like the January 2026...

The Caracas Playbook: Oil, Narco-Politics, and a Few Dollars More

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Venezuela today is no anomaly. It is a familiar Latin American configuration pushed to an extreme: an authoritarian regime sustained by security services, ideological...

From Puppetry to Patronage: The Shifting Power Centres of India’s Political Economy

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Political characterisations in India have long relied more on narrative than on evidence. Of all such narratives, none has endured as stubbornly as the...

Shashi Ji: A Light That Continues to Shine

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Some lives unfold quietly yet are powerful in the way they touch others. Mrs Shashi Chopra’s (23 October 1956 – 19 December 2025) life...
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Russia’s New MC-21-210 Is Smaller—But It Could Fly Much Farther

Aviation
The MC-21 program in Russia is scheduled to receive...

The Lion’s Granary and the Owl’s School

Satire
In the ancient kingdom of Aryavan, beneath the broad...

Why Russia’s Four New Zelenograd-Made Chips Are More Important Than They Look 

Technology
In 2026, Russia has expanded the selection of locally...

The Fireflies Beneath the Peepul Tree

Satire
In the ancient kingdom of Aryavan, there stood at...