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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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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...

Sovereignty Before Alignment: India’s Strategic Autonomy at the Indo-US–Indo-Russia Crossroads

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India’s foreign policy has consistently prioritised independence over alignment, aiming to earn respect for its strategic culture.At the core of the current deadlock lies...

Vijay Diwas Is Not a Metaphor: Why 1971 Cannot Be Equated With 2025

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Vijay Diwas commemorates a clear national victory that was decisive in its execution and historic in its outcome. It marks the end of a...
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