Lt Col Manoj K Channan
319 Articles
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.
Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies 2026: India’s Neighbourhood First Policy Under Scrutiny
The Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies (DFSS), under the leadership of Lt Gen Kamal Davar, held its annual January conclave on January 17, 2026,...
Operation Pawan Revisited: Honour, Hard Truths, and the Imperative of Strategic Honesty
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
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
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
Political characterisations in India have long relied more on narrative than on evidence. Of all such narratives, none has endured as stubbornly as the...
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Russia Just Showed Its Nvidia Challenger: Baikal’s New AI Chip Runs CUDA
Russia’s semiconductor sector has taken another stride in artificial...
One MC-21 Every 40 Days? Russia Sets Its Biggest Production Target Yet
Russia’s MC-21 program is entering a new phase with...
The Metro Is More Than a Tunnel
Israel’s metropolitan metro project is not an ordinary public-works...
The Xi–Trump Summit and the Illusion of “Constructive Strategic Stability”
The September 23–25, 2026, state visit by President Xi...
