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 Forgotten Sacrifice: A Nation’s Apathy Toward the Heroes of Operation Pawan

Thirty-seven years have passed since Operation Pawan, a controversial and complex military mission that saw the Indian Peacekeeping Forces (IPKF) deployed in Sri Lanka...

Donald J. Trump: Return to Power and a Transformative Agenda for the United States

Donald J. Trump emerged victorious and poised to lead the nation once more in the recent US presidential election. Years after his controversial departure,...

Strengthening Indo-Canada Relations: Addressing Challenges and Building a Cooperative Future

History has rooted the relationship between India and Canada, which continues to evolve with significant cultural, political, and economic dynamics. The early Sikh migration...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: India’s Pragmatic Approach to Real World Power Struggles

India must approach its role in the geopolitical arena with clear-eyed pragmatism given the complex interplay of global power dynamics. The spectacle of diplomatic...

Organized Chaos, the New World Order, and the Cycle of Destruction and Reconstruction as an Impetus to Individual Economies

Over the past century, the world has witnessed repeated cycles of destruction followed by reconstruction, fundamentally altering geopolitical landscapes and shaping the global economic...

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The Drone—Humanity’s Most Feared New King of the Battlefield

There is a small, buzzing, propeller-driven object that has...

Sanctions Trigger Innovation: Russia Unveils Homegrown Engine Control Platform  

The successful testing of a completely domestic mathematical modeling...

Russia Installs Advanced Furnace to Boost Su-57 Production—What It Means  

The commissioning of a new vacuum furnace at the...

Drones, Deniability, and the Northeast: Is India Sleepwalking into a Proxy Conflict?

The recent arrest of six Ukrainians and one American...