Lt Col Manoj K Channan
309 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.
Reservations, Freebies, and Politics: The Toxic Trifecta Holding India Back
India stands at a complex crossroads—between a deeply entrenched past and the hope of a progressive future. The caste system, historically used to enforce...
Is India Quietly Learning Hybrid War from Russia and China?
India has long resisted using proxies as a tool of statecraft, preferring overt diplomacy, moral posturing, and conventional deterrence. However, the strategic environment in...
Bangladesh’s Dangerous Game: Balancing India, China & Pakistan
India's eastern neighbor Bangladesh, once seen as a success story in regional diplomacy, is now emerging as a node in an emerging anti-India alignment...
The Missing Link in India’s Military Power: Accountability, Not Just Bravery
In the landscape of national security, military preparedness, and strategic foresight, India is repeatedly encumbered by a lack of institutional memory, poor geostrategic understanding,...
Tri-Nation Strategy: How China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh COULD Redraw India’s Eastern Frontier
India's Northeast, historically vulnerable due to its geography and demographic complexity, faces an urgent and complex threat. A silent yet strategic realignment is underway...
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Could Putin’s Shadow-Fleet War Make British Insurance Too Risky?
Could Putin's threat of retaliation prompt shipowners to reconsider...
Russia Just Built a Laser It Once Invented—Now It Wants to Break a Foreign Monopoly
Russia has made a major leap toward reducing its...
The Jewish Mother and the Indian Mother—A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE NOBODY CAN DEFEAT
There are military alliances, trade blocs, and strategic partnerships....
From Kargil to Operation Sindoor: Pakistan’s Strategic Evolution and the Implications for India
The strategic environment facing India today echoes 1998–99 in...
