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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Mecca Defence Pact: A Hedge Against Uncertainty, Not an Islamic NATO

The Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Mecca pact is a security arrangement that reflects a Middle East in transition. For India, its significance lies less in the military...

China, India, and Strategic Choice

Often strategic discourse in India revolves around understanding of Chinese power as “expansionist" or "status quo." This is central to understanding how it will...

Ashwini: A Life of Courage, Compassion, and Service

Life is a cycle. Those born into this world must, at the end of their journey, move on to the next. Yet when someone...

The New Servitude: Why India’s Gig Economy Needs the Rule of Law

India stands at a remarkable point in its economic journey. It is the world's fastest-growing major economy, home to one of the largest digital...

When the State Turns Its Back: Policing, Politics and the Student Protests

The joint press conference by government representatives and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) offered a brief respite. Still, it could not erase the images...

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The Houthi Protection Racket: Saudi Gets the Bill, Iran Arms, Price Keeps Rising

There is something almost surreal about the spectacle unfolding...

America’s PW1900G Beats Russia’s PD-8 on Cost—But There’s a Catch

Russia is currently confronted with an economic constraint in...

America Dominates Industrial Software, China and Russia Want to Change That!

The global competition for technological supremacy is expanding beyond...