Lt Col Manoj K Channan
317 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.
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...
OP PAWAN – Another Man’s War
Every year, the National War Memorial (NWM) in New Delhi becomes a sacred space where the nation gathers to honor the memory of India's...
The Challenge of Linguistic Imposition
India is a land of unparalleled linguistic diversity, a treasure trove of 22 official languages recognized in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and...
Breaking
The Million Dollar Missile Cannot Be the Answer to the Thousand Dollar Drone
For decades, military power was measured by the number...
Lada Azimut: Russia’s BIG New Crossover Finally Goes Into Production
AvtoVAZ has started mass production of a new crossover,...
The Fight for the Two Straits: Hormuz and Bab al‑Mandab, and What It Means for India
The Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and...
Airtel Money: The IPO That Reveals India’s Edge in Africa
When an African payments company prepares for what could...
