Lt Col Manoj K Channan
336 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.
Can India Break Free from China’s Rare Earth Grip?
Rare Earth Elements (REES) have emerged as the new strategic frontier in global geopolitics. These 17 metallic elements—critical to advanced electronics, renewable energy, and...
India’s Rare Earth Goldmine: A Strategic Roadmap to Break Free from China’s Grip
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are indispensable to modern technology, national defense, and the green energy transition. Their scarcity in economically viable extraction and their...
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...
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When Loyalty Replaces Competence: The Fragility of Concentrated Power
A nation becomes fragile not simply because it faces...
Russia’s RD-93MS Takes an Unexpected Role in Future Supersonic Aviation
The RD-93MS turbofan engine is a critical component of...
Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Tashkent Connection
The recent visit of our Prime Minister to Uzbekistan...
Did Russia Abandon the Wrong Passenger Aircraft? Tu-204SM vs MC-21
The Tu-204SM and MC-21-310 represent two different approaches to...
