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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What R&AW Can Learn from Mossad’s Operational Philosophy

For decades, India has faced a complex security environment marked by cross-border terrorism, state-sponsored proxy warfare, espionage, cyber threats and intense geopolitical competition in...

The Owl Who Hunted Shadows

Many centuries ago, when kingdoms were separated not merely by rivers but by suspicion, there stood the small but resolute Kingdom of Cedars, ruled...

The Parrots’ Grammar and the Collapsing Tunnel

In the ancient forest of Aryavan, a magnificent peacock ruled whose feathers dazzled every creature. He sincerely believed that a united forest was a...

Qatar’s Soft Power Strategy: Opportunities, Risks and Lessons for India

The passing of former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has revived debate over Qatar's remarkable rise from a small Gulf monarchy into...

The Lion, the Wolves, and the Blindfold of Justice

In the ancient forest of Aryavan stood a massive banyan tree beneath whose branches every ruler held court. The old Tortoise often remarked that...

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Russia has taken another step toward the replacement of...

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Deal With Indonesia Could Change the Energy Game

Russia has secured a landmark agreement with Indonesia to...

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The aviation industry of Russia has introduced a new...

Cockroaches, Cash, and the Street: When Local Protest Becomes a Weapon in the War for the Narrative

The so-called “cockroach” protests in India are, first and foremost,...