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Playing with Fire: Future of Israel-Hamas & Hezbollah Conflict
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Building the Perspective This work is a sequel to the author’s previous work titled ‘Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s War Aims a NO GO’.[1] While the said work argued how the achievement of the stated war aims of the PM is a NO GO, thi

July 02, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel –Hamas war, Israel-Hezbollah conflict, Israel-Lebanon war
Russo-Ukraine Conflict: Some Inferences on Air and Air Defence Aspects
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

February 2022 to June 2024 and counting, that is over two and four months for which a bloody war is raging between Ukraine and Russia with no signs of ebb in the near future. [1] Such a long period of catastrophic destruction has thrown up many infer

June 17, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Ukraine, Russo Ukraine conflict, air and air defence war in Ukraine
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s War Aims – A No Go
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Prime Minister’s War Aims Even before the blood-stains could dry up in the bloody massacre by Hamas, turning the Super Nova Music Festival and other places in Southern Israel into a nightmare of merciless bloodshed, death and wanton destruction

May 07, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Netanyahu’s war aims, Israel Hamas war
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Down End of the See-Saw
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Premise This work attempts to analyse the following premise:- While much seems to be ‘advantage Russia’ at this point in time in the Russo-Ukraine war, the down under-belly of Black Sea is hurting them increasingly. Ukraine is going to pl

April 15, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Ukrainian attacks in Black Sea, USVs attack Russian Ships, Black Sea fleet of Russia
Making Sense of a so-Called Frozen War
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

This brief piece picks up the thread from the latest the Russo-Ukraine war and attempts to reflect on what may lie ahead. Visiting the Russo-Ukraine Battlefield Following points briefly reflect the current scene:- The Russian defence line

March 18, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Russia Ukraine war, Ukraine War, Frozen battlefield, Russia War
A Full Circle by Second Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Premise The Russo-Ukraine war crossed its two-year mark on 22 Feb 2024. This work is based on the premise that in the two years gone by, the war has come a ‘full circle’. How? On 22 Feb 2022, Russia looked ‘strong and confident’ re

February 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Russo-Ukraine war, Ukraine War, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine counteroffensive
Bestowing Padma Award to Honour Foxconn’s Young Liu
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Premise The list of 132 Padma awardees on this Republic Day had a unique recipient this time around. Young Liu, the CEO of Foxconn, a Taiwanese company which is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics[1]. Why unique? On several

February 09, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, Foxconn, Semicon India, Young Liu, India Connect
Prospects and Problems: Providing Aid to Ukraine
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Setting the Strategic Perspective A Global War The Russo Ukraine war which is treading its blood-soaked trail (676 days and counting) has truly been a ‘global war’. Simply put, it is West plus the US versus Kremlin on the Ukrainian battlef

January 03, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Russo-Ukraine war, Ukraine War, Aid to Ukraine, US aid to Ukraine, EU aid to Ukraine
The Magic of MANPADS- Making Sense of Indo-Russian Deal
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

The Driver On 14 Nov 2023, the Russian media announced inking an arms deal with India which was a little different from the usual defence procurement cases. This deal is anchored on two provisions; the Supply of Igla S Man Portable Air Defence Sys

December 12, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, the-magic-of-manpads-making-sense-of-indo-russian-deal
The Nagorno-Karabakh Seesaw – an Unstable Equilibrium
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Setting the Stage This little area of a mere 1700 square miles nestled in the South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and forming the south eastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range has seen war, destruction and bloo

November 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Nagorno, Karabakh, Arsakh, Armenia Azerbaijan conflict
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