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Lessons of Ukraine War, and Applicability on India
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Since it began, the Russia-Ukraine has thrown up an overabundance of geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic lessons. It is humbling to note that the lessons of 2021 were in total variance with those of 2022. India has learnt significant geostra

January 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, India, Russia, War, Peace, Ukraine, Lessons, strategic ambiguity, economic interdependence
20वीं पार्टी कांग्रेस के बाद पी एल ए "युद्ध लड़ने और जीतने के युद्ध की तैयारी"
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

बहुप्रतीक्षित चीनी 20वीं राष्ट्रीय पार्टी कांग्रेस हमारे पीछे है और राष्ट्रीय पीपुल्स कांग्र�

December 14, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Hindi, Article, चीन, कांग्रेस, तिब्बत, पी एल ए, राष्ट्रपति जिनपिंग
Inapt ‘Perceptions’ and Elusive ‘Peace and Tranquillity’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Dai Bingguo, then State Councillor, Director of the General Offices of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Group of the CCP’s Central Committee and Special Representative (SR) for boundary negotiations with India from 2003 to 2013 had stated

December 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, China, Article, Indian Army, PLA, LAC, WTC, Dai Bingguo, Tawang, Yangtse, Xiaokong
PLA after 20th Party Congress: “Combat Readiness to Fight and Win Wars’’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The much awaited Chinese 20th National Party Congress (NPC) is behind us, and the National Peoples’ Congress is about four months away. The Work Report by President Xi Jinping has been analysed ad infintum. President Xi Jinping has said that China�

November 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, CPC, Taiwan, CMC, PLA, LAC, Gen He Weidong, Integrated Theatres
Political Control on Use of Combat Power
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Russia-Ukraine War 2022 is emphasizing on a time-worn question: what is the balance between political control and military operational expertise in deciding military strategy? Consequent to the attack on Kerch Bridge, Russia struck with high-precisio

October 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Ukraine, Infrastructure, Military Strategy, Kerch Bridge, missile attack, political control
Ukraine-Russia War: Lessons for Future of War
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Debates about the future of war are as old as war itself. Currently, it is normal to reflect on future wars by highlighting the over-arching importance of artificial intelligence, space, quantum computing, block-chain technologies, robotics, and the

October 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, Article, India, Russia, Air Force, Artillery, Missiles, Ukraine, ISR, MANPADS, close air support, HIMARS, precision munitions, rockets
The Russia-Ukraine War 2022: A Point of No Return?
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

On 24 February 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced ‘special military operation,’ the beginning of land, sea, and air offensive against Ukraine. The Western Pundits had forecast that the war under the onslaught of Russian famed military and t

September 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Russia, Nuclear, Referendum, Ukraine, EU, Donetsk, Luhansk, Donbas
पूर्वी लद्दाख में विघटन और इसके बड़े प्रभावों पर विचार
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

8 सितंबर 2022 को पूर्वी लद्दाख के चुशुल-मोल्दो में चीन-भारत कोर कमांडर स्तर की 16वें दौर की बैठक के 50 द

September 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Hindi, Article, चीन, एलएसी, लद्दाख, पूर्वी लद्दाख, गलवान नदी, राकी नाला, शिनजियांग, पीएलएएएफ
Next Step in Disengagement in Eastern Ladakh and Contemplating Larger Implications
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

On 8th September 2022, 50 days after the 16th Round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting at Chushul-Moldo in Eastern Ladakh, consensus was reached on disengagement of the Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan La (Daban) also designa

September 13, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, PLA, logistics, LAC, Ladakh, Infrastructure, PP15
China’s transition from Hiding to Showing its Strength! India’s Determined March to Developed Nation – 2047
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

It is said that Mandarin is a nuanced language, where multiple meanings can be drawn and where even the tone in which it is spoken can completely change the meaning. What Deng Xiaoping said in 1989-90 has had many versions, the commonest being, ‘h

August 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, Taiwan, CCP, PLA, Rejuvenation, China Dream, nuclear arsenal, periphery
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