India Rising

India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

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Just about 2 months ago, India was sceptical about the possibility of getting involved in a two front war. Surprisingly, India has managed to achieve not just a disengagement by the Chinese People's Liberation Army at the Line of Actual Control in Pangong Tso region but also a commitment to ceasefire by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control. How did India manage it and what are its implications?

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

Joe Biden is being inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. What does it mean for the ever-burgeoning India-US bilateral relations?

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

49 years ago, on December 16, 1971, Pakistan surrendered in Dhaka to the Indian and Mukti Bahini forces marking the end of a short war resulting in the formation of the new state of Bangladesh. This episode is dedicated to that war and how it has shaped the subcontinent ever since.

▬ Contents of this track ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

0:00 - Intro

1:43 - History and Background

8:40 - Geopolitical Angle

17:42 - Military Build-up to the War

29:00 - 1971 War - Air Operations

32:43 - 1971 War - Naval Operations

35:49 - 1971 War - Land Operations Western Sector

41:09 - 1971 War - Land Operations Eastern Sector

51:06 - 1971 War - Closing Stages of the War

58:28 - Legacy

1:09:18 - Recommendations

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

Gilgit Baltistan region referred to as Pakistan Occupied Ladakh (POL) is in the news again as Islamabad makes a fresh attempt to annex the region and accord it the status of a state. How feasible is it and what are India's options to counter it?

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

The standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control has taken a new dimension with the Indian troops pre-empting China aggressive movements and occupying major heights around the Spanggur Gap. Who will blink first in this high stakes high-altitude prolonged standoff?

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

US President Donald Trump traveled to India on a 2-day visit. Among other things, trade deal was expected to be signed between the two nations, but didn't materialise. Was it a mere irritant in the overall ties or a deal breaker? Have the bilateral ties evolved beyond momentary trade deal failures and poised to think strategic and global?

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

2020 has started with a bang with a lot of happenings from around the world. One of the most impactful among them, if not the most, was the United States neutralising General Qassem Soleimani, a Major General in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and also the Commander of Iran’s Quds Force.

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India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor

@mohaljoshi

@veggiediplomat

The Rajapaksas are back in style in Sri Lanka. While the younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the Presidential election winning handsomely against Sajith Premadasa, the elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa is now the caretaker Prime Minister until the next Parliamentary elections after the incumbent Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe resigned after the loss in the Presidential elections.

We try to find the answers to the following questions:

• Was the victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the recently concluded Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka a foregone conclusion?

• With the younger brother as the President, is the elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa’s bid to unquestioned political supremacy in the island nation unchecked?

• Is there a possible danger of the island getting entangled in Sinhala nationalism?

• What happens to the goodwill projects carried out by India to help Sri Lankan Tamils to rebuild after the bloody civil war?

• Will the Indian fishermen be targeted and killed for crossing into Sri Lankan waters just like how they were during the previous Rajapaksa regime?

• More importantly, was Delhi prepared for a Rajapaksa return?

• Does Delhi have a gameplan to keep the Rajapaksas on a leash without conceding too much to Beijing?

• In the wake of the deadly Easter bombings, will there be greater security cooperation between Delhi and Colombo?

• What does the speed at which India dispatched its Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar to Colombo to invite Rajapaksa to New Delhi indicate?

• With Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe resigning as Prime Minister, will Sri Lanka see the top 2 posts in the country being run by 2 brothers?

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