The Security Risks Podcast

India's defence cooperation concept is different from various other countries. The basics of defence cooperation includes military cooperation and is an overall as part of Defence diplomacy. It also covers the overall foreign policy of the country and all these aspects are interlinked. Defence cooperation or military cooperation cannot be delinked from the foreign policy of a country.

Defence acquisition is a primary measure under Aatmanirbhar Bharat.  The highlight is that indeginous procurement does not mean hundred percent equipment manufactured in India, there has to be a particular ratio, which has to be procured from other countries as well.

The last meeting between Corps Commanders on both sides took place in the Chushul sector, lasting for about 11 hrs. This is the 6th meeting between them, in which a joint statement has been issued. Joint statement states: stop sending more troops on the frontline, avoid taking actions, which can complicate the situation. There have been agreements for the 7th meeting as well.

The proposed Air Defence Integrated Model has been proposed for the integration of resources for all three services. The study of the proposed structure is headed by Air Marshal H.S. Arora. The model which is proposed is likely to be a hybrid model, which is geographic cum functional integration. Brig Rahul Bhonsle, a retired veteran explains.

Recently, in Indo Pacific new political engagements are taking place, some of those being China's BRI, RCEP and QUAD. Almost all the countries in the region are supporting China's Belt and Road Initiative. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is another development, which includes countires of Asia as trading partners. Then come Quad, which currently includes India, Australia, Japan and United States, Quad is expected to expand to South Korea, New Zealand and Indonesia as well.

Globally, Pakistan is known as a hub of global terror. Pakistan is making attempts to change its reputation within the International community and at UNSC. Not only this, the Financial Action Task Force named Pakistan in its grey list. Therefore, Pakistan has passed several bills in the Parliament to get its name removed from FATF. Brig Rahul Bhonsle, a retired Indian Army veteran explains

The aggressive behaviour of China in Asian region is the major challenge faced by Indo-Pacific. Several countries in Asia are having maritime boundary disputes with China. At the same time European Union is also trying to build its space in the Indo Pacific lately. There are several bilateral dialogues taking place between India and EU and non EU members. On the other hand Covid 19 and Humanitarian crisis has been a new cause of concern in the region. Brig Rahul Bhonsle takes you through the challenges, bilateral and territorial in the Indo Pacific

The Parliament's Monsoon session starts on September 14. The session was delayed due to the impact of Covid 19.  Things that can come up for discussion during the current session are the India China Relations at the Line of Actual COntrol, the spread of COVID19 India and the failing economy. The major opposition party, the Indian National Congress is continuing to go through a period of turmoil.

The overall situation is Eastern Ladakh is still tense. This podcast was recorded as the standoff completed 130 days. Indian and Chinese troops are facing off each other at multiple points across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The episode explains the significance of some of those points at the LAC and what these multiple transgressions mean.

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