Mayank Chaubey
Colonel Mayank Chaubey is a distinguished veteran who served nearly 30 years in the Indian Army and 6 years with the Ministry of External Affairs.
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Israeli Gas, IMEC and the New Energy Chessboard of West Asia
Why the Eastern Mediterranean May Become Bharat’s Next Strategic...
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The Gulf, Hormuz & the Oil Game — What It Means for Bharat
Some time ago, in my earlier analysis in The...
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The Economics of War: How Conflict Reshapes Power, Markets, and the Global Defence Industry
War has always been more than the clash of...
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Chabahar: Why India Has Not Exited – But Has Quietly Stepped Back
Chabahar: Why India Has Not Exited - But Has Quietly Stepped Back- Col Mayank Chaubey (Retd)For weeks now, a deceptively simple question has dominated...
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What Venezuela’s Unravelling Teaches India About the Future of Power
In the twenty-first century, power no longer resides only in armies, institutions, or territory. It increasingly resides in legitimacy, in the story a state...
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Steel Umbrella: Performance of the Indian Army’s Air Defence During Operation Sindoor
Operation Sindoor is often viewed through the prism of “strike”. But half the truth of any successful strike lies in the air-defence shield standing...
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When Kabul Spoke Back: The Day Pakistan’s Strategic Depth Finally Collapsed
For decades, the conversation between Kabul and Islamabad followed a familiar script. Pakistan spoke. Afghanistan listened. Sometimes it resisted quietly, sometimes it pushed back...
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Panama, Venezuela, and the India Lesson : Geography Punishes. Institutions Decide. Volatility Travels.
In geopolitics, distance is deceptive.Panama is a narrow strip of land in Central America. Venezuela lies thousands of kilometres away in Latin America. On...
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The India–Bangladesh Farakka Water Treaty: History, Hydropolitics, and Strategic Implications
Introduction: Why Farakka Still MattersIn South Asia, rivers are not just geographic features, they are strategic arteries, lifelines of food security, internal stability, and...
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