Lt Gen Prakash Menon
@prakashmenon51
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Director, Strategic Studies, Takshashila, Prof Emeritus TDU,Adjunct Prof, NIAS, Bangalore. Fmr Mil Adviser, NSCS,Author-Strategy Trap
Bengaluru, India
Joined October 2009
Today, Takshashila Institution brought a panel to @IIM_Bangalore for a discussion on Operation Sindhoor and the dynamics of India-Pakistan relations. Our experts, including research scholars and seasoned officers from the armed forces and intelligence, provided nuanced
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In an insightful VC session, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), addressed the students of the Graduate Certificate Programme in Defence and Foreign Affairs #GCPP. The lecture focused on the evolving maritime security landscape and highlighted the growing
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'China and Pakistan could use Bangladesh against India. New Delhi must stabilise the Northeast' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/6GaotR04Gy
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Last week, a military delegation from Pakistan, which also included ISI officials, went to Bangladesh and visited Rangpur district, which is located near the ‘Chicken Neck’ in India.
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'Ministry of Defence has lofty reform plans for 2025. First, establish Theatre Commands' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/AqHVsP2DtD
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India’s political leadership must recognise that defence preparedness requires more than the current 2 per cent of GDP, especially with rapid technological changes.
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In #ThePrintPod today, listen to Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51's column: 'Bangladesh, Myanmar pose new security threats for India—domestic politics isn’t helping either' Spotify: https://t.co/PhplPR2JEG Amazon: https://t.co/CwXCrgGSDa
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'India’s domestic politics is creating grounds for new internal security threats from Bangladesh, Myanmar' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/gSKgCXFN0x
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Earlier, terrorist attacks emanated from Pakistan. Now, there is the possibility of Bangladesh too promoting anti-India activities. Worse, the two could work in unison.
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'Uber isn't a threat to India's national security. IAF, Navy withdrawing MoU is overreaction' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/PXlunn7h4e
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Armed Forces personnel are vulnerable to major threats in the digital age. But these threats must be evaluated based on the likely perpetrator and their motive.
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'India’s threat imagination can’t depend on China’s LAC goodwill. Brace for aggressive moves' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/LD8Llv3VjV
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China perhaps sees India as a potential spoiler in the larger geopolitical churn.
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'Iran-Israel war could birth a tech-savvy bin Laden. It can cause big, disproportionate damage' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/jxHX6lTdon
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The perception of the confrontation as a religious war could ignite emotions as no other factor can.
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'China benefits from US involvement in Ukraine & Gaza. India must tread carefully' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/kbKnNlECId
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In the context of the ongoing geopolitical contestation between the West and China, keeping the US engaged in Ukraine and Gaza will only benefit Beijing in the long run.
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Meet Lt Gen @prakashmenon51, Director of the Strategic Studies Programme @TakshashilaInst, and faculty for the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (GCPP) - Defence & Foreign Affairs (D&FA). Click here to learn more about our course: https://t.co/4A248DrTvg
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'Hindu Right is catching India’s military leaders young. It will politicise Armed forces' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/LC2JQ67RAv
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The Defence Services Staff College recently held a seminar on revising the idea of India to align with its Hindu civilisational legacy.
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What could a calibrated approach to an economic partnership with Chinese firms look like? Here's my v0.1 framework. A short #thread
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'Agnipath scheme has turned into political football. Time to strike a consensus on its tenure' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/4JFyoC5j4v
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The immediate and major step the CDS and the chiefs have to take is to decide the length of the retention period.
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'PM Modi’s absence from the SCO summit weakens India’s power as a swing state' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/D7NBYEDUIN
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Even as it keeps India tied up in the Himalayas, China is focused on the Indo-Pacific. Swing state diplomacy is India’s counter to this game plan.
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'Modi 3.0 must improve civil-military relations. Bring NSS, relieve CDS of extra duties' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/9cWViX6Tix
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India’s Chief of Defence Staff is mandated to wear too many hats, which can impact his advisory duties. The government must address this.
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Here's a reform idea based on a paper that @prakashmenon51 & I had written - Agnipath 2.0 cc: @acorn
https://t.co/ioGJf6Ta0E via @IndianExpress
indianexpress.com
The inverse induction model can effectively address the three main objections to the Agnipath scheme. Through it, soldiers would be retained in the national security system, alleviating the concerns...
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'Even if Agnipath is scrapped, India needs tough reforms to cut ballooning defence pensions' Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd) @prakashmenon51, director of Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila Institution, writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/9aPjNChxPY
theprint.in
The mounting defence pension burden lingered until Agnipath came in 2022. But any steps to cut pension costs now will take 15 years to make an impact as retiring Agniveers reduce annually
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