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A Mysterious Special Force Which Surprised China | VIKAS BATTALION/SFF (Credits- World Affairs)

Restraint No More: India Reassess Its Hard Power ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Harsh V. Pant)

Image credits- Forces India Source- The Diplomat Author- Harsh V. Pant On June 4, tribal guerrillas, using rocket-propelled grenades and detonating improvised explosive devices, killed 20 soldiers and injured several others, in an ambush when a military convoy was traveling to the state capital Imphal from the town of Motul in Manipur. This was one of the most serious attacks on Indian security forces in Manipur for some time. India has struggled to contain the unrest in Manipur despite granting its security forces sweeping shoot-to-kill powers in so-called “disturbed areas” under the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). India’s response to these attacks came five days later—on June 9—when the Indian army attacked rebel camps inside Myanmar early Tuesday morning, destroying two camps and killing up to 15 rebels. Underlining India’s resolve to preempt terror threats, undeterred by borders, Para Commandos of the Indian Army carried out surgical operati

India Proves its Great Power Status by Sending Troops into Myanmar ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Akhilesh Pillalamarri)

Indian Army Para Special forces ( Source- Wikimedia Commons) Source- The Diplomat Author- Akhilesh Pillalamarri It has been said that to be treated like a king, one ought to act like a king. For a country to be treated like a great power, it must act like a great power, and that requires a bit of throwing your weight around—though any wise statesman should know the limitations of their nations’ capacities and not get carried away by hubris. Interventionism for the sake of interventionism—policing the world, exporting governmental ideologies, and building nations halfway around the world—is idealism at its worst. But realism at its best is when great powers take necessary actions to bolster their interests in relevant areas, especially in their own neighborhoods. It is natural for great powers to have their own variations of the “Monroe Doctrine,” whether (or however) articulated or not, and this is nothing to be ashamed about. Although John Kerry claimed that the Monr