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Videos of TV Discussions (National TV) Major General S B Asthana in English 2019 (2)

Sharing my TV discussions/Interviews/Speeches in English on National Television Defence expert Major General S B Asthana (retd) speaks on PM Modi’s surprise visit to Ladakh in an interview on Doordarshan. The new Pakistan PM Shahid Khan Abbasi, in an interview…

India and the Second Nuclear Age and the relations between the world powers USA, China and India.

I am sharing with friends my interview by Global Review, (Germany)   The interviewer is  Ralf Ostener. The Interview has been taken in English,  published in German language. Although I am attaching the URL of publication below, but there could be errors due to…

Aren’t We Already in ‘Undeclared Third World War’ with Changed Dimensions and Instruments?

Sharing my article published in Journal of the United Service Institution of India  Volume: CXLVIII No. 613,Period: July 2018 – September 2018 Publisher: USI of India, New Delhi The quarterly USI Journal is the oldest surviving defence journal in Asia, having first appeared in 1872…

India Must Prepare to Face US Sanctions, Continue with Russia-Iran

India Must Prepare to Face US Sanctions, Continue with Russia-Iran       | Maj Gen S B Asthana, SM, VSM – 14 Oct 2018 India Must Prepare to Face US Sanctions, Continue with Russia-Iran       By Major General S B Asthana, SM,…

Helsinki Summit: Does it impact US- Russian strategic posturing in Syria.

Helsinki summit has indirectly indicated that US and Russia are in no mood to confront on Syrian issue further. Earlier last week Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, backed by Russia  regained ground from the southern rebels, who had earlier chosen…