Valleys and Valour

                                                          Armed Drone Strikes On Indian Insurgent Groups In Myanmar A Volatile Mix Of Geoeconomics Over Geopolitics “ The quest for dominance drives commerce; so, to discern the future follow the trade, as it’s Geoeconomics that dictates the course of the   Great Game .” – Col RS Sidhu   Backdrop In the early hours of 13 th of July 2025 armed drone swarms struck Indian separatist insurgent group camps in Myanmar killing several top insurgent leaders. The United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) (ULFA – I) and Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of Manipur, in separate press releases, accused India of launching drone strikes on four of their camps located near Taga in Sagaing region of neighbouring Myanmar. They accused India of using swarm of 150 armed drones to attack the...

                                   THE ‘ GREAT GAME ’ THROUGH THE PRISM OF   ‘ BRAHMAND ’ & ‘ AKHAND BHARAT ’ “ The terrestrial geopolitical ‘ Great Game’ is modelled on the duality inherent in the ‘ Brahmand ’; wherein random redistribution of mass is epidemic, yet the centre of gravity is constant; there are rules alongside inbuilt streaks of chaos; and despite this orderly disorder the overall balance is retained .” – Col RS Sidhu   Backdrop The evocative phrase ‘ The Great Game ’ was coined in the first half of the 19 th century CE by the British adventurer and intelligence operative Captain Arthur Conolly, a captain from the 6th Bengal Light Cavalry, in the service of the British East India Company. The phrase was articulated with reference to the geopolitical power play in the vast voids extending from the endless steppes of Central Asia to the frozen heights ...