Brigadier Anshuman Narang (Retd.) is a former Indian Army artillery officer, strategic affairs analyst and China specialist, and the Co-founder and Director of Atma Nirbhar Soch. He served in various operational and command appointments, including on India’s northern and western borders, before taking voluntary retirement in October 2024. His areas of expertise include Chinese military affairs, the People’s Liberation Army, unmanned warfare, counter-UAS operations, military technology, open-source intelligence and future warfare. He has authored three books on China and the PLA and numerous research papers on strategic and national-security issues.
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