Month: July 2024
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Xis Sino Centric World Order
In this episode I have outlined the contours of the Sino-centric world order which Xi Jinping is building. The worrying part is that China has made considerable headway in establishing the new order in Latin America, Africa and part of Asia.
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India Rebuffs China at SCO Meet
India has roundly rebuffed China at the SCO meet. It was not direct but the messaging was clear. 50% of it was our PMs absence. The other 50 % was about rejecting the Yuan, putting Pakistan in its place and sticking to the border first idea
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Assessment of China’s Defence & Aerospace Capability
Recently China’s rocket exploded prematurely and took off from its launch site. Such failures are too many in China. When such failures and accidents are linked with the substandard quality of their military equipment sold to other countries it emerges that there is reason to rethink of China’s capabilities. When these happenings are further linked…
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Update on China’s Flood & drought Situation
China is going through floods and droughts simultaneously. Very importantly, areas which were under severe drought are under flood this year and vice versa. Very clearly, climate Change is hitting China hard and will limit its overall power and contribute to its decline eventually. The QnAs as part of the open session were simply great.
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Politics and Agniveers
The Agnipath scheme is now embroiled completely in politics. Mr Sree Iyer and I discuss this issue in this episode. The scheme was flawed to begin with and now with politics taking centre it needs a major modification.
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THE FUTURE CONTOURS OF CHINA PAKISTAN AXIS AGAINST INDIA
The contours of Pakistan China axis are changing due to many factors. The old assumptions are passed and new equations and factors are forming which need understanding.
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The Odds of Kargil Victory
Kargil was won 25 years back. Memories have faded. New theories and narratives are being formed these days to suggest that Indian Army and its leadership failed in Kargil . There is nothing farther than the truth. That is what Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I are dispelling in this episode. We have put across…
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THE GREAT CHINESE JIGSAW MUDDLE
In my opinion, China is muddling along. Take any facet of China – economy, politics, military, diplomacy and whatever. The dominance which was there in their information campaigns is missing. what one sees is a lot explanation about their negativity. That is all this podcast about. Mind you these are subjects straight off the Chinese…
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India Snubs China
In this video Mr Sree Iyer and I discussed how India has returned China a favour by our PM skipping the SCO meet. More importantly, this action is not one of bravado. It is just another in a series of actions where India has indicated to China and the world that it means business.
Gunners Shot 