Month: January 2025
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CHINA’S STRATEGY OF INDIRECT APPROACH TO CONTAIN INDIA
China is very clearly adopting a strategy of indirect approach as propounded by Sir Liddel Hart to contain India. Having failed to enforce a military solution on India for the past four years and seeing the threats developing on its other fronts combined with internal difficulties, China is using Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka…
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ENDGAME IN WEST ASIA
Col Rajeev Agarwal spelt out in detail as to where West Asia is headed. He brought out very important facts and connected them into the Middle East Jigsaw. The situation in the Middle East is that it is in for a period of relative calm since the Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran are significantly weakened. However…
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A GENOCIDE WHICH BANGLADESH HAS FORGOTTEN
This is a mirror to all Bangladeshis to remind them of what happened 54 years back. I have done this ‘off beat’ video since there are a lot of narratives from Bangladesh and its new found friends (who once raped it) that :;- 1. What happened in 1971 is all fake. It is Indian propaganda.…
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ROAR OT THE TRUMPET
This is an initial analysis of all the executive orders signed by Mr Trump in his first day in office. The sum total reflects a lot of internal focus with huge external repercussions. This is just the beginning. More issues will come up as we go by. The question and poser is that the world…
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Trump Global Order and India
Brig Arun Sahgal and I discussed a wide variety of international trends as Trump assumes US presidency. Certain issues standout. The big powers are in strategic decline as they are internally constrained and externally struggle to retain their influence. New structures and alignments are shaping global governance. India needs to be clear what it is…
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Narratives in Conflict
Lt Gen D P Pandey (R) and I discussed how narratives in conflict are spun. It is now common to generate narratives in line with political and military goals by all nations. These narratives shape public opinion before , during and after the conflict. Historically, India has been poor at generating or maintaining a narrative…
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INDIA – AF – PAK : TAKES THREE TO TANGO
The India-Af-Pak scenario is turning to be an interesting one. Needs close monitoring. Pakistan’s strategic depth is turning into strategic anguish. The internal deteriorating internal situation in Pakistan is compounded by its souring relations with Taliban. As Pakistan seeks to tighten its screws on trade routes to Afghanistan, the Taliban has sought to develop ties…
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REFORMS NEEDED IN THE MOD
Technology is changing at pace as AI swamps our systems, nature of war and conflict is changing, India has set off a year of reforms in MOD, Integrated Theatre Commands are being ushered in and India is rising. A Vikisit Bharat is impossible without a Surakshit Bharat. In the light of these developments, Lt Gen…
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CHINESE DISCOURSES ON INDIA
The popular perception is that there is no discussion about India in China and that they do not regard us their rivals / competitors. That is far from the truth. There is no denial of the fact that the discourse in the Chinese media is dominated by USA. China wants to reach a G2 status…
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WILL THE THIRD STIMULUS WORK TO STOP THE DOWNSLIDE IN CHINA?
The first two stimuli have not worked in China. Rhodium group puts China’s GDP growth at 2.4-2.8% only. If one had invested in Chinese stocks over a five year period, it would have resulted in a net loss. China’s 10 year bond yields have hit all time lows. The CPI is barely 0.2% as the…
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