Month: July 2025
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INDIA USA RELATIONS : GREAT EXPECTATIONS / DEAL OR NO DEAL?
There have been great expectations between #India and #USA in their strategic partnership. However they have not turned into any form of substantial reality. Will the trade deal usher in something that has not happened before? Will there be a deal?
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ANOTHER COUP IN PAKISTAN?
Is #Pakistan on the verge of another #coup? It appears that #AsimMunir is in a hurry to become the president of Pakistan and effect a soft #ConstitutionalCoup before the sheen of his imagined victory wears off. He is a man driven by personal ambition and ruthlessness in achieving his aims. The rest does not matter.…
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India – US Relations: Consequential or Delusional?
Are the India USA relations consequential to each other or are they delusional? This is a question which needs examination since the India USA partnership was of great significance to both countries and yet they seem to be at odds with each other. Will the trade deal give fresh wind to the relationship?
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CHINA’S PLAN TO PREVENT INDIA’S GROWTH
The consensus in #China is to use every means short of war, to #prevent #India’s growth and development. Through #economic and #industrial methods, it attempts to ensure that India is kneecapped. Hence as our EAM talks to China as part of the SCO FMs meet and some sweet talk comes out from there , we…
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PAKISTAN’S NEW NORMAL
As a consequence of India establishing a new normal post Op Sindoor, Pakistan has also moved into a new normal. The new normal is based on age old attributes of Pakistan which do not change. However there are new issues which have come up and these need to be factored into our planning when we…
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India’s Tibet Card : CCP in Melt Down
India has started flashing the Tibet card. The sensitive CCP has started reacting to it. It will do well to understand that this is a long game and needs a lot of political resolve in India to see it through. After all Tibet ka Azaadi Mein Bharat ka Suraksha hai. This will not be easy…
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China’s Mega Dam : Water Bomb For India
The CM of Arunachal Pradesh has described the mega dam which China is constructing in the great bend on the Brahmaputra is a water bomb for India. It is actually more than that. It affects habitat and ecology of locals, will induce mud slides and earth quakes and could also lead to changing out monsoon…
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India USA : Troubled Partners
The India US Strategic Partnership has run into rough weather. However as per the latest PEW report a sizable number of people of India still consider USA as a prime ally. We need to factor this in. People’s perception cannot be discarded or elites can not think differently. Also The Trump tariff & trade war…
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UPDATE ON ISSUES IN NORTH EAST INDIA
Northeast India has plethora of issues. It borders three countries with whom we have major issues and these are troubled internally. Hence there is a spill over . Some of its states have long simmering problems. Issues like migration, drugs, religious conversion, tribal identity add to the problems. Need to handle this region with care…
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