Category: INDIA’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
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Evolution Of India’s Africa Policy and Recent Developments
Shri Gurjit Singh our former ambassador to Germany , Indonesia , Asian , Ethiopia and the African Union gave a fantastic overview of India in Africa over the years. Most importantly he made me realise the depth and breadth of the Political and Human investment that India has made in Africa since the past eight…
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India’s Rise and Open House QnA
In this episode, the theme was about India’s rise which is now irreversible.
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INDIA USA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP : ACTUATING ICET
Converting all the proposals of the ICET into reality will be a mountain to climb . It needs innovation and thinking. It needs to based on a knowledge loop. The knowledge loop is critical to the Academia , Industry and Government interface which is visualised in the India USA strategic proposals. That is what Maj…
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INDIA USA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP : PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS – A US PERSPECTIVE
Brig Arun Sahgal and I had a very meaningful discussion on the India USA strategic partnership , as to how USA views it and what are the real implications and speed breakers coming ahead. Unless we know what US expectations are, we will never be able to deal with them well. Unless we know the…
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The Prigozhin Effect
Lt Gen Raj Shukla (R) and I had a very stimulating discussion on the effect and impact of the Prigozhin mutiny on Russia, Ukraine war, China and India. The most important issue which emerged was that India is on the cusp of a major change if it can leverage the Indo USA deals to its…
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Converting India USA Defence Deals Into Reality
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and I had an in-depth discussion on how to convert the promise of India USA deals into a reality. There is lot of hard work ahead. We discussed the Predator deal, the GE engine deal and also the ICET. The questions from the audience were really great.
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China’s Recent Social Problems and Implications : Stable But Not Secure
Dr Christina Chen of INDSR, Taiwan joined me from Taipei city and presented her thoughts on the growing social problems in China. She gave a clearheaded view of what is happening inside China. She outlined external and internal implications of the subsurface tensions simmering in China. Our interaction was great. It was really refreshing to…
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INDO US PARTNERSHIP : WHERE IS IT HEADED
The CASA webinar on the India USA partnership was of the highest quality and gives tremendous clarity on where the India US partnership is headed.
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Discussion on Jaipur Dialogues Post India USA Deals
Had a meaningful discussion on Jaipur Dialogues with Mr Sanjay Dixit on various issues post the India USA deals on ICET and Defence technologies as a result of the PMs visit.
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A Coup Update, Fallout and Open Hour Q&A
In this session I carried out an initial analysis of the coup/mutiny attempt in Russia by the Wagner head. The Q&A was long. However the initial analysis is pretty short and gives you an overview of fallout from the evolving situation.

