Category: GEOPOLITICS
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Trump’s Oil Discovery in Pakistan, Global Disorder & India’s Options for India
#Trump has created #GlobalDisorder with his #tariff #regime. He has targeted #India for some startling reasons. In the process he has lost India as a #strategicpartner. Over and above that he boasts of #Pakistan as his new ally where he claims to have discovered massive #oildeposits. Overall where is this story heading?
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Trump’s Tariff Blitz: India Cornered or Calling His Bluff?
Are Trumps tariffs and rants on India a coercive negotiation tactic to seal a deal in his favor or does it signal a change in INDIA USA relationship? What should India do and how should it respond? A very lively and insightful discussion between Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, Lt Gen Dushyant Singh, Mr Sree Iyer…
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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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TRUMP & THE MAD MAN THEORY
The mad man theory is about the idea that by acting in a highly volatile way one can frighten opponents into conceding. It has been used by Nixon, Khrushchev , Zia Ur Rehman and many more in the past. However history reveals such behaviour has rarely succeeded. In the same vein, many have attributed the mad…
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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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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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WHY DO TRUMP AND USA WANT GREEN LAND?
Mr Trump indicating that he wants Greenland to be part of USA is not whimsical by any stretch of imagination. There is method in this apparent madness. it involves Arctic sea routes, geopolitics, missile defence, energy, food security and most importantly AI. Yes AI. the tech accelerators – Amazon, Microsoft Google, Musk and more are…
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Turmoil Unlimited
This is a potpourri. I have covered 1. #India #Canada spat implications 2. #PLA‘s mil drills around #Taiwan 3. #SCO meet 4. #China stimulus 5. #Israel – #Hezb– #Iran 6. N & S #Korea spat. It makes an interesting analysis. Bit long…see it in parts…at your leisure.
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India : The Emerging Third Pole By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published in The Print @ The US-led global order is tottering. It is India’s time to shine as a balancing ‘third pole’ As India has grown stronger, the term ‘non-aligned’ has morphed into ‘neutral’. There is also no doubt today that whoever India backs will ultimately be the heavier side. LT GEN P R SHANKAR…
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