Category: REGIONAL
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BALUCHISTAN BOILS- PAKISTAN ON THE ROPES – CHINA ENTERS THE FRAY
The chess board has altered since the Jaffar Express Attack, Maharang Baloch in jail, BLA ‘s 48 attacks and Akthar Mengal’s long march mark a significant convergence in Baluchistan. Most importantly, the Baluch ladies have hit the streets and are leading the movement. If this solidifies, its curtains up for Pakistan. Till now the Baluch…
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BALUCHISTAN BEYOND THE BRINK
A three part analysis. 1. The anger on the streets 2. Why is Baluchistan on the brink 3. A report from ground zero As #Baluchistan burns
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IS THERE ANOTHER COUP IN THE WORKS IN BANGLADESH?
The recent statement by the COAS of Bangladesh indicates that all is not well within. If the situation does not improve, there could be another coup. Mr Sandeep Unnithan’s New Nine Plus show was incisive to bring out all facets of the situation in Bangladesh through an erudite panel of which I was a part.
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Myanmar’s Endless Turmoil
Lt Gen PC Nair gives a clear insight of the civil war which is going on in Myanmar. The Tatmadaw is down but not out. The rebels are upbeat but not in full control. The Chinese are playing both sides and consolidating their interests. Drugs and arms smuggling are rampant. The spillover effect on Manipur…
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IMPRESSIONS FROM ISRAEL
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) gives an in-depth view of his trip to Israel and his interaction with victims of the Oct 07 atrocity, Israeli soldiers and an hostage freed from Hamas. He also paints the picture of a nation determined to find an elusive peace with its neighbours but unable to do so. He…
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YUNARCHY IN BANGLADESH
The more one examines the history of Bangladesh – its coups, assassinations, its counter coups and martial law episodes the more one gets convinced that Yunus engineered a coup with the help of his US connections and his Islamic radicals who have always played a part in the convoluted political fabric of the nation. It…
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INDIA BANGLADESH RELATIONS
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) brings his personal experiential knowledge when analysing India Bangladesh Relations. He presents a different perspective of looking at how things are likely to evolve in Bangladesh and how we need to handle the situation. A normal approach will not work. Need to use our politico-economic-cultural-diplomatic leverages to handle Bangladesh which…
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INDONESIA & INDIA : KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI
Recently, the President was the chief guest at the 76th Republic Day. The vibes between India and Indonesia are good as explained by Mr Gurjit Singh, our former ambassador to Indonesia. He however points out that while socio culturally we have made some progress, we have not developed economic or defence ties as needed. More…
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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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