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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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HOW SHOULD INDIA DEAL WITH AN AGING AND GREEDY CHINA
China is aging at the fastest rate in human history. By 2030 (in five years), 1/3rd of Chinese population will be 60+. The rapidity of change has started unfolding. How does India deal with this aging adversary? This is a silent and rapidly evolving inevitability.
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THE DECEIVER’S GAME IS BACKFIRING ON PAKISTAN
#Munir the #Deceiver has put #Pakistan in a fix. China is upset and US is not yet bailing him out. His personal ambition to become the #President is gaining traction by the day. The situation in #baluchistan and #KPK is out of control. #Resources are non existent. #InternalDissent in the #PakistanArmy is on the rise.…
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A Comparative Review of Operations Sindoor and Vijay (Kargil)
Lt Gen P R Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) When I was asked to write on this topic, I knew it would be tough. How does one compare apples with oranges? That is the difference between Operation Vijay and Operation Sindoor. They are as different from each other as chalk with cheese. These operations were…
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INDIA AS A GLOBAL PLAYER: THE CHALLENGES IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
I had the privilege and honour to give talk on India as a Global Player and Challenges in a Multipolar World during the Sixth S Muthiah Memorial Lecture Organised by Colours of Glory and The Madras Management Association. The event was well attended and the QnA session was thought provoking.
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THE NEW WORLD ACCORDING TO TRUMP
A meaningful webinar on how Trump is shaping the world disorder! He is destroying the existent rules based world order based on international institutions. It is being replaced with disorder based on isolation and deglobalistaion. Each country has to look out for itself. There are no single set of rules which will guide us in…
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China’s Two Sessions : An Analysis
An analysis of China’s current Two Sessions indicates that it is bereft of new ideas. China’s GDP target ambitious. It can be achieved only through heavy state spending like before. The results will also be like before. A GDP without ROI! Further its weak stimuli to spur consumption is not working. Global conditions are also…
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WILL BALUCHISTAN SECEDE?
Will Baluchistan secede? There is a probability. The state of affairs in Baluchistan is pretty severe. The Pakistan Army does not control the Night! The writ is the state does not extend to all parts of the province. A sure sign of major problems. However w/o the province, Pakistan itself will not survive. The Pakistan…
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PRESIDENTS RULE IN MANIPUR : WHAT NEXT?
Manipur is at present the weakest link in India. We need to strengthen it. The imposition of the President’s Rule provides an opportunity to restore some degree of normalcy in the state and get it back on track. To do that we need to get back to basics. There is a need to throw demons…
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The Pralay Missile and India’s Growing Defence Capability
The Pralay Missile is being displayed in the Republic Day parade for the first time. It is a valuable addition in our defence capability vis a vis China. It marks an addition to the long list of capability enhancement which has taken place over the past one year. It also adds to India’s layered response…
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