Category: CASA DIALOGUES
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Gwadar’s Reality : Pakistan’s Dubai or China’s Overseas Command HQ?
Gwadar has been touted as the Jewel in the crown of CPEC. Pakistan hyped up Gwadar as its Dubai which will revive its fortunes and make it a great power. Lot of plans were made and announced in 2013. Billions of dollars have been sunk in to build an unused port and an unused airport.…
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TRUMP’S AMERICA 2.0 : WHAT CAN INDIA EXPECT?
USA is changing with a lot of internal churn and Trump’s transactional approach. Its approach and attitude to global affairs is changing very significantly. The three ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, West Asia and Western Pacific will however continue to fester despite whatever Trump says or does. India will do well to re-evaluate its options and…
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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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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION , INDIA & CHINA : A CLAWS PODCAST
An esteemed panel of experts analyze the geopolitical shifts, security dynamics, and economic ties that define this era. Featuring Shri M K Narayanan (Former National Security Advisor), Lt Gen Dushyant Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | DG CLAWS, Amb Harsh V Shringla (Former Foreign Secretary), Maj Gen Ravi Murugan, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | DA to Washington,…
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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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PAKISTAN, CANADA, KHALISTANI’S ET AL
Mr Tahir Gora and I started our conversation with Pakistan and then drifted to Canada and Khalistani’s. In his opinion, Pakistan has lost its strategic value and will remain stagnant in its present situation due to multiple factors. He highlights that the Khalistani’s in Canada are deeply entrenched in its politics and are now influential…
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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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The Trump Effect
Despite the bluster the Trump Effect is being felt. The Gaza ceasefire is being attributed to it. If Ukraine war is to end, the Trump Effect might have something to do with it. Many of Trump’s executive orders are internal to USA. However they have huge external ramifications on immigration, citizenship, climate change etc. Besides…
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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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