Tag: #climatechange
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CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHINA AND THE LIMITS OF CHINESE POWER Part 1
Climate Change will affect everyone on mother earth. However its effect on China will be profound due to the way China has grown. It places severe limits on Chinese power relative to others. It is already happening. I have just correlated climate related events of the past four years in China . The results are…
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China in a Climate Trap
Climate change is affecting all of us , but it will affect China more. The reason is simple. China has been disaster prone through out its existential history. However in the past four years, China has been recording droughts and floods alternatively of historic proportions. Its south north water transfer project is failing. Its hydro…
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Turbulent 2024
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and I discussed the turbulence one can foresee in 2024. Wars, tensions, chokepoints, elections , climate change and disasters will create global turbulence in food security, energy security and supply chain disruptions throughout 2024.
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Global Food Weaponisation
It was a pleasure to discuss weaponisation of food with Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (R). As climate change is kicking in, food is increasingly becoming a determinant of hard power. In fact in my reckoning Food is already one of hard power indices besides economy and military capability, though we discussed it as part of…
Gunners Shot 