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Worldview | State of the Union Address — Biden knows how to aim the sling
- March 10, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: USA
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Make in America, Made in America, buy American were the key arguments as Biden underscored that US can once again be the manufacturing hub and best economy in the world.
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Op Doctrine and Mil tech must be in Sync
- January 3, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Ukraine, USA
The US and NATO have played a major part in stalling the Russian invasion by providing military, moral and psychological support to Ukraine.
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India has interests on both sides of US-China divide. Cold War holds clues for path ahead
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India, USA
India’s strategic balance is weighted towards the West and its economic balance is towards China. But it needs more to build a multipolar world order.
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Ukraine has shown Indian diplomacy is like Indian driving—any lane, any time, US or Russia
- May 4, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: India, Russia, Ukraine, USA
Academics have warned that India, by following its position, risks China doing invasions along the lines of Ukraine. So, India must outline the ‘red lines’.
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Here’s why the P5 joint statement on ‘Preventing Nuclear War’ makes all the right noises
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: China, USA
While we can’t trust nuclear weapons to maintain peace, believing in human rationality is the greater danger.
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LAC Talks & Transgressions – Taiwan Tensions – US-China Engagement – CIA’s China Focus – Fu Zhenghua & Sun Lijun Corruption Cases – China-Pak Space Cooperation – Xi’s 20th Congress Pitch
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, Taiwan, USA
I hope this finds you all well. I’m trying something a little different with today’s newsletter by clubbing together some key themes in one longish section.
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Is a Global Hot War in the Offing
- September 1, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Europe, Foreign Affairs, General Topics, Military, Rest of the World, SAARC, Uncategorized, USA, West Asia
While the underlying acrimony, historical baggage and differences gives rise to an adversarial/confrontational/volatile relationship/situation, the actual trigger which starts the shooting war could be a minor incident. The aptly named ‘Pig War’ in 1859 between the United States and Great Britain in Don Juan island, started over a slaughtered swine.
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Spare a thought for the people of Yemen : World’s worst man-made Humanitarian Crisis
- August 7, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: Strategic Affairs, USA
Yemen Overview[i]. Officially the Republic of Yemen (Arabic, romanized: al-Jumh?r?yah al-Yaman?yah, literally “Yemeni Republic”), is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 sqkms.
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Part 2 of Whither US Domination Post Covid
- August 7, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: Strategic Affairs, USA
General[i]. In Part I, we examined the indicators which suggested that USA is in declining mode which is irreversible, and only the pace is uncertain. Majority who hold this view, take as a given that the US share of global economic output has been decreasing for last decade and that she has either already lost her status as the world’s largest economy to China or is fated to lose it within the next ten to 15 years.
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USA a declining power – Part 1
- August 4, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: Strategic Affairs, USA
General. Ironically, the 64 zillion dollar question answers itself (incidentally A zillion is a huge butnonspecific number), being a truism in today’s context that amongst many verticals, economic strength is the pivotalingredient of comprehensive national power (CNP). Especially after COVID 19, a large number of papers/articles/media discussions have emerged regarding the future status of USA.
