https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-23/cold-war-2-with-china-and-russia-is-becoming-ww3-niall-ferguson Bloomberg Excellent Op-Ed in the Bloomberg magazine indeed that gives deep insights into what’s going on today in the global theatre of superpower conflicts. Having read the essay carefully I asked myself: Okay, but what does it all mean for India ? And here’s what I think : India is being wooed and suckeredContinue reading “In the fruit-grove of Asia, has India turned out to be low-hanging fruit for America?”
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In defence of Nobel Prize for Ben Bernanke: Party-pooping in hindsight is unfair!
Both in the stratospherically cerebral worlds of economists and central-bankers as well as in the worldwide social-media (Twitter , WhatsApp and Private email-groups), there’s a lot of trolling, snide Monday-morning quarter-backing and bitchy-sniping going on about Ben Bernanke being awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, 2022. Below are 2 examples – one in social mediaContinue reading “In defence of Nobel Prize for Ben Bernanke: Party-pooping in hindsight is unfair!”
Ukraine Crawling with operatives of CIA & Co…
Here is what a self-confessed “rogue journalist, poet and utopia prepper who publishes regularly, reports from Ukraine: Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine Crawling with CIA & Co All is fair in love , war and intelligence work , I guess … If Russia can call its war in Ukraine as “special operations” then I suppose the USAContinue reading “Ukraine Crawling with operatives of CIA & Co…”
NATO, Russia, Sun Tsu, “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon”
Looking at the map above one can easily understand why NATO certainly presents a clear even if not immediately present “existential threat” and danger to Russia . NATO shares a border today with Russia that will overnight double in length once Finland and Sweden join it formally anytime soon in a year from today! InContinue reading “NATO, Russia, Sun Tsu, “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon””
Let me give it a shot at imitating CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and his “Here’s my Take”!
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-russia-cooperation-is-resilient-says-senior-chinese-diplomat-2022-04-19/ Some expert analysts of international and geopolitical/Geo-strategic affairs have been waxing eloquent in journals like The Foreign Affairs, the Economist, WSJ, The Atlantic etc. about how the Ukraine war has serendipitously succeeded in uniting the NATO alliance which was until recently beginning to fray and dissipate in Europe . No Western expert however caredContinue reading “Let me give it a shot at imitating CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and his “Here’s my Take”!”
The way the USA deals with India reminds me of the old Hollywood blockbuster, THE GODFATHER
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/countries-that-are-seeking-advantage-us-fence-sitter-jibe-at-those-ignoring-sanctions-against-russia-101649849006418-amp.html The HINDUSTAN TIMES 13 April 2022 The above news report is on Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary , calling India a “fence sitter” taking advantage of the Ukraine War as a self serving opportunity to achieve its own foreign policy goals. The 2+2 Meeting in Washington held a few days ago this week betweenContinue reading “The way the USA deals with India reminds me of the old Hollywood blockbuster, THE GODFATHER”
Liz Truss’s Freudian Slip: Pax Brittanica through Pax Americana
After India’s Foreign Minister’s ferocious “in your face” comments to UK Foreign Secretary, Ms Liz Truss backed off a bit from starting to lecturing India on how it ought to to conduct its foreign policy towards the Ukraine crisis https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/uk-foreign-secy-meet-jaishankar-says-natural-to-look-for-deals-when-oil-prices-rise-101648753314794-amp.html But then Liz Truss through a revealing Freudian Slip spilt her guts. She couldn’t hideContinue reading “Liz Truss’s Freudian Slip: Pax Brittanica through Pax Americana”
Joe Biden is the Will Smith of international diplomacy
17 March 2021 : Biden calls Putin a “killer”; 17 March 2022: Biden calls Putin a “war criminal” ; 18 March 2022: Biden abuses Putin as “murderous dictator” and “pure thug”; 26 March 2022: Biden calls Putin a “butcher”. How did Putin respond? He didn’t. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaking on his boss’s behalfContinue reading “Joe Biden is the Will Smith of international diplomacy”
The “Adi Guru” of American Presidents and the “Gangotri” of War Criminality
https://m.timesofindia.com/world/europe/biden-calls-putin-a-butcher-while-meeting-refugees/amp_articleshow/90463855.cms BIDEN CALLS PUTIN “A BUTCHER” This morning President Biden, after publicly calling President Putin a week ago as a “war criminal”, went a step further calling him a “butcher” who “for God’s sake, must not (be allowed to) rule Russia”. Biden seems to be losing mental stability … and rapidly too. This is notContinue reading “The “Adi Guru” of American Presidents and the “Gangotri” of War Criminality”
“WAR MUST BE PERMANENT”: THE CREDO OF IMPERIALISM and the “Cebrowski Doctrine”
https://www.news18.com/amp/news/world/depressed-putin-orders-nuclear-evacuation-drill-moves-family-to-secret-safe-city-in-siberia-sparks-panic-4890932.html The UK Daily Mail The UK Daily Mail is a tabloid that often peddles sensationalism as news … So, the above report must be taken with a bagful of salt. However, if it’s true then either it means the beginning of the end of current war in Ukraine or the beginning of another freshContinue reading ““WAR MUST BE PERMANENT”: THE CREDO OF IMPERIALISM and the “Cebrowski Doctrine””