The lecture I’d like to give to Prof.Christopher Robichaud, Harvard Ethics Professor on “MAGA”

If you scroll right down below ⬇️ you’ll be able to read the dirge written by a Harvard Professor of Ethics that struck me as nothing but the ravings of a bad loser going around breast-beating and wailing the defeat of the Democrats in the just concluded U.S. Presidential election 2024. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/christopher-robichaud If I wereContinue reading “The lecture I’d like to give to Prof.Christopher Robichaud, Harvard Ethics Professor on “MAGA””

A symptom of America’s creeping crisis of confidence

This colour coded map of America above that appears in the latest UK Economist magazine is so intriguing. The trend of home-ownership Vs home renting it tracks is truly mind-boggling. Such a sea-change in the complexion of the housing-industry in America in a matter of just 3 short years ?!! What happened? What are theContinue reading “A symptom of America’s creeping crisis of confidence”

“Friendly friends”, “unfriendly friends” and “friendly unfriendlies”.

There are only 4 nations now in the world that have demonstrated capability to orbit and land space-vehicles on the moon — USA 🇺🇸 China 🇨🇳 , Russia 🇷🇺 and now the latest entrant into the exclusive club, India 🇮🇳. President Putin of Russia was the very first one to immediately send his country’s congratulatoryContinue reading ““Friendly friends”, “unfriendly friends” and “friendly unfriendlies”.”

My Sunday morning crystal-ball gazing into global geopolitics

Fareed Zakaria of CNN posed all the right questions to German Chancellor Schulz and got all the right sounding answers. But to me watching the video, the interview sounded pretty menacingly portentous for the future of the world in decades to come. On a quiet Sunday morning yesterday , I couldn’t thus help falling intoContinue reading “My Sunday morning crystal-ball gazing into global geopolitics”

In the fruit-grove of Asia, has India turned out to be low-hanging fruit for America?

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?”

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…”

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”

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”