Tag Archives: Geo-Political
Rational thinking is the first casualty in any war …. This chart proves that !
It also proves how tragically perverse is human nature that it lets History go on repeating itself through the ages on the fundamental Thucydidean principle of War that “the strong will do what they can and the weak will suffer what they must”. Sudarshan Madabushi
IS PUTIN REDRAWING BORDERS OR RECLAIMING THEM? IS HE RE-WRITING RUSSIAN HISTORY OR RESTORING IT?
https://theprint.in/world/modern-ukraine-entirely-created-by-russia-read-full-text-of-vladimir-putins-speech/843801/ Putin is not simply redrawing the map of Russia …. He is actually redressing the past mistakes of Russian history … There are 2 specific passage in his hard/hitting speech which clearly confirm that his vision of the future of Russia is neither Leninist, Stalinist or Brezhnevian… It is going to be Putinist. ::Continue reading “IS PUTIN REDRAWING BORDERS OR RECLAIMING THEM? IS HE RE-WRITING RUSSIAN HISTORY OR RESTORING IT?”
The UN must brace itself for the possible scripting of RoU (Russia-Occupied-Ukraine) much in the way it created PoK (Pakistan-Occupied/Kashmir) and the Israeli West Bank
The above Chart is a real beauty! It points to a diplomatic way out of the messy negotiations going on now between the USA and Russia over Ukraine … in favour of the Western powers. The chart reveals that half of America is fine with imposing sanctions on Russia but not all-out War over Ukraine.Continue reading “The UN must brace itself for the possible scripting of RoU (Russia-Occupied-Ukraine) much in the way it created PoK (Pakistan-Occupied/Kashmir) and the Israeli West Bank”
TWO FRIENDS TALK ABOUT THE “HIJAB CONTROVERSY” and the STATE OF THE UNION OF INDIA
Below is a transcript of a WhatsApp conversation this morning that a very dear friend of mine and I had on the ongoing raging national debate on Hijab which has grabbed the headlines of every newspaper we read and every TV news channel we watch. THE FRIEND: Good morning! Any views on the nonsensical butContinue reading “TWO FRIENDS TALK ABOUT THE “HIJAB CONTROVERSY” and the STATE OF THE UNION OF INDIA”
THE GLOBAL CORRUPTION INDEX and ITS IMPERIALIST PAST
I took a good deep look at this Infograph and what I can immediately infer from it is that the SMEs (subject matter experts) and the statisticians who pictorially authored it are convinced the whole world is corrupt — in 50 shades of red and orange hue — except the White-Anglo-Saxon-White Caucasian countries! (WASWCC). ThroughoutContinue reading “THE GLOBAL CORRUPTION INDEX and ITS IMPERIALIST PAST”
Household common-sense and global nuclear-energy economics
Today there are about 440 nuclear power reactors operating in 32 countries, (including Taiwan, which BTW according to China is not a country..) with a combined capacity of about 390 GWe. In 2020 these provided 2553 TWh, about 10% of the world’s electricity. According to recent techno-financial studies by expert groups in the world, theContinue reading “Household common-sense and global nuclear-energy economics”
India-China Foreign Policy: “Strategic Restraint” is really “Strategic Dithering”.
https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-india-should-adopt-chinas-predatory-economic-tactics-in-neighbourhood-10292141.html Above article is an excellent analysis of Indian Foreign policy issue above written by Sri Sathia Moorthy. I couldn’t agree more with his trenchant views. For China, investments in IOR islands has immense geo-strategic value: it ensures China’s presence in the Indian Ocean choke-point of the Malay Straits over which the QUAD and AUKUSContinue reading “India-China Foreign Policy: “Strategic Restraint” is really “Strategic Dithering”.”
THE CORONA VIRUS AND THE “MAD-VIRUS”
When I looked at this Infograph below and read the article in the URL below this morning , I felt my mind being half blown away by the sheer implications of the data presented! https://www.burga.com/blogs/news/mobile-users-spend-over-350-million-daily-on-games-and-apps-in-2021 There is a new pandemic around the corner that is going to envelop the world long after the Coronavirus (hopefullyContinue reading “THE CORONA VIRUS AND THE “MAD-VIRUS””
The Haqqani Network and the “Ministry of Fear”
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/pakistan-saudi-arabia-rift-widens-after-oic-foreign-ministers-summit/amp_articleshow/88479783.cms The Economic Times dt. 24 December 2021 I read the above article with great interest since, after having lived and worked 25 years of my professional career in Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and travelled all across the Middle-East, I am familiar with the history and politics of its peoples and can relateContinue reading “The Haqqani Network and the “Ministry of Fear””