What are we to make of this man’s mental health ?! First he starts a war with Iran unilaterally without consulting any of his European allies in the hope that America would finish the war in a week — à la Venezuela — and that Iran will “totally surrender to His Highness”. When things howeverContinue reading “Pity the Europeans… as Trump rubs more salt and insult into their wounded pride”
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So appalling is the way this POTUS blusters and bluffs about the Iran War to bamboozle his countrymen!
Trump’s Iran rhetoric vs the ground reality Below is a side‑by‑side look at Donald Trump’s bravado statements about Iran and what independent reporting and analyses actually show. This is a non‑exhaustive list of the POTUS’s key bluster and bluff statements in near‑verbatim phrasings, grouped by topic and linked to known sources. On Iran’s nuclear programContinue reading “So appalling is the way this POTUS blusters and bluffs about the Iran War to bamboozle his countrymen!”
The “Demon” that has caught America, Israel and the Arab GCC states with their pants down
For more than seven decades, American grand strategy toward Iran has been guided by a single, narrowing obsession: how to secure U.S. access to oil and gas in Iran and the broader Central Asian energy belt. From the 1953 coup against Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh to the present crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington’s gazeContinue reading “The “Demon” that has caught America, Israel and the Arab GCC states with their pants down”
Has India’s budget spending on Defence and National Security been as smart and wise as Iran’s turns out to be today ?
Please take a good, long and hard look at the table below . India’s total defence budget outlay has risen 8 fold in the last 25 years ( $11 billion to $91 billion) while Iran’s has risen only 3 times (from around $3 billion to $8 billion in the same period). In 2001, India andContinue reading “Has India’s budget spending on Defence and National Security been as smart and wise as Iran’s turns out to be today ?”
Here’s why PM Modi remains mum on the ongoing Us-Israel War against Iran
https://youtu.be/LfGcX4XuZ5A?si=eI-TrBmS3Dw3JFoO The above video discusses the Middle East’s reaction to Iran’s attacks and the US’s role in the region. It is a very sober and sagacious assessment. It’s America that is the real villain of the piece here . It’s very clear what the larger American imperial strategic game here is : 1. The targetContinue reading “Here’s why PM Modi remains mum on the ongoing Us-Israel War against Iran”
“Move over Monroe, it’s now the “Donroe Doctrine” that’s taking control over a “rules-based World Order”!
Commenting on the above Op-Ed and headline subject, this morning I had a lively exchange of views on WhatsApp with a very respected friend of mine in Bangalore who is also a retired IAS officer having served with distinction in an erstwhile PMO (Prime Minister’s Office). He wrote : “No country is safe if RICContinue reading ““Move over Monroe, it’s now the “Donroe Doctrine” that’s taking control over a “rules-based World Order”!”
Now that USA has entered the Iran-Israel War, what, in my assessment, will be the repercussions?
In my crystal-ball view, this is what is likely to happen between the medium to long-term: End of story . And oh, BTW, by the end of his term in office, Donald Trump will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and all of us can live happily ever thereafter. It will then seem to usContinue reading “Now that USA has entered the Iran-Israel War, what, in my assessment, will be the repercussions?”
“DEAD WRONG, MR.ARNAB GOSWAMI”!
As an Indian acutely aware of the danger Terrorism has always posed and continues to pose to the national security of my country I agree 💯 per cent with Arnab Goswami when he says in the video-clip above that Terrorist outfits like Hamas must be rooted out like termites. However, as a thinking Indian whoseContinue reading ““DEAD WRONG, MR.ARNAB GOSWAMI”!”
“Chaos Theory” underlies American foreign policy right across the Arab World
I spent 25+ years working as an expatriate corporate manager in the Arabian Gulf countries from 1993 through 2020. In my line of work I travelled to many countries across the Middle East — UAE through Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Turkiye, Morocco … And I worked with many colleagues there who were Saudis, Bahrainis, KuwaitisContinue reading ““Chaos Theory” underlies American foreign policy right across the Arab World”
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”