A Friendly Warning from India to the American Midwest The Sabbatical Solution: An Open Letter to the American Heartland What if the best way to save the American century is to step off the global chessboard entirely? Writing as a friend from India, “The Unknown Sri Vaishnava” delivers a blunt, numbers-backed warning to the averageContinue reading “The Sabbatical Solution (The Gorbachev Redux)”
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Why I Dare to Critique the Worldviews of Both Samuel Huntington and John Mearsheimer (Concluded)
by M.K.Sudarshan August 7, 2026: Chennai, India
Why I Dare to Critique the Worldviews of both Samuel Huntington and John Mearsheimer
by M.K. Sudarshan August 6, 2026: Chennai, India IntroductionThe global architecture is fracturing in real-time. From the devastating missile strikes in the Persian Gulf to the shifting security matrices of the Indo-Pacific, the modern world feels increasingly chaotic. To make sense of it all, the foreign policy establishment routinely relies on two towering academic frameworks:Continue reading “Why I Dare to Critique the Worldviews of both Samuel Huntington and John Mearsheimer”
OP-ED: THE HORMUZ RANSOM—HOW UNCHECKED POWER IS SINKING THE GLOBAL COMMONS
by M. K. Sudarshan August 5, 2026: Chennai, India It would be entirely lawful and morally imperative for the rest of the world to demand that the United States and Israel pick up the tab for every single transit fee, insurance hike, and re-routing cost incurred in Hormuz. Part 1: The Institutional Collapse and theContinue reading “OP-ED: THE HORMUZ RANSOM—HOW UNCHECKED POWER IS SINKING THE GLOBAL COMMONS”
“The Threshold of the Infinite”: A Socratic Dialogue in the Ubhaya Vedanta Tradition
by M.K. Sudarshan August 2, 2026 : Chennai, India Here below is an imaginary, freewheeling conversation between a bright young Philosophy major student and the Unknown Sri Vaishnava Characters: Setting:A bright, sunlit stone-pillared pavilion (Mandapam) attached to a historic temple in South India. The warm afternoon light washes over the intricately carved pillars. Scattered palm-leafContinue reading ““The Threshold of the Infinite”: A Socratic Dialogue in the Ubhaya Vedanta Tradition”
How much does mankind spend on destroying itself ?
by M.K.Sudarshan July 26, 2026: Chennai, India A comparative perspective on the Financial and Strategic Costs that America imposes on the whole world 1. Asymmetry of Engagement The financial and economic ledger of the ongoing conflict in West Asia reveals a starkly asymmetric distribution of costs across the three primary blocks involved as seen inContinue reading “How much does mankind spend on destroying itself ?”
न्याय की ढलती सांझ: महाभारत के समय-कूप से उपजी एक परमाणु गाथा
by M.K.Sudarshan July 20, 2026: Chennai, India महाभारत से प्रेरित एक काल्पनिक पुनर्कथन संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा के भव्य कक्ष पर एक अकल्पनीय, दम घोंटने वाला साया मंडरा रहा है, जिसने वैश्विक महाशक्तियों की पूरी व्यवस्था को एक भयावह और पूर्ण जड़ता में तब्दील कर दिया है। स्तब्ध और अवाक खड़े वैश्विक नेताओं के सामने एकContinue reading “न्याय की ढलती सांझ: महाभारत के समय-कूप से उपजी एक परमाणु गाथा”
“Get Out of the Way, Westphalia!”… Henry Kissinger’s dark prophecy
by M.K.Sudarshan July 9, 2026: Chennai, India Is the centuries-old doctrine of state sovereignty collapsing before our eyes?In his seminal work World Order, Henry Kissinger warned against a single hegemon rewriting the rules of global legitimacy. Yet, the systematic dismantling of Westphalian principles—seen in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now the extreme defense ultimatums placed on Iran—provesContinue reading ““Get Out of the Way, Westphalia!”… Henry Kissinger’s dark prophecy”
The Great Betrayal: How Labour Lost in Both China and India to Capital in the decade 2014-2024
The Shared Tragedy A blue-collar factory worker in Dongguan, China, and a white-collar IT contractor in Bangalore, India—separated by the Himalayas and 3,000 miles—have something heartbreaking in common: over the past decade, both have watched capital owners capture 4–6 times more wealth per person than they did, despite their nations’ spectacular economic growth. In China, GDPContinue reading “The Great Betrayal: How Labour Lost in Both China and India to Capital in the decade 2014-2024”
The Last Taboo: Restoring Nuclear Restraint Before It’s Too Late
As attritional wars harden in the world today, nuclear restraint is fraying — risking a shift from deterrence to mutually assured destruction to collective annihilation. The trajectory is portentous. M.K.Sudarshan Origins of deterrenceSince Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the logic of safety through threat has governed great‑power strategy. Watching the United States end the Second World WarContinue reading “The Last Taboo: Restoring Nuclear Restraint Before It’s Too Late”