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””
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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”
“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””
UKRAINE Diary – 20 March 2022- The USA certainly has a long history of supporting Fascist-Nazi juntas in Europe … please read Noam Chomsky
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-azov-battalion-the-neo-nazis-of-ukraine/article65239935.ece THE HINDU 20 March 2022 The article above is not from any publication propagating anti-Rightist propaganda . It is published today in The HINDU which is regarded as a sober left-liberal national newspaper that advocates India to take a stand against Russia in the war in Ukraine. The irony of the Ukraine War isContinue reading “UKRAINE Diary – 20 March 2022- The USA certainly has a long history of supporting Fascist-Nazi juntas in Europe … please read Noam Chomsky”
Ukraine Diary: 19 March 2022: While the rest of the world does no more than “blow hot and blow cold” about your war, my heart goes out to thee as an old friend!
While Ukraine is being flattened, Kviv, Mariupol, Khakiv and Lviv bombarded, the rest of the world seems to be doing nothing but talk, talk, talk … at the UN, at NATO HQ, at Brussels, at the International Court of Justice, in the columns of the NYT, WSJ, UK Economist, Le Figaro and on the screensContinue reading “Ukraine Diary: 19 March 2022: While the rest of the world does no more than “blow hot and blow cold” about your war, my heart goes out to thee as an old friend!”
How the USA bullies India with impunity
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/india-buys-russian-oil-pressure-sanctions-83522091 This is how the USA bullies India into accommodating American interest: “White House press secretary Jennifer Psaki said earlier this week that Indian purchases of Russian oil wouldn’t violate U.S. sanctions, but urged India to “think about where you want to stand when history books are written.” If the USA imposes sanction on Russia,Continue reading “How the USA bullies India with impunity”
The remarkable similarity between Mr. Joe Biden and Mr.Clement Atlee!
British PM Clement Atlee in 1947 wrote to Lord Mountbatten the last British Viceroy of India who was in charge of transferring power from the British Crown to Independent India : “Keep India united if you can; if you can’t, then try save some of the wreck; in either case, get Britain out of there”.Continue reading “The remarkable similarity between Mr. Joe Biden and Mr.Clement Atlee!”