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  • The Jungle Naxal- Sukma Encounter

    05 April 2021 For those who do not know, if there is a grass roots ‘son/daughter of soil’ armed struggle in India that has no ethnic or religious affiliation it is this of Communist orientation, labelled after China’s first CCP Chairman Mao and known in security and socioeconomic discussions as Maoists/Naxals. ( The Naxal is Read more

  • Cold War 2.0 : Domestic Matrix for Democracies

    03 April 2021 If you can put partisan politics aside for a moment, then you can actually look at the Burns-Rahul virtual tête-à-tête as perhaps the biggest conversation India and the US had in recent times, which was done in the public domain.It was a very adult conversation, one where the seasoned diplomat was engaging Read more

  • Cold War 2.0 : Russian Roulette?

    02 April 2021 This one has a lot of what analysts call ‘wheels within wheels’! The Russian presence in the Eurasian Continental is one which we cannot ignore, no matter how much Chinese lay claim to the honours of being the titans, for reasons of history, reasons of character of the people and most importantly Read more

  • ColdWar 2.0: Quad & Coordination-Playing to Strengths

    31 March 2021 No analyst could have predicted the pace at which America has returned to the global arena under President Biden. It was as if, Trump WH had just switched off and to get America back in all that Biden had to do was to switch it back on, I can imagine even that Read more

  • #Covid19: Corona Chronicles: Fatigue over steadfastness?

    28 March 2021 We just passed the anniversary of the lockdown announced momentously one year back, thinking India as a nation suffered from the virus in ways different from that of Brazil or USA or Europe, though not as successful as our immediate neighbours. While many still held a grudge about the manner of the Read more

  • Cold War 2.0: A European Asia?

    26 March 2021 I have to say that I never imagined how Russia could be considered European power when she lay stretched across Asia right upto the Bering Straights! It is one geopolitical map that always piqued me, especially when the Russo Japanese War was described as frankly one between European established power vis-à-vis a Read more

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