6 October 2022 The death of Amini at the hands of the Iranian Moral Police set off a wave of protests in Iran. There have been waves of these protests even before Amini, when Iran was seemingly about to throw off the yoke of reductionist conservatism that passes off in the name of its Islamic […]
5 October 2022 Considerable media space is being devoted to the possibility of a Nuclear escalation in the ongoing Special Military Operations in Ukraine. As an analyst, it we can piece the events so far as markers, then this current slew of statements from within Russia, from Mr Putin or from Mr Kadyrov are not […]
3 October 2022 When analysts were hinting at a Ukrainian counter offensive in Kherson Oblast in the south all of the summer, as a final push before winter this year, the AFU was actually planning offensives in the East as it turns out now. This is apparent from how the Russians have reacted to both […]
26 September 2022 Historians are always aware of how important information is, to shaping of morale and managing logistics of war. When the British fought to crush the rebellion that had sparked over greased cartridges in India, 1857 was called many things at that time, including perhaps the last hurrah of India’s royals with their […]
20 September 2022 One needs to look at history as a precedent and not as a font for hubris. Yet the casual views the two as alternatives of each, while the causal looks for the danger signs where from precedence one stumbles into hubris. The nature of the human is such that no individual who […]
14 September 2022 You could sense this as a deja vu kind of feel, like in 2013 the Chinese withdrew from Gorgra Hotsprings PP15 under a mutual agreement with the Indian Army and the Indian PM flies to a Summit. It shows on one hand how Indian Diplomacy has been consistent in how it extracted […]
12 September 2022 On 9/11 America suffered the worst strategic blow to her CNP when the Twin Towers were brought down by a pair of American aeroplanes rammed on to them by Saudi led hijacking teams inspired by Osama Bin Laden 21 years ago. It is one year and ten days since the Americans withdrew […]
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#Ukraine: Learning & Leaning
8 September 2022 The ongoing war in Europe is something that few would have foreseen in the aftermath of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. One doubts if even Western military planners imagined ever that they would witness right next door, a conventional war involving artillery, armour, infantry, supported by air and naval forces that […]
7 September 2022 In this era of controlled narratives, one never thought that the West would be finding herself in such a corner. The much touted counter offensive of the AFU ( Armed Forces of Ukraine) was purportedly an armoured counter thrust, bringing to bear the might of American and NATO supplied Armour and Artillery […]
1 September 2022 31 August turned out this year to be a grim reaper reminder for the West. It was the first anniversary of the bloodiest retreat in Western history, discounting the Anglo Afghan wars, when the Americans pulled out from Kabul Airport extricating themselves after a horrendous bomb blast that killed dozens and maimed […]
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