9 March 2022 Never have I had to pause, because, my muse was driving me to morbid conclusions, those that I have only dread and regret for. When one analyses strategic sweepstakes, one must take the utmost cautions, even while painting a scenario of war, that the wishful thinking that this oeuvre begets is not […]
Tag: Taiwan
15 February 2022 The Quad which was rebooted with great fanfare during this pandemic by its first heads of government summit virtually now has fresh eyes to look at it after the AUKUS disruption of last year.Indeed, in the midst of the current heat over Ukraine and Eastern Europe, few indications have emerged that inform […]
22 December 2021 It is always that time of the year when you like to wrap things up, sort of Christmas gift wrap them, if you will, and hope that Santa will haul away to deliver…The biggest event of this year was supposedly the return of America from the wilderness President Trump had confined her […]
3 December 2021 Taiwan is in the news for some time now, yet, for stranger tides that we are in, it is actually the beneficiary of much happening, which is not of its making. If there is something called ‘Universal Conspiracy’ which Paulo Coelho wrote about in his ‘Alchemist’, then it is working now to […]
19 November 2021 What most people forget is that globally, history is what is a victor’s version. If the Nazi regime had not lost to the Allies, the entire eugenic construct of racial purity and superiority would have gained a different sales pitch, one not withstanding Jesse Owens and Lutz Long who demonstrated the elementary […]
18 November 2021 We have witnessed now for quite sometime, an era where post Cold War, there were Groups, G7, 8, 20, 77 etc. We have seen new bodies form since 1950s, such as ASEAN, SAARC, SCO, CIS, African Union, NAM, some that have now fallen clearly by the wayside, some that have lost their […]
8 November 2021 There are apparently in the realm of Strategic Thinkers a two and a half front for the PLA and her CMC masters- One each on the Himalayan and Taiwanese fronts as a land and water boundary, plus half a front that is literally half way across the ocean that bears India’s name […]
Gaming The End Game! 16 October 2021 There is no strategist worth their salt who would not wish to delve into scenario making, trying to project current trends in military postures, economic measures and overall slants in Power Projection of CNP into what can be called the ‘Goals’. In the Western gambit that we have […]
‘Horizon of The Rising Sun’ 28 September 2021 It is not possible to write about Japan, without a reference to its history as a modern power, one that unfortunately carries the baggage of ‘excesses’ in occupied areas including Manchuria, Korea and China, even though, in India, Japanese power was welcomed then, as a Asiatic Power, […]
11 August 2021 When President Trump’s account was suspended by Twitter, many lustily cheered, for the excesses of a false narrative that had such follower-ship needed taking down was the logic. Many argued, however that Twitter had no ombudsman, there was no natural justice in how the measure was undertaken, including a clearly one sided […]
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