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by JE Menon
22 Aug 2023 23:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
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Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Pratyush wrote: 17 Aug 2023 19:52 She is now number 2 in state department.
Only nominated so far, position not yet ratified. There is apparently pushback on it - as per Seymour Hersh on his substack in one of his article.
by JE Menon
17 Aug 2023 09:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
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Western Globalist establishment are leading shift away from oil in the name of environmentalism, reducing dependency on oil resources. Russia had settled into a quiet existence, Putin was holding jazz concerts. But then ethnic/sectarian revanchists embedded in Washington decided to destabilize inte...
by JE Menon
16 Aug 2023 21:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
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>>What's happening is a revival of ancient wars associated with the Catholic-Orthodox schism from 1000 years ago. Catholic side is led by institutionalized Washington, while Orthodox side is led by Russia. Faith sub-system variation is clearly a differentiator, but I don't think that is what is driv...
by JE Menon
16 Aug 2023 21:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
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Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

>>What's happening is a revival of ancient wars associated with the Catholic-Orthodox schism from 1000 years ago. Catholic side is led by institutionalized Washington, while Orthodox side is led by Russia. Faith sub-system variation is clearly a differentiator, but I don't think that is what is driv...
by JE Menon
16 Aug 2023 21:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
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>>If what you say is true, and they are indeed playing this long gme, what they have in store for us? The one crown jewel that slipped from their hand? The same thing. Revert to a colonial mentality but for the 21st century and beyond. Engineer chaos in Eurasia (including India) and then pick up the...
by JE Menon
16 Aug 2023 16:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
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Thanks Pratyush for the link on Germany. Very useful read. >> The why of US motivation is more important than anything. But the answer eludes most people. Actually, I'm quite certain that the answer does not elude them. What they have a difficulty with is saying it out loud. Basically: Sometime in t...
by JE Menon
09 Aug 2023 23:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
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Article on the Ukraine situation by Brahma Chellaney in "The Hill" - unusual location for this write up from him.

https://thehill.com/opinion/internation ... s-failing/
by JE Menon
09 Aug 2023 23:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
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Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Thanks Nanda, Najunakumar, IndraD & Cyrano... Much appreciated.
by JE Menon
09 Jul 2023 23:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
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Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Seems like a new book is out in the UK to defend Britainnia against feeling shameful for its colonial past. Nigel Biggar's "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/13/the-british-empire-is-not-a-morality-tale/ I think in general the current British society is...
by JE Menon
05 Jun 2023 22:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
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>>IIRC JEM posted some time ago that he had met Alexander and they had a good discussion. To be clear, I did meet Alex Christoforou by coincidence, when we were in the same city. We had a brief discussion, very brief. Net net we have a strong convergence of views. The Duran is today one of the most ...
by JE Menon
23 May 2023 09:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
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Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

>>The key challenge is to maintain a clean and accountable administration/government that is not compromised to foreign interests. The way forward is to keep strengthening our institutions. Everything else flows from that. Absolutely key observation from KL Dubey. And a superb post from YI Patel.
by JE Menon
09 May 2023 10:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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Pratyush, I broadly agree. In fact, I had written on this in this thread itself I think, but I can't find where - a longish post about the Anglosphere, examining the mindsets behind it, and how we are back to the pre-World War 1 game in Eurasia of the Heartland States and Maritime States... Continen...
by JE Menon
08 May 2023 17:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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Why Poland will be Europe’s next superpower https://archive.ph/TCsIO lengthy Telegraph UK article decribing -Poland is a military supoer power now far superior than Germany etc -QoL much better than West Europe - A manufacturing hub so what is its contribution to EU? The Brits exited EU in 2013, wi...
by JE Menon
22 Apr 2023 09:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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>>Russia needs India as a counterbalance for PRC as much as US does. This is absolutely correct. Ultimately, it will be a tripolar balance in Eurasia, with the core EU becoming the fourth pole that will lend a fuller stability if it wishes to. The tripolar balance will be stable on its own, though.
by JE Menon
20 Apr 2023 20:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Cyrano wrote:Here is one with at least English subtitles:
Thank you.
by JE Menon
19 Apr 2023 14:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Cyrano wrote:Ekalavya,
Suggest you look up and sit through webcast of Jacques Baud...
Apart from what he has written, is there any interview on youtube or elsewhere in English (which he speaks) or sub-titled that you are aware of? If yes, please link - I've been looking with limited success.
by JE Menon
04 Mar 2023 18:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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Why nonsense JEM-Saar? I think it is sort of 'mea-culpa', and the third-rated nation of the UK is preparing its street Abduls for not so great outcome of the Uki war they have been brainwashed for. This is the West saying, things are not great, but it is not our fault - rather it is the fault of th...
by JE Menon
03 Mar 2023 13:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

>>If The Spectator itself is saying this, it means the UK power-elite is trying to break the bad news gently to the gullible rubes on the street -- the war is going badly for the West, Ukraine is toast and the hated Putin is on the verge of victory. And to supplement that: "We are not at fault,...
by JE Menon
03 Mar 2023 10:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472903

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Folks, a general request to be applied whenever possible going forward - it is something that Indians because of our sheer mass can make a significant global impact with. Everytime we refer to the following in any form of public facing media - social or otherwise, we should attach the descriptors: B...
by JE Menon
03 Mar 2023 01:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is- ... is-favour/

Mostly nonsense, but nonsense worth skimming through to get reinforced on the prevailing mindset in the UK - since it's not behind paywall.
by JE Menon
27 Feb 2023 09:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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Thanks bala, I will check out the link.
by JE Menon
26 Feb 2023 13:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Yensoy, I will try to do it... Meanwhile, as Ramana has said, move all discussion to other appropriate threads, and feel free to ask and I will respond as and when possible, and if I can actually say something that may be useful.
by JE Menon
26 Feb 2023 13:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Thanks Ramana, yes I have been thinking about this a while, and the only explanation that is both cogent & coherent is this one. Essentially, the British Empire disintegrated into disparate and strategically located "islands" over a few centuries, but kept the central common characteri...
by JE Menon
26 Feb 2023 10:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Thank you Roop. At some point I should make a powerpoint or canva of this stuff, with validation/reference links and all the rest of it. Pretty much everything in there is available in public open source (though the revival of the OUN Ukronazi network in the late 1990s by the US is just from memory,...
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 22:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Another shot across the bows _____________________ https://www.newsweek.com/time-end-war-ukraine-mediation-best-answer-opinion-1782852 Time To End the War in Ukraine. Mediation Is the Best Answer | Opinion STEVEN MYERS Steven Myers is a former member of the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee o...
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 21:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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Reposting in this thread, on request, from the Combat Strategy thread, original post located here: https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=2580840#p2580840 Fu(k it, will do it now, so here goes (the narrative thrust will be interrupted by explanatory paragraphs, etc, so please bear with me...
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 20:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Tanaji, Please note that I'm not calling it an inflection point, simply a shot across the bows. I believe Stephen Myers has now written an article in Newsweek also, quite a despondent one on the situation in Ukraine. I don't think it's an inflection point either. More like an infection point. The an...
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 20:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

IndraD

Deans and Gakakkad has answered your question, and I have nothing to add to that.
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 14:07
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Fu(k it, will do it now, so here goes (the narrative thrust will be interrupted by explanatory paragraphs, etc, so please bear with me - and it will be long): After the collapse of the USSR, the world was immediately unipolar, but it is important to remember that the collapse was not the consequence...
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 12:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

@Avid - yeah, it took me some time to actually see the wood for the trees, but the picture is now quite clear. I'll outline things in a sort of stream of thought post sometime later today.
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 12:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

JEM, Now look at how Indian sub-continent Muslims(CAIR) have hijacked US govt policy towards India. Now they are joined by Khalistani (Dhillon) and Communist sympathizers(Khsama Sawant). And we an trace all this back to USD immigration visa policies. https://strategic-culture.org/news/2016/01/08/ci...
by JE Menon
25 Feb 2023 12:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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@Haresh

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/12/13/m ... -tribunal/

This is one more, there are many. Merkel said this twice...
by JE Menon
22 Feb 2023 11:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Yup, a network of East European emigres... they have "hijacked" the deep state system, initially with the latter's acquiescence and/or approval - but things have gone to crap as a lot of underlying assumptions have turned out to be either slightly wrong, or grossly wrong. The outcome will ...
by JE Menon
21 Feb 2023 22:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Interestingly -- this from 2016 talks of CIA's role in Nazification of Ukraine. (one of the links from Part 2 above) https://strategic-culture.org/news/2016/01/08/cia-undermining-and-nazifying-ukraine-since-1953/ Exactly, the budgeting from those days are now public documents. I have screenshots so...
by JE Menon
13 Feb 2023 19:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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Interview of Seymour Hersh (audio file by a local radio station). His first interview after the article! The guy is something else! Truly one of the real ones. The real interview starts just after minute 7.

http://exiledonline.com/wnradio/rwn_epi ... 123_v3.mp3
by JE Menon
02 Feb 2023 14:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622062

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"The Crisis in Ukraine is not about Ukraine its about Germany".
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/the-crisis ... t-germany/

This well written piece is worth a read
by JE Menon
30 Jan 2023 14:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1525695

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

In total, 381 airplanes and 204 helicopters, 2,980 unmanned aerial vehicles, 402 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,670 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 995 combat vehicles equipped with multiple launch rocket systems, 3,956 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 8,218 units of spe...