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- 28 Jul 2025 22:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
- Replies: 785
- Views: 553640
Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/maritime-militia-chinas-hybrid-war-strategy-in-the-indian-ocean/ Chinese fishing trawlers that serve as extensions of Beijing’s maritime intelligence operations. Ostensibly commercial, these ships are integral to China’s “maritime militia.” They ar...
- 28 Jul 2025 22:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3366
- Views: 843937
Re: Iran News and Discussions
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/27/irans-plan-to-abandon-gps-is-about-much-more-than-technology Most recently, the United States-Israeli attacks on Iran demonstrated not just new strategies of drone deployment and infiltration but also new vulnerabilities. During the 12-day conflict, Iran...
- 26 Jul 2025 22:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India and ASEAN / East Asia
- Replies: 737
- Views: 185146
- 26 Jul 2025 20:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 3905
- Views: 1325937
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
A_Gupta sir, your proposal would have merit had it been any other nationality other than bangladeshis, i probably have mentioned it before, a normal, run-off-the-mill bd has a superiority complex over hindus in his country while at the same time having an inferiority complex with indians, the majori...
- 24 Jul 2025 23:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 3905
- Views: 1325937
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
copilot says the following: https://i.ibb.co/84Y9hjst/Screenshot-2025-07-24-233335.png and they had 170 injured, by simple arithmetic, they should have been able to take care of the issue, they even have the most advanced burn facility in all of sooth asia, why ask a weaker country for assistance wh...
- 24 Jul 2025 11:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India and ASEAN / East Asia
- Replies: 737
- Views: 185146
Re: India and ASEAN / East Asia
Some sort of skirmish with artillery currently underway between thailand and cambodia Latest News, July 24 > At least 2 people have been killed and 2 injured in Thailand due to Cambodian firing, according to a Thai district official. > Cambodian forces engaging Thai military personnel on the border ...
- 23 Jul 2025 23:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 3905
- Views: 1325937
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
and the event that the help is being rushed on an express pro platinum++ delivery plan is a plane crash?? whats the big urgency, if there was a hilsa shortage and the kanglus were cannabalising each other, then maybe the goi could have dispatched a bori of rice or 2 via plane, this is like an inhere...
- 23 Jul 2025 08:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Central Asia - News & Discussions
- Replies: 121
- Views: 47938
Re: Central Asia - News & Discussions
ho boy, short sighted stupidity, coming soon to a border near YOU https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-told-armenia-it-is-ready-manage-transport-corridor-with-azerbaijan-2025-07-16/ July 16 (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the U.S. had offered to manage a potential transport ...
- 22 Jul 2025 19:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India and Japan: News and Discussion
- Replies: 2146
- Views: 502102
Re: India and Japan: News and Discussion
https://asiatimes.com/2025/07/japan-first-electoral-tide-turns-against-ishiba-ldp/ TOKYO — Sunday’s upper-house election results were brutal for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). But they proved the “bond vigilantes” right as Tokyo’s fiscal trajectory i...
- 21 Jul 2025 20:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: European Union: Positive News
- Replies: 535
- Views: 459597
Re: European Union: Positive News
https://archive.is/wD0Bz Can europe escape the tech dominancy of the us? i highly doubt so, it is not difficult but rather a sisyphean task to make your own infra and move everything onto it, without even accounting for the gap in innovation while they are trying to do so given limited resources, m...
- 21 Jul 2025 10:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 2253
- Views: 900756
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
re: the above discussion, imo, the wider public is not ready to have a mature discourse on it, the guy is on our notes, in every govt institution, in many foreign countries mostly near our embassy, a road on his name is in most every city; foreign dignitaries are made to go to his samadhi for ceremo...
- 20 Jul 2025 22:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
- Replies: 785
- Views: 553640
Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/china-begins-1678-billion-brahmaputra-dam-construction-in-tibet-what-does-it-mean-for-india/ar-AA1IVqoQ?ocid=BingNewsVerp China has officially begun construction on a USD 167.8 billion dam on the Brahmaputra Rive r in Tibet, near the Indian border in Arunachal P...
- 20 Jul 2025 20:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 2253
- Views: 900756
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
https://swarajyamag.com/business/ondc-why-indias-open-digital-bazaar-is-not-taking-off some interesting data points littered throughout the article, article in itself informative Led by the government, backed by various trusted public and private partners, and tried out by many who gravitated to it...
- 20 Jul 2025 12:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1362
- Views: 636265
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
https://archive.is/MvNuu A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, more than 20 senior PLA officers from all four services—the army, navy, air force, and rocket force—have disapp...
- 20 Jul 2025 12:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
- Replies: 288
- Views: 133730
Re: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
So was USSR. It was powerful (due to nucs, delivery, and conventional weapons platforms) and also had very talented people in all scientific areas including Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mechanics, Aerospace, and other Engineering areas. this was also the contention of the authors of the above ...
- 19 Jul 2025 22:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 2146
- Views: 1161374
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-russia-china-india-troika-is-here/ India’s motives for reaching a deal with China at this point also must be understood. Although the underlying and long-running geopolitical rivalry with China persists, India cannot engage China as an open adversary. As a re...
- 16 Jul 2025 12:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
- Replies: 288
- Views: 133730
Re: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
https://freebeacon.com/columns/waiting-for-chinas-gorbachev-dont-hold-your-breath/ The rumors that China’s Xi Jinping has been ousted, or is on the verge of losing power, have drawn the attention of China watchers around the world. His downfall has been proclaimed prematurely many times, so some sk...
- 16 Jul 2025 12:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India and ASEAN / East Asia
- Replies: 737
- Views: 185146
Re: India and ASEAN / East Asia
https://asiatimes.com/2025/07/tokyo-manila-moves-arouse-chinese-concerns-about-asian-mini-nato/# Manila’s adoption of Japan’s “one theater concept” has further escalated tensions with China. Proposed in March this year, the concept breaks from Tokyo’s traditional security outlook and views the East...
- 16 Jul 2025 12:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 2146
- Views: 1161374
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
https://warontherocks.com/2025/07/the-fragility-of-u-s-spacepower-in-a-multipolar-world/ While the United States remains the global leader in space capabilities, its ecosystem shows fragility. Emerging space powers like Turkey, India, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates have adopted flexible,...
- 14 Jul 2025 23:43
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6769
- Views: 2084289
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
He would be the default choice, but I don't think he plays tests now, only odis and t20s, something to do with repeated injuries due to bowling loads, hope was reddy would sort of replace him sans the genuine pace, but he is still learning the ropes
- 14 Jul 2025 23:33
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6769
- Views: 2084289
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
^^yeah true that, but quite fighting last 2 sessions and Jadeja almost pulled it off It would be harsh for karun especially given that maybe jurel may come in place of pant next match owing to his injury, but our middle order is still lacking, best of all would have been shreyas iyer back to the sid...
- 10 Jul 2025 23:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 2146
- Views: 1161374
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
ricky_v ji, that is a very optimistic article. Turkiye, with its support to Pakis, has shown to be antagonistic to Indian interests. The article talks about Iran-Israel accord but KSA-Israel accord is more realistic. Quad is not going to fly as long as the US is at odds with India on contentious is...
- 10 Jul 2025 23:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 10673
- Views: 3942292
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
US Dept of State briefing, July 8th. Two excerpts below. If you understand what was said, please post. https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-july-8-2025/#post-638128-INDIAPAKISTAN Pakistan: QUESTION: Thank you so much. After the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Pakistani Go...
- 09 Jul 2025 22:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 2146
- Views: 1161374
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/connecting-the-globe-after-globalization Globalization—characterized by chasing the lowest costs of production, including in rival countries’ territory—is at an end. Yet, this does not signal a cessation or slowdown of global commerce and trade. On the contrary,...
- 09 Jul 2025 22:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: BRICS: News and Discussion
- Replies: 449
- Views: 211772
Re: BRICS: News and Discussion
https://asiatimes.com/2025/07/rio-summit-made-clear-brics-is-sliding-towards-irrelevance/# China’s Xi Jinping avoided the summit altogether for unknown reasons, sending his prime minister, Li Qiang, instead. This was Xi’s first no-show at a BRICS summit, with the snub prompting suggestions that Bei...
- 09 Jul 2025 22:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: European Union: Positive News
- Replies: 535
- Views: 459597
Re: European Union: Positive News
From google - The Roman historian Tacitus was the first to write about the tribe in his Germania from AD 98, referring to them as the Suiones. Locally, they are possibly first mentioned by the Kylver Stone in the 4th century. Jordanes, in the 6th century, mentions Suehans and Suetidi. These names l...
- 06 Jul 2025 11:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 561
- Views: 268697
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/the-sahel/ In Mali, General Assimi Goïta, who took power in a 2020 coup, now plans to remain in power through at least the end of this decade, as do his counterparts in neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger. As long-ruling juntas consolidate power in national capitals...
- 06 Jul 2025 11:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 2093
- Views: 784104
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
X posting from Iran thread Time to update this map. Syria - Iran influence is now almost gone , close to zero. They have been supplanted largely by the Turks. With other players such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel and U.S. in the mix. Gaza Strip - with the loss of Syria, Iran ability to send weapon...
- 06 Jul 2025 11:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 2093
- Views: 784104
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Turkish-Libyan-Deal-Sparks-Regional-Backlash.html i believe there were talks between greece and india regarding sale of missiles, better to repay the turkiye in kind The relatively quiet East Mediterranean appears to be boiling again, following the sig...
- 06 Jul 2025 11:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: BRICS: News and Discussion
- Replies: 449
- Views: 211772
Re: BRICS: News and Discussion
https://cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/the-implications-for-global-governance-of-china-and-russias-post-2022-alignment/ only posting materials relevant to the wider brics though the article id about china russia friendship, most of it is regurgitation from the past The difference lies in Russia’s d...
- 06 Jul 2025 11:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 561
- Views: 268697
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
the us / fdf is gobbling up minerals globally at a good pace, hopefully we also have some alignment with key stakeholders to get hold of these minerals if memory serves right, it is rwanda or rather the tutsi tribe of rwanda, which is the chosen fdf lapdog in the region, that started attacking the e...
- 06 Jul 2025 10:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Myanmar news and discussion
- Replies: 655
- Views: 656190
Re: India-Myanmar news and discussion
https://archive.is/L21qQ I’ve seen firsthand the destruction the regime’s airstrikes cause. While the world looks away as conflict breaks out in the Middle East, at least 6,231 civilians have been killed in Myanmar, including 1,144 women and 709 children, according to figures published in January t...
- 06 Jul 2025 10:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: European Union: Positive News
- Replies: 535
- Views: 459597
Re: European Union: Positive News
' so the Swedish and the Finns are just swedish and finnish... Who are the 'Assemblers' - Iran (Persians)? i believe finn is from an old norse word finnr, meaning wanderer, they are also referred to as sami which is what the indigenous people of finalnd call themselves, could not find the meaning o...
- 02 Jul 2025 21:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: European Union: Positive News
- Replies: 535
- Views: 459597
Re: European Union: Positive News
https://i.ibb.co/7t6SNhrr/1750922165159133m.jpg meaning of the names of some european nations, thought it was neat, did not really know that the franks were predominantly javelin throwers to have that name stuck onto that entire tribe, similar to how the germanic tribe of anglisch were predominantl...
- 02 Jul 2025 21:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6481
Re: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
not strictly india related, posting here for more focus https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/arctic-great-game-conley The Arctic Great Game https://cdn-live.foreignaffairs.com/sites/default/files/styles/_webp_1440_max_width/public/images/2025/06/09/2_ConleyMap.png.webp?itok=AEwKYi1z Fighting it ou...
- 22 Jun 2025 05:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
- Replies: 628
- Views: 154549
Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
US bombs Iranian nuclear facilities


- 20 Jun 2025 09:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 2253
- Views: 900756
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
one year for the new govt in odisha, couple of articles on their performance first, the summation from copilot The Odisha government, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, recently completed its first year in office and released a detailed performance report highlighting key achievements and fut...
- 20 Jun 2025 09:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 10477
- Views: 3115677
Re: Understanding the US - Again
BTW are BRF forums hosted on US servers :?: used to be france, i see that it has been moved now https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/blog/desk/bharat-rakshak-origins/ Where is the BR server hosted? The BR Server is hosted on a web server that is located in the France – Earlier it used to be in UK closer ...
- 20 Jun 2025 09:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3366
- Views: 843937
Re: Iran News and Discussions
Sir, your crystal gazing has a tendency to be accurate and so thanks. Instinctively i thought the FDF will use a re-revolutionised Iran to give concessions to Pak (Oil and other essentials) so that Pak can continue to be the Khans cats paw against a rising Bharatvarsh. It will also help that Iran c...
- 18 Jun 2025 19:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3366
- Views: 843937
Re: Iran News and Discussions
Ricky ji, how do you see it playing out if Iran does get a regime change and someone not strongly opposed to the west is put at the head. How will a strong Iran deal with pakistan for instance? Manish sir, it is a broad guesstimate but i think iran will follow the path of indonesia if the above wer...