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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...

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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...

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Manish_P wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 11:53 What a wonderful opportunity for the President to stop another war and get a Noble.

ask and you shall receive, also has some particular wording towards the end, seems like a Naro Vah? Kunjro Vah? type situation

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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

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^^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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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' 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...

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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...

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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...

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US bombs Iranian nuclear facilities

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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