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- 23 Mar 2024 16:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
- Replies: 1747
- Views: 390899
Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/amid-china-india-rivalry-nepal-s-political-shift-tips-scales-in-favour-of-beijing/ar-BB1klK6L Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" won a vote of confidence in parliament. His Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)'s decision to ally wi...
- 23 Mar 2024 16:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
- Replies: 1747
- Views: 390899
Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/nepal/nepal-qatar-to-sign-nine-agreements-during-emirs-visit-in-april/ar-BB1ko6JJ The Emir of Qatar Sheikh bin Hamad Al Thani, whose Nepal visit was postponed in November, is scheduled to arrive on April 24 for a two-day visit. The official announcement of the visit w...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 545
- Views: 139855
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-21/the-gulf-state-rivaling-big-players-such-as-china-and-the-us-in-africa The Gulf state is splashing out on a blockbuster $35 billion deal to help bail out Egypt, pledging billions of dollars more in investment in other countries and picking sides...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - The Indian Ocean Civilization & IOR
- Replies: 626
- Views: 60584
Re: India - The Indian Ocean Civilization & IOR
https://www.ft.com/content/5ed52635-ea20-41f7-91c8-038fc6fedb41 Australia and the UK have signed a defence and security treaty and announced £2.4bn in Australian investment in Rolls-Royce’s nuclear reactor facilities as the two nations tighten ties in the face of rising Chinese power. The treaty, s...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1781
- Views: 581955
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/tom-friedman-iraq-syria/ Among their whistlestops were U.S. installations in Syria. About 900 American troops are there, distributed in penny packets among seven bases. Some of these protect oil fields that supply U.S.-backed Kurdish authorities; others are in the ...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Central Asia - News & Discussions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 29904
Re: Central Asia - News & Discussions
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/22/maximally-pragmatic-how-central-asia-navigates-russias-war-on-ukraine “Central Asian nations, including Uzbekistan, have developed a maximally pragmatic approach towards the war,” Alisher Ilkhamov, head of Central Asia Due Diligence, a London-based think-tan...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3300
- Views: 558788
Re: Iran News and Discussions
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/20/iran-khamenei-supreme-leader-strategy-middle-east/ Earlier this month, Iran conducted elections for its parliament and the Assembly of Experts, a body of elderly clerics nominally responsible for choosing the next supreme leader. The massive disqualification of ...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 545
- Views: 139855
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/16/africa/niger-ends-us-military-agreement-intl-hnk/index.html Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding hig...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 1960
- Views: 533649
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/03/17/a-game-of-leverage-de-constructing-chinese-indian-soft-power-in-the-gulf/ In the intricate fabric of international affairs, China’s foray into the Gulf region epitomises a sophisticated exercise of soft power encompassing economic, social, and cultural interpla...
- 23 Mar 2024 15:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1897
Re: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
https://archive.is/ev2IJ China, Iran, and others are pushing the boundaries of what types of activities are sanctioned on the continent and are contemplating future territorial claims. Last fall, Shahram Irani, the commander of the Iranian navy, announced that Tehran had plans to build a permanent ...
- 15 Feb 2024 14:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1294
- Views: 328911
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
https://iai.tv/articles/understanding-china-means-understanding-xi-steve-tsang-auid-2736?_auid=2020 Unlike his two predecessors, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, Xi Jinping is not a managerial but a transformational leader. He is changing China and intends to make a huge impact on the world. He aims to m...
- 15 Feb 2024 14:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 1960
- Views: 533649
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/india-uae-sign-pact-on-trans-continental-trade-corridor/ar-BB1idV9K?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=bb606277640f40989e310c45ae7dbc24&ei=73 India and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed an agreement on a trade corridor that aims to connect Europe with India t...
- 12 Feb 2024 17:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 790851
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
your point is proven by the report, inc spent 10 times less than bjp on elections in 23, bjp spent ~2k crore,inc 200crore, yet inc has control of two rich states of ka and tg, with the amount coming into the bjp, they can spray and pray, but their victories are costly, uniparty or no
- 12 Feb 2024 15:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 790851
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/54-of-bjps-total-income-came-from-electoral-bonds/article67829420.ece The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received ₹1,294.14 crore through electoral bonds in 2022-23, which was nearly 54% of its total income during the year, and seven times higher than that of it...
- 11 Feb 2024 13:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 790851
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
with re: to the situation in bengal, my 2 points: as i have argued before the government has the monopoly on violence, and the hindus put their troth in the government to exercise this right periodically in the path to justice, that system has clearly not worked, and it will not work in the future e...
- 06 Feb 2024 18:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 545
- Views: 139855
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
One can indeed make the argument that Africa as a whole has failed two evolve, preserve and sustain its own culture and civilisations in the post WW2 world. But does that justify their subjugation and brutal exploitation even now, saying its their fault? They don't have as many published writers an...
- 06 Feb 2024 17:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!
- Replies: 1461
- Views: 242737
- 05 Feb 2024 15:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!
- Replies: 1461
- Views: 242737
Re: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!
i am currently reading the book, 1491, revelations of the americas before columbus https://sulfurbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/original-650-1262x2048.jpeg this book deals with the premise that the americans, before columbus worked ecological projects on a mammoth scale and had civilisational ...
- 05 Feb 2024 15:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 545
- Views: 139855
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
all good Lisaji So I'd take this CFR report with a bucket of salt. Cyranoji, let me preface by saying what I may have mentioned earlier before, all western journalists speak in the forked tongues of a bat's, that is not revelation but dogmatic axiom. All articles have some kernel of truth and varyin...
- 04 Feb 2024 06:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4394
- Views: 1228568
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/pakistan-edge-ahead-2024-elections On February 8 , Pakistan’s voters will elect a leader tasked with managing one of the country’s worst-ever economic crises, an escalating terrorism problem that has recently kindled tensions with Afghanistan and Iran, and a long-standi...
- 04 Feb 2024 06:01
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2716
- Views: 637174
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
https://jamestown.org/program/bidens-lng-decision-sparks-hope-for-russias-energy-industry/ The Biden administration’s temporary pause on constructing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals has prompted Russian optimism about boosting its global LNG exports and exploiting internal division...
- 04 Feb 2024 05:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1781
- Views: 581955
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/featured/the-struggle-for-the-gate-of-tears/ Last November, the Houthis—a Shiite armed group supported by Iran that has effectively won the decade-old civil war in Yemen—announced that they would attack Israeli-connected or allied ships in the Bab-el-Mandeb to express...
- 04 Feb 2024 05:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
- Replies: 251
- Views: 72774
Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
interesting collection of viewpoints from organisations who have expertise in these matters https://jamestown.org/program/israel-hamas-wars-impact-on-afghan-and-pakistani-jihadist-ecosystem/ Israel–Hamas War’s Impact on Afghan and Pakistani Jihadist Ecosystem Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQI...
- 04 Feb 2024 05:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 545
- Views: 139855
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
not strictly india related https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/ecowas-split-spells-trouble-democracy-west-africa The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is arguably the most successful model of regional governance in Africa. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the bloc was established in 1975 t...
- 04 Feb 2024 04:59
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
- Replies: 1781
- Views: 362017
Re: India-EU News & Analysis
The new foreign minister has no qualifications except being Attal's ex boyfriend, can't speak 2 lines in French without making 6 mistakes. So who is really running the country? The brussels mafia. MEPs are powerless before the EC and Von der Lying's machine. Between ECB, E Commission , EP and E Cou...
- 04 Feb 2024 03:53
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
- Replies: 434
- Views: 161605
Re: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
Following your advice, I just tried using Google Bard to summarize this video, but it couldn't even get the name of the announcer/host right. Hosts's name is Rishab Gulati, but Google Bard is referring to him as Sreenivasan Iyer: well that is odd, i recommended bard over bing-gpt as per my experien...
- 04 Feb 2024 03:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Ladakh Union Territory- 2019
- Replies: 129
- Views: 53328
Re: Ladakh Union Territory- 2019
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/massive-protests-in-ladakh-for-statehood/ar-BB1hIJqh Men, women and children braving -13 degrees Celsius participated in ‘Leh Chalo’ protest march in Kargil and Leh districts that observed a complete shutdown. Transport services mostly remained off the road. Pro...
- 01 Feb 2024 03:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: BRICS: News and Discussion
- Replies: 375
- Views: 64791
Re: BRICS: News and Discussion
https://au.news.yahoo.com/south-africa-says-five-countries-145338296.html JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have confirmed they are joining the BRICS bloc after being invited last year, South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Wed...
- 01 Feb 2024 03:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
- Replies: 1781
- Views: 362017
Re: India-EU News & Analysis
all good, Cyrano saar; whats the news from the seine btw? saw that the jupiter replaced his pm with attal, any political compulsions / ramifications for this move that you foresee in the french society, especially with the looming mep elections? also, would you mind answering the below: what is the ...
- 01 Feb 2024 03:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 1872
- Views: 425243
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
hi sanman, appreciate what you are doing, for the videos that you post, could you also put in a relevant timestamp, or summarise the video through bard; the following are video summaries from bard for the youtube videos that you have posted on this page: China's Interference in Canada's Elections &a...
- 29 Jan 2024 16:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
- Replies: 1781
- Views: 362017
Re: India-EU News & Analysis
not strictly india related mep elections are a weird beast, the following article deals with it: https://ecfr.eu/publication/a-sharp-right-turn-a-forecast-for-the-2024-european-parliament-elections/ Anti-European populists are likely to top the polls in nine member states (Austria, Belgium, the Czec...
- 29 Jan 2024 15:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Topics thread
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8428
Re: Miscellaneous Topics thread
i have recently started watching classics from hbo, man, the quality over there is something else; recently watched generation kill released in 2008, a 7 episode miniseries, each about an hour long; its based on a group of recon marines who move into baghdad from kuwait during the first wave of inva...
- 29 Jan 2024 15:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Topics thread
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8428
Re: Miscellaneous Topics thread
update on the girl, she returned to her family about 10 days back, there was no response from swati goel to my mail, probably the police and or the social worker helped, the girl's family have not volunteered any information on the matter, my parents have not pried one way to counter such eventualit...
- 26 Jan 2024 05:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
- Replies: 251
- Views: 72774
Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
all good ramana sir, some graphics mapped in the conflict https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/25/israel-gaza-war-spillover-risk-mapping-recent-strikes-in-middle-east https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/INTERACTIVE-Rising-tensions-across-the-region-map-1705568126.png?w=770&resi...
- 23 Jan 2024 16:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7486
- Views: 1656578
Re: Understanding the US - Again
You touch on several lines of thought that I have also had when viewing this thread or any other forums/discussions where Indians discuss American politics. However I would like to provide a counter argument to some of the points . 1. The reason why we don't hear much from British and Canadian resi...
- 21 Jan 2024 04:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7486
- Views: 1656578
Re: Understanding the US - Again
a side bonus of the understanding us thread is that also allows one insight into the people living in the us; for example, we have members from the uk, they never have such passionate opinions on political parties, you dont see canadian members strongly come out and say that this party or that party...
- 15 Jan 2024 16:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
- Replies: 251
- Views: 72774
Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
all good, Tanaji ji; now the assertion that the policy is new and only initiated to obfuscate poor internal performance is patently untrue as looking at public records, the anc has been seething about the israel - apartheid relation ever since coming to power in 1994 and was even covered by mandela,...
- 15 Jan 2024 16:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1781
- Views: 581955
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
'Imperialist Capitalism' would be more accurate.. yeah, in the excerpt posted by chanakyaa ji a very poignant phrasing, the dollar gets restless and goes oversees, the flag (the government) follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag, the us policy for so many decades now in one short and c...
- 15 Jan 2024 16:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4394
- Views: 1228568
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Link Technically, Pakistan evicted Afghans not from Pakistani, but Afghan lands . The Durand Line agreement (which is now lapsed) was imposed by British, dividing Afghan lands in order to create a buffer for the core of their empire of India. Time to correct this historical wrong. perceptive point,...
- 14 Jan 2024 14:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
- Replies: 545
- Views: 139855
Re: India-Africa News and Discussion
https://globelynews.com/africa/sahel-great-power-competition/#google_vignette Military takeovers have been a major source of concern in the region and beyond in the last few years. Since 2020, the region has had four successful coup d’états and three failed ones. The coup in Niger particularly attr...