Bharat Rakshak

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https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-geopolitics-of-the-central-caucasus/ The Caucasian Chalk Circle In the context of the so-called emerging New World Order, Russia was at first left on the periphery, while Turkey and Iran were the first countries affected by geopolitical turbulence. Entering t...

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i believe that this is the right thread for this, the following paper would have been the run-of-the-mill democracy khatre mein hai but for the inclusion of the governance as a topic, this would be the actual first step by the west to understand indian stance on many issues https://www.chathamhouse....

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Ricky ji, I have been living in Germany for a long time and it was pointed out to me (by an American, of all things) that I speak English with a German accent. There was no point at which I even considered speaking English with a German accent. Maybe us Indians are simply more comfortable picking u...

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2. Musical instrument skills are driven into them by parents and research has shown that there is a correlation between musical ability/practice with intelligence and math skills. but why only classical western instruments such as cello, violin, lyre, piano? is there also a correlation between type...

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There are far too many Desi kids who get caught up in "wanting to be more american than americans" than Cheeni kids. During my time in the US, I knew many desi kids who could not speak the their language and almost zero cheeni kids who did not. My personal theory was that Desi kids were n...

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https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis/2024/04/brazils-geopolitical-moment/ Brazil’s enduring aspiration for great-power status will receive a significant boost through its leadership of the G20, BRICS and COP conferences in 2024–25. Despite the many unprecedented political and econom...

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<OT>Really wish this forum had dedicated thread solely populated by admins who could post the good enriching posts or maybe a 'flag and filter' kind of functionality wherein Admins/Mods could flag specific posts as say 'Star' and then one could simply go to any thread and click on Star filter to ge...

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all good, Manish_P ji, forum is looking a little bleak in terms of articles and factual discourse, either members are not reading much or they are holding out on sharing interesting literature, dont know which is worse

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https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-infinite-connection-how-to-make-the-india-middle-east-europe-economic-corridor-happen/ The initial memorandum of understanding for IMEC – signed by the United States, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia – envi...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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chetak wrote: ↑05 Feb 2024 17:47 ricky ji,

for your information, just in case ....................

thanks chetak sir, did not know about this one, will take up after 1491

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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