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by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 19:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Trump wants to put maximum pressure on India. He wants to be center of attention. He wants not just a deal but a submission. Stand firm and do not react.
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 18:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2393
Views: 815667

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

https://www.logicmatters.net/igt/
An Introduction to Gödel’s Theorems
Gödel Without (Too Many) Tears
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 09:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

I had so far given the benefit of doubt to Trump, assuming that he must have basic competence to be President and the US system won't allow a fool to be elected. I think I was mistaken. He's not just incompetent, he's deranged and those around him won't tell him so. If one paid attention to Trump's...
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 09:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

6 Indian Companies Sanctioned By US Over Iran Petroleum Purchases
The US Department of State Wednesday announced sanctions on 20 entities, including six from India, for trading with Iran.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/6-india ... es-8988789
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 08:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion
Replies: 1187
Views: 244654

Re: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion

Who was providing supplies to the terrorist camp? and how were the supplies getting there?
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 08:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

On further thought, Trump and what oil company? If there was something commercially viable, the oil companies would already be at it. Trump is needling India. Trump is very good at manipulating individuals and populations, knowing exactly which buttons to press.
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 07:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Well, China certainly has the capital, so either China lacks the technology to develop Pakistan's "massive Oil Reserves" or else the Pakistanis managed to con Trump (not a bad achievement). Or Trump is simply needling India. Pakistan's oil reserves, per Google Gemini: https://docs.google.c...
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 04:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Deep research by Google Gemini says that while her father was alive, AOC's family was upper middle class rather than on the edge of the working class. I hope this link works: https://gemini.google.com/app/734acc7385b305ca or this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dJplgPMWJZHVFcs3js8zDwyYN_6l7sTNP...
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 04:19
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6317
Views: 1726780

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

System malfunctions would be the first thing that the investigators would look for. Because it is critical that such issues are found quickly and other aircraft at risk are inspected and fixed or at least there are recommendations made for modified procedures for pilots to quickly recognize these i...
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 02:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

ThePrint: On announcing 25% tariff, plus a penalty on India, US President Donald Trump says, ‘Prime Minister Modi is a friend of mine, but they don't do very much business in terms of business with us. They sell a lot to us, but we don't buy from them. Because the tariff is so high. They have one of...
by A_Gupta
31 Jul 2025 01:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Why Trump's tough stance on Russia could derail the biggest win in his trade war https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-us-china-trade-deal-2025-7 The US and China first reached a framework trade agreement in May, after both sides said they would significantly lower t...
by A_Gupta
30 Jul 2025 21:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Tradingeconomics.com Brent crude oil futures rose to $73.5 per barrel on Wednesday, holding at a five-week high, supported by supply concerns after President Donald Trump pressured Russia with a shortened timeline to end the conflict in Ukraine. Trump gave Moscow a ten-day deadline to propose a sati...
by A_Gupta
30 Jul 2025 17:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

The Indian Express points out: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/us-india-trade-deal-nato-threat-uk-india-fta-10156634/ NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte recently warned India, along with China, Brazil and others with 100 per cent secondary sanctions if they continue doing business w...
by A_Gupta
30 Jul 2025 17:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1333
Views: 1305012

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/national/isro-sets-up-expert-committee-to-investigate-pslv-c61-launch-failure PSLV-C61 failure: "The National Failure Analysis Committee, reportedly composed of top scientists – more than half of whom are from premier institutions such as the Indian Inst...
by A_Gupta
30 Jul 2025 08:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Trump says India will likely face a 20% to 25% tariff
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/trump- ... fs-economy
by A_Gupta
30 Jul 2025 04:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Just to confirm, the Taiwan President was planning a trip as mentioned above. This from Reuters, July 15th 2025. Taiwan president to visit Paraguay next month, likely to make US transits https://www.reuters.com/world/china/paraguay-host-taiwans-lai-august-2025-07-15/ Summary Taiwan president to visi...
by A_Gupta
29 Jul 2025 18:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

US Blocked Taiwan President From NY Stopover After China Intervened: Report https://www.newsweek.com/taiwan-president-donald-trump-stopover-china-trade-2105405 The United States blocked Taiwan's president from making a stopover in New York en route to Central America, The Financial Times reported, c...
by A_Gupta
29 Jul 2025 17:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Bill introduced in the New Hampshire legislature. Not clear to me what happened to it. Please see the sponsors, etc.; for Indian-Americans in the area to respond appropriately. https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HR11/id/3043969 Bill Title: Urging the United States government to investigate allegations of ...
by A_Gupta
29 Jul 2025 17:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 3905
Views: 1326419

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

US involvement in Bangladesh events a ‘myth’: Former US diplomat https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/a1dpy892mq At a seminar held Monday at North South University (NSU), Jon Danilowicz stated that they have found evidence that the US was not involved in Bangladesh’s recent changes. Former US diplom...
by A_Gupta
29 Jul 2025 06:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1796
Views: 473225

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

That such and such intelligence reports exist is likely a fact; that the intelligence information is reliable may or may not be true. Failure to distinguish this is a cause of problems, which is why in general intelligence should not be made public . ... @A_Gupta ji, I am unable to make sense out o...
by A_Gupta
29 Jul 2025 02:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1796
Views: 473225

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Cyrano wrote: 28 Jul 2025 20:00 EAM Dr SJ in the parliament:
EAM said that US VP Vance called the PM on May 9th saying that a huge Pakistan attack was imminent and PM replied that India would respond accordingly.
by A_Gupta
29 Jul 2025 01:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

July 31 is the next judicial hearing about whether Trump is using the emergency tariff powers properly or whether only Congress can do such broad tariff changes as Trump has done. (The first court has already said Trump’s emergency tariff powers apply to only situations where one or two countries ar...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 22:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 3905
Views: 1326419

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Attacks on Hindus in Rangpur because of alleged insult to the Prophet:

https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/lo ... 9nxjup5aop
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 22:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 3905
Views: 1326419

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Corruption has engulfed the student movement that ousted Hasina. https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/iwi9gcdpeo Excerpt: Former spokesperson of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, Umama Fatema, has described her involvement with the platform as a “tragic” episode in her life. Anti-Di...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 21:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 10738
Views: 3949821

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

US - EU trade deal has just been announced. EU exports to US will be taxed at 15% without reciprocity, EU commits to buy 750 Billion $ of oil and gas and 600B$ of ADDITIONAL investment in US. Commits to buy US military equipment etc etc. That will hurt more than anything Nayara does or doesn't. Tha...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 20:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1796
Views: 473225

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Those are the facts. Bala ji, "facts" are a monopoly of a couple of people in BRF. All others talk nonsense. :roll: That such and such intelligence reports exist is likely a fact; that the intelligence information is reliable may or may not be true. Failure to distinguish this is a cause ...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 18:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion
Replies: 1187
Views: 244654

Re: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion

Domestic politics as the Parliament session proceeds: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/terrorists-pahalgam-lok-sabha-congress-gaurav-gogoi-operation-sindoor-10155069/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-do-you-assume-that-they-came-from-pakistan-chidambarams-remark-on-pahalgam-attac...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 17:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5360
Views: 2373456

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

“… both Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan shared a vision of green and sustainable development, adding that they were aligned on exploring Pakistan’s participation in the proposed 500-kilovolt Torugart–XUAR–Gilgit-Baltistan transmission line, which would establish a strategic Kyrgyzstan–China–Pakistan electri...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 07:07
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2393
Views: 815667

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Via the previous link: "That the possible number fields of degree n are restricted in nature by the irreducible infinite dimensional representations of GL(n) was the visionary conjecture of R. P. Langlands. " This is decipherable with the help of AI. This sentence is a poetic summary of on...
by A_Gupta
28 Jul 2025 01:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4784
Views: 1125893

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

No one is writing off the category. You wrote an interesting article on SMRs. You omitted to tell us anything known about any operational SMRs, which, IMO, is a very significant omission on your part. So I went looking for any info. I actually expected, based on your article, that there would be non...
by A_Gupta
27 Jul 2025 22:29
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2393
Views: 815667

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

This likely won’t help, but read up and down the thread and one wont feel loneliness in one’s ignorance
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https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/20 ... ml#c034370
by A_Gupta
27 Jul 2025 22:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 10494
Views: 3118702

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Google Gemini tells me: General Michael Flynn's direct influence on US relations with India has been limited, primarily due to the brevity of his tenure as National Security Advisor (NSA) in the Trump administration (January-February 2017). However, some points of interaction and potential influence...
by A_Gupta
27 Jul 2025 21:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 3905
Views: 1326419

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Bangladeshis are not a monolith. The saner types are mostly silent under Yunus for fear of persecution. The battle between Islamic identity and Bangladesh identity is ongoing. The result may tip any direction, but they are not so far down the abyss as Pakistan is. Yes, the probability is that they c...
by A_Gupta
27 Jul 2025 20:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 2146
Views: 1161724

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

This following is a bit of a rant. Until very recently, India was basically a means of virtue signaling by the rest of the world's elite. "We've given them aid, lectured them on human rights and democracy, blah blah, and see, they have made some progress because of our efforts despite their bac...
by A_Gupta
27 Jul 2025 18:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
Replies: 1200
Views: 346300

Re: Maldives Civil-Military Issues

The Chanakyan Daan has zero to do with Daan as a meritorious act.
It is an instrument of state policy.
How much less will it cost to counter a Chinese presence?
How much of the Indian grant will be spent in India?
The calculation has to be of cost/benefit not grateful/ungrateful.
by A_Gupta
27 Jul 2025 02:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India and ASEAN / East Asia
Replies: 737
Views: 185227

Re: India and ASEAN / East Asia

Per Shekhak Gupta, the 1907 boundary drawn by the French between Cambodia (its colony) and Thailand was a bit vague, and left the temple in dispute. In 1962 the International Court of Justice granted this temple to Cambodia, but left vague the status of about 4.6 square kilometers near the temple, a...