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- 19 Oct 2023 05:53
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1796
- Views: 663730
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
US Stretched Thin as Ukraine Offensive Fails, Israelis Threaten Large-Scale Conflict - Author: Brian Berletic As Ukraine’s “spring counteroffensive” nears five months of intense fighting and equally intense losses achieving only negligible gains, Kiev’s sponsors in Washington, London, and Brussels ...
- 19 Oct 2023 05:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1796
- Views: 663730
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Please post the article https://t.co/VBczqvetfd This is really a must read article that summarized everything current. US Stretched Thin as Ukraine Offensive Fails, Israelis Threaten Large-Scale Conflict As Ukraine’s “spring counteroffensive” nears five months of intense fighting and equally intens...
- 11 Oct 2023 07:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1256
- Views: 3289933
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Though it's regular PakiJabi chatter, few tidbits of how Hamas actually made money by selling plots and appartments to Jewish settlements is revealed. Paki elites know the stuff.
- 11 Oct 2023 07:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1256
- Views: 3289933
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
A good ground perspective different from mainstream rhetoric.
- 11 Oct 2023 07:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1256
- Views: 3289933
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Gaza has over 2 million people. Where would the Israelis send them? Egypt? The Egyptians don't want them. I think they've made that quite clear. This is another thing the leftist snakes constantly shouting "Gaza is an open air prison" conveniently fail to mention. Gaza has a border with E...
- 29 Sep 2023 01:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
- Replies: 576
- Views: 253109
Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
This is like a quasi reply to Dr.Condi Rice two parts.
- 29 Sep 2023 00:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
- Replies: 576
- Views: 253109
Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
1) What is she saying about Russia, China, and India On the first video Madam Rice has not given anything new, at least from the US perspective. It is Rus bad, China bad and they ganged up against US in Ukr. The US thinks their forces are better than the Rus, just ask Scott Ritter and McGreagor abo...
- 10 May 2023 03:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
- Replies: 831
- Views: 241195
Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
If Pakistan unravels, the biggest loser in today's world is China. If GB is taken by India and there is no point for China to keep AksaiChin. China will just unravel too.ArjunPandit wrote: 5. china: dont think they are gaining anythign right now
- 10 May 2023 03:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
- Replies: 831
- Views: 241195
Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
P Let's explore the options in order to evaluate the outcomes and not be fooled by Schadenfreude 1) US allowed the Imran Khan's arrest but the peoples' reaction was not expected. 2) There is a split in the Pak army and the US faction went ahead with the arrest and is also rounding up the Chinese fa...
- 17 Feb 2023 08:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2283
- Views: 890531
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
nachiket, Why did it take a year for CCS approval when CDR was approved? What took so long when everyone knows Mk2 is important and urgent? I don't know ramana guru. These things are typically opaque in India. You rarely get an answer for "why". Usual refrain is "dekho no money"...
- 23 Nov 2022 08:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indus Water Treaty
- Replies: 3257
- Views: 749036
Re: Indus Water Treaty
Did you write all three? I see only one. Do you have links for the other two?kancha wrote:Folks, doing a three part blog series titled Indus Water Treaty - A Pragmatic Water Sharing Agreement or a Potential Source of Conflict?
This is the Link to the first part.
May have a look.
- 30 Sep 2022 08:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2777
- Views: 712887
- 30 Sep 2022 08:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2777
- Views: 712887
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Why would the western Europe toe the line of uncle for ever? What's really in there for them?
- 10 Apr 2022 05:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8985
- Views: 2620899
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Not so simple. We are missing some thing. Ok per Luttwak's Logic of strategy (LOS) Suppose #1 US #2 China #3 India #4 Russia #5 EU which is the joker in the pack. LOS says 1) #1 will team up with #3 to prevent being displaced by #2. 2) Same time #2 will hit #3 to prevent teaming up with #1. So far ...
- 11 Feb 2022 06:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 421062
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022
very less. we need 70-75% Latest update from that link is 60.17%. What is the demographic makeup in that part of western UP? Even in 2009 we won from Western UP. This is the area where Muslims are almost 25 to 40 percent in many seats and in some seats greater than 50%. In the end in this region fo...
- 18 Oct 2021 09:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kaushal Vepa is no more. Om Shanti
- Replies: 86
- Views: 18547
Re: Kaushal Vepa is no more. Om Shanti
For example see this post of June 1999 (kargil war) https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=277&p=28589#p28595 Ladakhi, who are a close cousin of the Tibetans. Many Indians have a strange notion that everybody with Mongoloid racial features is not part of India. In fact 20 to ...
- 18 Oct 2021 01:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kaushal Vepa is no more. Om Shanti
- Replies: 86
- Views: 18547
Re: Kaushal Vepa is no more. Om Shanti
Om Shaanti. Extremely sad to see a veteran of BRF gone. I was young and still not married when started on BRF. He was a very active Indic writer of those days. Those were the days we hardly has any blogs to read. Even news portals are fewer. BRF was the only addiction to read about India and Indic s...
- 07 Oct 2020 19:55
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 2215205
- 06 Oct 2020 03:04
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 2215205
Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
is the MSP codified in the APMC act too and if not, how did the mandis manage to run all these years MSPs are announced only a few items. The govt has no business announcing MSPs for every agricultural produce brought into the mandi which is what the freeloading commies and naxals are instigating t...
- 06 Oct 2020 02:53
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 2215205
Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
a. In case of complaints against firms running joint farms/procuring crops, the complaint is to be made to the SDM. Previously these would have been resolved by Mandi board chairmen, typically a political appointee from the state government, who would be less power distant from farmers as compared ...
- 05 Sep 2020 07:12
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1630217
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Only solution is to redraw the border as it was on January 1st 1962. Are you sure? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Aksai_Chin_Sino-Indian_border_map.svg is this image usable elsewhere? I mean what link needs to be give as a reference if used in any other public space. As it is w...
- 05 Sep 2020 05:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1815718
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Muppalla ji, I'm simply calling out the kind of traps that China will try to set, and that we should reject them and debunk those who seem to be willing to consider them. We see glimpses of such folks on BRF itself. The outside world still has quite a few shivering dhotis. the world have moved beyo...
- 05 Sep 2020 03:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1815718
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
The troops are fully geared with material on both side in some sectors with just few yards distance. A small mistake will lead to mass causalities. That is why it is important to talk and see it does not happen. The talks are very narrow focused to just that. But Chinese have to do something and wag...
- 05 Sep 2020 03:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1815718
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Everything above is purest examples of dhoti shivering. Dhoti Shivering -1 If India agrees, these talks will go on for years, heck for few 100m of incursions, Commander level talks have been stretched for 4 months. For a 4000Km long border, we can spend 4 generations. Meanwhile G219 will be 8 laned,...
- 22 Jun 2020 06:23
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1630217
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Eleven will hit an escalation button. there should no more illusion about it. They lost 100 and mostly from 1 child families. He has to answer them even though it is all brutal. How would he motivate his army if he does not show win? Wiebo (Chinese Twitter) is agog with depression. So China will esc...
- 22 Jun 2020 06:10
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1630217
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Shiv Aroor keeps saying that the IA is focused on Pangong Lake fingers. IMO that is a side-show compared to what could happen in the Depsang plains & there has been clear signaling of this, with the Chinese talking about their light tanks, India responding with Mig-29 & Apache in Leh, then ...
- 19 Jun 2020 05:30
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1630217
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
What happens next - What do you mean, you keep what you win. If they want to take it back they have to fight. We have our forces from the new point all the way back while Chinese have their forces from this new point. Situation similar to what was in the past, only that the new point is some more o...
- 19 Jun 2020 05:05
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1630217
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
So guys here is my understanding of the situation SORRY THE REAL SITUATION- Mostly from open sources, two sources that are not open, and one is not GOI (the other is to an extent of gup shup, no real or otherwise operational secrets are discussed). So disclaimer, to whoever is reading, please I am ...
- 19 Jun 2020 05:00
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1630217
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
I have a question on the 8 fingers: India-China border dispute: Importance of Pangong Tso and why its fingers are much sought after In the above article and the following image - https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/bodyeditor/202006/Pangong_Tso_Fingers_1-8_Marked-1200x658.JPG?Tc8Vz2rQ...
- 14 Dec 2019 05:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5668
- Views: 1662023
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Anywhere in the world swomps live in big urban areas. That is the norm. It is same whether it is London on NY or SFO or Chicago or Wash DC.Kashi wrote:London remains largely Labour, so do Merseyside, Manchester, large parts Lancashire and Tyneside.
Whys is that?
- 14 Dec 2019 00:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 6664
- Views: 1391242
Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
V_Raman wrote:Can someone repoint to the 7 walls theory by RamaY?
Read it here:
http://kalchiron.blogspot.com/2018/12/s ... m.html?m=1
- 07 Aug 2019 03:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
- Replies: 632
- Views: 140042
Re: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
Now China retaliated with no visas to Manas sarovar pilgrimage to Indians as we changed the status of Ladakh.
- 06 Aug 2019 16:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
- Replies: 632
- Views: 140042
Re: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
Revoking of Article 370 | Always on the cards, but Donald Trump supplied a quick trigger Complete BS. Take every coincidence of who went to tatti when type stuff and write an article. That is what "The Hindu" is famous for. Whether Trump did talk or not, India has been on this path since ...
- 06 Aug 2019 16:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
- Replies: 632
- Views: 140042
Re: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
AP split has been template for any narrative against JK split. They drove it with such emotion and confusion, this JK reorg or any other future reorgs became easy. PDP MPs noise was flat compared to pepper spray noise of AP MPs. In Rajyasabha they used AP guys to put against Chidu/Azad/Congi guys. ...
- 06 Aug 2019 04:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
- Replies: 632
- Views: 140042
Re: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
^^^^ Actually not quite true. 370 is more nuanced and very complicated. I dont claim to be an expert on it. … … All in all a kichdi manoeuver. Let's see if it stands the test of the courts. Courts can't do much. The AP reorganization bill is still in Supreme Court. Harish Salve on NDTV explained it...
- 30 May 2019 02:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6214
- Views: 1894538
Re: Internal Security Watch
https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/assam-decorated-former-army-officer-declared-foreigner-sent-to-detention-camp-5755173/ Assam illegal Muslim is able to enter service because congress delayed this NRC for decades. Of course many illegals are honest people. But his service can...
- 24 May 2019 08:52
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2019 General Elections : Results Discussion
- Replies: 2982
- Views: 452518
Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
I think from Bangalore itself it could be right.chetak wrote:India Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 LIVE
Updates: 'Take train from Churchgate, move up north, won't find first Cong MP before Punjab', Twitter mocks Congress
- 24 May 2019 04:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2019 General Elections : Results Discussion
- Replies: 2982
- Views: 452518
Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Congratulations India on winning it's fourth battle of Panipat.
- 24 May 2019 04:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2019 General Elections : Results Discussion
- Replies: 2982
- Views: 452518
Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
What an election. A powerful second term for NaMo. BJP on its own will be 303. The surprising wins of the total lot is pickup of West Bengal and FOUR great pickups from the state of Telangana. The forts of KCR are breached.
- 20 May 2019 06:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
- Replies: 6200
- Views: 1184702
Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Does anyone has similar chart for Orissa Assembly polls?