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India and China after the Doklam Standoff - Manoj Joshi, ORF

Pretty interesting, do go through the whole thing.

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Rope in IITs and other educational institutions if you need to. We don't have a lack of brainpower in India. Rakesh this topic has come up before and I have to point out, with due respect to our IITs that they are simply (currently) not doing the sort of advanced post-graduate work that graduates g...

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Karan : Be wary of criticizing the IAF. The self appointed, moral police on BRF will jump on you! Air Marshals are allowed to trash local programs with nonsense claims, but those claims must never be questioned. Because we are not "aware" like them. We are just to blindly believe everythi...

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Simple solution Hakeem. Give order of 100 Tejas to Tata now. Let the private Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers partner with Tata to produce the fighter. Do same with AMCA, HJT-36 and HTT-40. Let HAL die. Replicating a phoren production line in India will do squat other than assembly. In the words...

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The Indo-Pacific: What’s in a Name? - RORY MEDCALF Ghost wars: China’s lengthening shadow over Asia can be countered with an India-Japan-Australia-US quadrilateral - Indrani Bagchi China, ISIS threats get India, US together in Sri Lanka and Maldives India's more robust presence in countries like Sr...

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KrishnaK: The saudis derived power from being THE swing producer of oil. They could and did cause the biggest economies to choke with their oil embargo. Now they're issuing an IPO. The saudis were also 100% welfare state that lavished free houses and weddings and scholarships abroad for the whole f...

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^^^"There is no Russia/China bloc. It's alliance based on undermining the US. It is not an alliance based on sustainable interests " "The larger Chinese goal is to dominate Eurasia, which means relegating Russia to a second-tier power." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/opinion...

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As The Dude in The Big Lebowski said: "that is just, like, your opinion, dude". You are making the assumption that the move away from oil will happen everywhere in short order, but that does not hold. Oil-producers would only lose their clout if the entire world moved away from oil --- cl...

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Krishnak: So ? How much of China trade is selling to western economies ? What happens when electricity steadily displaces oil. Why should that matter to a country that has enough and more oil to feed its oil-based vehicles? That is not a factor that plays into external trade. So what is the point y...

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Some more fancy economics eh Austin ? Show me countries doing well because of the China/Russia/Iran/Venezuela bloc. And Venezuela ? It's the textbook definition of an economic basket case - no wonder you like it :rotfl: It is about having alternative to USD , These countries would use Petro Yuan ba...

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Let me use the IAF's own arch enemy as a good example. The JF-17 was inducted as Block 1 in the PAF, PAC Kamra has finished production of Block 1 (50 aircraft order) and are now making the Block 2 variant (16 aircraft production run per year). With blueprints from China, they are now designing Bloc...

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Russia China bloc is a good thing , World need alternate to USD and Euro and Chinese Renminbi backed by Russian , Iran and Venezeula and CSTO/CIS energy resources would be a positive development, eventually OPEC too will support it due to its trading base with China Renminbi has already got reserve...

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If India is not being given a central role of funding these projects (or cannot afford a central role), what makes you so sure that India will have any leverage on these countries down the line? Japan I can understand. But USA and Australia are the same aholes supporting the Pakis currently, and tr...

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The GOI can never fund that many engine companies, I know. But I don’t want it to. I want the private sector to fight for government contracts so that HAL can get some competition and create that churning eco-system that can wring out efficiencies and drive innovation. A government monopoly like HA...

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Bangladesh is India's most critical neigbour. It is extremely important that Bangladesh not get alienated from India. It has not and IMO will not behave the same as Pakistan. Smaller countries almost always have grievances against their bigger neighbours. That does not turn it into a Pakistan which ...

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Philip wrote: But if we do so and our enemies benefit with large sales of affordable Ru. weapons let's not b*tch about RU. in the future.

Then why all the b*tching about US selling Pakistan weaponry when we didn't buy any from them ? Just one example of the absurdities in your post.

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All this is window dressing. Nothing will happen. China and US are joined at hip.economically and culturally. Try to list all US elites with Chinese origin wives. Then the missionaries in China Yes seems very true, see the venom against Russia but the Saudis+ Chinese get away scot free, this the ma...

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You need a sound economy based on economic principle where debt is balanced by Growth , You cannot go into unlimited money printing and hope that it works , All these countries are doing is creating a fertile ground for hyperinflation in the future when bubble cracks and their bond and stock market...

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A different reality I once interviewed Gen Musharraf towards the end of his time in power. That very morning the papers had an opinion poll showing his unpopularity. I asked him about it. One of his aides looked alarmed and started secretly signalling me to change the subject. I soon discovered why...

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Drone strikes in Pak-Afghan border region reflect changing moods in Washington A recent New York Times report claimed that the Trump administration — which launched a new South Asia strategy in August — is now revising the US policy for drones as well. In subsequent reports, other media outlets sta...

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Ludhiana hosiery industry coming apart at the seams, 30 per cent jobs lost

KrishnaK · Re: Terroristan - 29 September 2017 Losing touch with reality? - Seema Sirohi

Losing touch with reality? - Seema Sirohi

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4. The colonial institutions of the IAS/IPS were used to run the country with almost no substantive reform and as time passed, naturally a system designed for exploitation changed from exploitation for the colonial master to exploitation for the system - Indian politicians and bureaucrats.That is w...

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Pause before you leap - Sajjid Z. Chinoy So what’s accentuated the slowdown in the last three quarters? Much stronger import growth! Imports contracted almost five per cent in the year before demonetisation, in real terms. Since demonetisation, they have been growing at 13 per cent. The increase is...

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Rivigo is helping the Indian truck-driving industry out of a jam

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There are two issues here. 1. The RBI governor's independence on monetary policy which helps to balance the two sometimes conflicting goals - price stability and growth. I agree with RR that price stabilty is more important in India. Our problems are supply side not lack of demand. So growth with c...

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How deep is India’s economic mess?

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Krishna Saar, what is a strategic defence partnership then for? :) To the best of my knowledge, it is India that has resisted closer military relations with the US. Access to top shelf hardware without alliance strings, is exactly what India wants. IMO an alliance is neither possible not desirable,...

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I was waiting for someone to mention the part about the RN operating under the aegis (both literally and figuratively) of the USN, so thank you. We would be entitled to the same benefits no? Or are we on our own against the Chinese after we buy all these amazing Khan gizmos? Admiral saab, will Indi...

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Makes better sense to construct a second, but larger, Vikrant first. We are learning from the first vessel and thus the build time for the second vessel will be much quicker, even if it is a design that is scaled up. The ship will be identical to the first, it only needs wider lifts actually. That ...

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The distress is real. It does not look to be due to GST/Demonetization alone. From Indian economy in a tailspin: What went wrong Pronab Sen, former chief statistician of India and someone who has worked in the government for the last 25 years, said the problem started with the reversal of rural grow...

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A_Gupta wrote:Worth a careful read:
https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/rabbits-w ... nd-science
Rabbits, World Maps And Mahabharata: Seeking The Truth Through Tradition And Science

Excellent article.

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There's no need to elaborate upon multi-asset prosecution of subs,its well known ,however,if we do not leverage the land mass of India for operating LRMP,maritime bombers,which will have great range,endurance and strike capability,it will make the job of the PLAN achieving its objectives much easie...

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SSridhar wrote:The inability of the Chinese to form 'alliances' comes from their Imperialist outlook.

It is impossible to form deep alliances without having an open and transparent political system.

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Also, in terms of sea control there ARE alternatives to super-duper carriers. Alternatives by way of bases in Seychelles, Nha Trang and Mozambique with LRMP and Long range bombers, which can supplement 3 ADS and its flotilla with Tanker support, AEW and if need be long range fighters such as the Su...

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I have never understood the utility of lifafa in press. Cause a lifafa is a lot more useful when it comes to a politician and not a reporter. No. Its way of influencing masses. Subtle marketing. ... Plus, these reporters are real cheap. 10-20% commision in any defense deal is a norm. Compared to th...

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chola wrote: Again take Cheen as an example, the PRC unlike India really is surrounded by major military powers -- US bases, Russia, Japan, Vietnam, SoKo, Taiwan, etc. And yet, they have enough confidence in themselves to stay the course with their own systems.

They don't have much in the way of options.

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And as for China, they will be bringing the battle to the Indian Ocean. Having an effective sub fleet consisting of Indian designed SSNs and Soryu Class SSKs will render Chinese aircraft carrier operations redundant. The idea that subs can render carrier operations redundant is far from definite. F...

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It borders treason for a former government official. It's one thing to say things in private or quoted in an interview, it is entirely different giving speeches on it outside India. As an example, there are a lot of former US Gov. people who don't like Trump's policies, but they don't get into part...

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The GoI can't cancel passports at will, let alone seize property. I'm sure Raghuram Rajan's relieved that there are those on this forum who'd rather let him be. Sure the GoI can. The passport number can be made invalid. Any visas given on it by default become invalid. I would go a step further and ...

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