https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 74560?s=20 ---> China is not really faced with a 2-front situation given the absence of an Asian NATO. Rather, given overall capacity, they seek to keep the enemy on either front on the defensive, while retaining the option of escalating on the side that is deemed more conducive to an offensive.
https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 30081?s=20 ---> Which is why unless there is a hard mutual defence alliance in Asia, which for one reason or the other (chiefly due to America's tendency to manipulate the same in a certain direction) hasn't come to pass, China will think it can get away with an aggressive posture.
https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 71426?s=20 ---> America could not prevent Bangladesh from coming into being. Its interventions in Vietnam & Afghanistan mostly served to line the pockets of its defence contractors, & Iran remains the key player in Iraq. So, whoever thought COMCASA was a great idea was ... er... well.
https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 91008?s=20 ---> The Russkis, meanwhile, have been letting their 'friends and allies' stew as a means of showing that the Kremlin is still useful. India has to stop yo-yoing between the top 2 arms merchants and really move forward on arms indigenization. While, boosting its nuclear prowess.
https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 58471?s=20 ---> Vietnam can serve as a steady market for the Indian defence industry with an accent towards 'joint projects' as time goes by rather than just outright sales. However, as yet another 'business minded' East Asian autocracy it is not likely to posit itself as another Pakistan.
https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 30210?s=20 ---> Of course, the Pakistani generals are also business oriented. It is just that Pakistan's comparative and competitive advantages are different from that of Vietnam's. He he.