The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
India has to play a seminal role in this process of reshaping the regional balance, or else lose the strategic, economic and geopolitical gains made in the past decades.
Nearly 50% of India’s crude imports are exposed to the chokepoint. So far this year, India has imported an average of 2.6 million barrels per day (mbpd) from Gulf countries.
Two Indian naval ships involved in the search and rescue operations in connection with IRIS Dena, which was operating 20 NM West of Galle in SAR region under Sri Lankan responsibility.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
If two countries are at war or very close to it ( Donald Rumsfeld or Donald Trump ) and a common friend douses the fire, we should not mind. Not one bit. If you stop all dialogue for a decade, a vacuum builds up. 2. Sphere of influence. That status has to be earned. Earlier, Monroe Doctrine, sheer predominance. Now, in a globalised world, through economic engagement, trade, investment flows as well. Which is what makes China a competitor, in South Asia, also South east Asia. Perhaps West Asia as well. 3. Even during the Biden administration, the bilateral relationship was under stress, undergoing reevaluation on both sides. More so now. 4. Indian foreign policy and its practise of diplomacy require many resets, radiating outwards from South Asia. Not in a sweet spot in any sense, in any part of the world.
If two countries are at war or very close to it ( Donald Rumsfeld or Donald Trump ) and a common friend douses the fire, we should not mind. Not one bit. If you stop all dialogue for a decade, a vacuum builds up. 2. Sphere of influence. That status has to be earned. Earlier, Monroe Doctrine, sheer predominance. Now, in a globalised world, through economic engagement, trade, investment flows as well. Which is what makes China a competitor, in South Asia, also South east Asia. Perhaps West Asia as well. 3. Even during the Biden administration, the bilateral relationship was under stress, undergoing reevaluation on both sides. More so now. 4. Indian foreign policy and its practise of diplomacy require many resets, radiating outwards from South Asia. Not in a sweet spot in any sense, in any part of the world.