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.
Indian refiners had been importing roughly 1 mbpd of Russian crude in the recent months, and the waiver will effectively allow them to lift volumes above this baseline.
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.
The “ism” that Shekhar Gupta has perfected is “Bakwas-ism”. He knows why Trump is against the Republicans like Haley, Cheney etc. but acknowledging that will mean he has to talk of the political capture that the old establishment (aka deep state) has across both parties and how that has undermined genuine democracy in the US.
In a world where lots of analyses are available, bad analysis just stands out immediately. Anyone who’s followed the US for a while (e.g worked with Americans daily as part of their jobs), knows that the undercurrent has been there since the last 10 years.
I am not sure if Mr. Gupta realizes that each such column reduces his stature. For a change, go to the ground again and ask genuine questions, don’t judge and don’t try and make people give the answers you like, but I understand that’s asking for too much from an ideologue.
Trump is a frugal populist, he is planning to cut down govt sepnding on useless unproductive stuff while Modi is throwing money to win votes as if he owns the entire tax of the country.
Trump is a certified loose character. Has lived a life of debauchery and fraud. Also, is a convicted felon. Unfortunately, he has been elected as the US President and therefore, the world has to deal with him.
To compare him with Modi or Meloni or anyone else is to insult them. These people are political leaders. But Trump is an unscrupulous businessman with a shady past.
Shekhar Gupta is too clever and cheeky.
Clubbing Modi with Trump is such non-sense.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta is intelligent and wise enough to know that Modi is totally different from the likes of Trump, Le-Pen, etc. and yet he cleverly clubbed them together. Just to throw shade at him. Mr. Gupta’s intense dislike, bordering on hatred, for Modi comes through in such articles.
Trump is a convicted felon who has led an immoral, unethical and unprincipled life all along. Everything about him stinks.
Only Mr. Gupta can equate Trump with Modi.
That, quite unfortunately, has been the hallmark of his “un-hyphenated journalism”.
Unfortunately, I have a head and heart, conscience, some wisdom must have been picked up along the course of life, so can never love the populists. ( That one sentence was worth the column ).
Shekhar Gupta, as ever, sees reality in a way that supporters of empty ideology do not.
The “ism” that Shekhar Gupta has perfected is “Bakwas-ism”. He knows why Trump is against the Republicans like Haley, Cheney etc. but acknowledging that will mean he has to talk of the political capture that the old establishment (aka deep state) has across both parties and how that has undermined genuine democracy in the US.
In a world where lots of analyses are available, bad analysis just stands out immediately. Anyone who’s followed the US for a while (e.g worked with Americans daily as part of their jobs), knows that the undercurrent has been there since the last 10 years.
I am not sure if Mr. Gupta realizes that each such column reduces his stature. For a change, go to the ground again and ask genuine questions, don’t judge and don’t try and make people give the answers you like, but I understand that’s asking for too much from an ideologue.
Trump is a frugal populist, he is planning to cut down govt sepnding on useless unproductive stuff while Modi is throwing money to win votes as if he owns the entire tax of the country.
Trump is a certified loose character. Has lived a life of debauchery and fraud. Also, is a convicted felon. Unfortunately, he has been elected as the US President and therefore, the world has to deal with him.
To compare him with Modi or Meloni or anyone else is to insult them. These people are political leaders. But Trump is an unscrupulous businessman with a shady past.
Shekhar Gupta is too clever and cheeky.
Clubbing Modi with Trump is such non-sense.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta is intelligent and wise enough to know that Modi is totally different from the likes of Trump, Le-Pen, etc. and yet he cleverly clubbed them together. Just to throw shade at him. Mr. Gupta’s intense dislike, bordering on hatred, for Modi comes through in such articles.
Trump is a convicted felon who has led an immoral, unethical and unprincipled life all along. Everything about him stinks.
Only Mr. Gupta can equate Trump with Modi.
That, quite unfortunately, has been the hallmark of his “un-hyphenated journalism”.
Unfortunately, I have a head and heart, conscience, some wisdom must have been picked up along the course of life, so can never love the populists. ( That one sentence was worth the column ).