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India shakes the Foreign Hand—Nehru to Modi, PMs have deepened ties with Western spies

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Even as Indian governments have warned of the peril from the Foreign Hand, they’ve been warmly shaking hands with it for a while now.

How Xi Jinping’s ‘mole hunt’ led to CIA losing dozens of Chinese informants

Roger Faligot -
In ‘Chinese Spies’, Roger Faligot writes about Chinese intelligence services that now rival CIA, Mossad, R&AW, DGSE, and MI6.

Spy chiefs & deputies from dozens of countries meet in India in first such conclave

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Representatives of organisations from countries including UK, US, Germany, ASEAN attended 'informal' gathering Sunday. Aim is to develop closer working mechanism.

How CIA & Chinese PLA joined hands in secret Cold War op to snoop on Soviet Union nukes

Praveen Swami -
In a stunning revelation, journalist Jane Perlez has brought to light new details on Project Chestnut — an extraordinary Cold War operation that brought together the CIA and the PLA.  

CIA sets up new centre to focus on ‘increasingly adversarial’ Chinese govt

Tenzin Zompa -
CIA Director William Burns said the Chinese Mission Center will strengthen the agency's work on the 'most important geopolitical threat' in 21st century.

What is Havana syndrome, mysterious illness that struck CIA chief’s team member on India visit

Raghav Bikhchandani -
CIA Director William Burns' team was in India earlier this month when a member experienced symptoms of Havana syndrome, a mysterious illness that first struck US diplomats in 2016.

CIA has a new Afghan problem: How to spy, conduct ops in Afghanistan after US exit this year

Nayanima Basu -
An NYT report, titled ‘C.I.A. Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan’, talks about US spy agency’s search for ways to carry out intel & counter-terror ops in Afghanistan after military pullout.

CIA is understaffed and the now-viral ‘Woke James Bond’ video could be its Bat-Signal

Tyler Cowen -
Most CIA jobs pay standard govt wages, which are less than many private-sector alternatives. A viral video is an effective marketing strategy of reaching out to people to work for it.

US will continue to push Pakistan to support peace efforts in Afghanistan: CIA chief

Lalit K Jha -
CIA Director William Burns told lawmakers that Pakistan has a long-term interest in avoiding insecurity and instability in Afghanistan that can affect its own interest.

Key takeaways from US intel report that said China is top threat and it will harass India

ThePrint Team -
Shekhar Gupta, in episode 724 of 'Cut the Clutter', unpacks an annual threat assessment released by the US intelligence community Tuesday.
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Opinion

PM Modi at the MSME Idea Hackathon, 2022. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP, Modi’s ‘total politics’ stems from insecurity. They still don’t rule the power elite

Dilip Mandal -
Yogendra Yadav is wrong. BJP might have a hegemonic position in politics and economy, but it's not the same in moral and intellectual spaces.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg | Source: Flickr

Why Turkey’s rise in Russia-Ukraine war is a masterclass in balancing, hedging strategy

Economy

The Reserve Bank of India logo | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall

Subhadip Sircar -
The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.

Defence

The Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator | Photo: DRDO

‘Major milestone’: India conducts maiden flight of unmanned aircraft demonstrator

Snehesh Alex Philip -
DRDO calls flight a significant step towards self-reliance in defence technologies; Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauds achievement, says ‘it paves way for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in critical military systems’.

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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