The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 4
Oil at $104. Fertilizers up 50%. 9M Indians in the Gulf. Both shipping chokepoints under threat. The Iran war is India's crisis too.
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India
Bharat Mata ki Jai and Shobha De's Defense of War Criminals
When Arjun Rampal said Bharat Mata Ki Jai after playing the ISI handler who planned 26/11, Shobha De found it worrying. This essay unpacks what that reaction reveals about a class that has ruled, judged, and shaped India — and cannot forgive India for finally speaking in its own voice.
Dhurandhar and the "Facts are the Horror" Cinema
What Do NGOs Really Deliver for India?
Nirupama Rao and the Art of Appeasing the Unappeasable
The Bangladesh Trap
The Dhurandhar Meltdown and the Reality
Western Hypocrisy and India's Major Eurasian Ploy: Putin's Visit
Pakistan
Inside the Web: How 26/11 Exposed the Global Machinery of Terror and Trade
26/11 was more than a terror strike. It revealed a covert web of militant proxies, state handlers, smugglers, financiers, and deniable agents crossing borders and currents. This piece uncovers how those hidden networks converged on Mumbai and what the world must learn from that night.
Exposé: The Underlying Game behind Trump's Oil-Crypto Play in Pakistan
Understanding Pakistan: Why Pakistan’s Generals Live for Endless War
The Ceasefire and Beyond: Pakistan Without Defenses - a Sitting Duck?
Operation Sindoor Chronicle #1 - May 9th, 2025
Is this the end of the road for Pakistan? Pahalgam Attack Analysis
The Farce Called Pakistan!
United States of America
Iran War and the Thucydides Trap
Applying Graham Allison's Thucydides Trap to the 2026 Iran war. Blending asymmetric war economics, $3T market distortions, alliance fractures, and revealing the deeper US-China power struggle beneath the conflict.
MAGA’s Civil War: How the Right’s Israel Split Is Rewiring Conservatism Globally
The Long Game: How America Built Its Greatest Rival
Who is the Real Zohran Mamdani?
The Second Lady and the Last Lesson: How Faith Became America’s Last Weapon
The End of American Command and the Rise of Chinese Control
