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When you see Russia get into existential war over Ukraine, or Israel bomb Syria or India battle with Pakistan or Bangladesh, it is not because of some whim. It has a historical and geographical context. That is critical to understand for analyzing geopolitics.
Dive into the shadowy world of the Deep State—its hidden structures, powerful networks, and the far-reaching impact on global events and control.
One-party authoritarian regimes silencing mass populations and incarcerating critics or unwelcome voices are now a norm in the West. Are we seeing the rise of self-proclaimed democracies that are decidedly anti-democratic?
India's ambitious Deepwater Greenfield Port at Vadhavan is set to revolutionize global trade routes and strengthen national security. How will it impact trade, security and geopolitics.
I am at the Sattology International Literature Festival this weekend. It is a unique festival that has curious minds that
Kolkata Gangrape and Murder case and the subsequent batting for the criminals by the entire administration, including the Chief Minister, was not an exception in West Bengal. It is a pandemic!
The future may not have a Bangladesh that we see today. The forces unleashed today will create different ramifications. We look at every angle of the events unfolding.
Europe is facing an existential crisis. Partly manufactured and partly beyond its bounds. It is responding with the familiar formula of handing its future to the Military Industrial Complex that thrives of wars.
The recent attacks on Hamas and Hezbollah leaders by Israel and plans by Iran could lead to a major global conflict.
Iraq wars, Afghan War, Middle Eastern Wars, and the one now in Ukraine were perpetuated on an unsuspecting world by profit-seeking elites. The impact on the US and the world economy and geopolitical structures is existential. World is teetering on the edge of a precipice!
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
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