Greece, India, Israel: An Emerging Alliance

The increasing tilt by Turkey towards Pakistan in regional geopolitics, again shown during Operation Sindhoor, may necessitate increased Indian hedging through outreach to Greece. Given existing ties with Israel, and the prospect of an IMEC corridor for economic trade stretching from India to Israel to Greece and beyond, should these 3 countries form a new nucleus of cooperation?

Turkey Expanding Into Africa - Will India Have to Counter It?

Given Erdogan's communal Islamist ideological bent, should Indians view his expansion into Africa as benign, or should we be concerned that it may become another new axis to link up with Pakistan, similar to what's been happening with Azerbaijan?

pahalgam: imperial fortresses and the settler-colonial complex

written on apr 28, posting now as I was traveling abroad. but the arguments remain valid.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-163-abroad-at-home-pahalgam-imperial?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

"Pakistan Army Will Not End Conflict with India as War Is Performance of Its Nationhood"

My response to the ending comments in the video:

We must refuse (I certainly refuse) to just sit there and absorb further terrorist attacks without doing anything. If they're stupid enough to hit us, then we need to respond with attacks sufficiently punitive that the pain forces them to re-evaluate whatever's motivating them. Don't give Houthi comparison to claim overreach by our side -- Houthis are on the other side of the world from USA. Pakistan is right on our border, and we should not just sit on our thumbs and accept cross-border attacks. You call our threats mere polemics -- don't be ridiculous. We must express our will to survive, and not submit to their irredentism. Their nuke threats are hollow, because their military generals have no desire to lose their lives. Their only goal is to live in luxurious comfort while sending other fools to their deaths. Pakistan's rulers are the ones spouting polemics, while their crumbling state survives on IMF aid. They've brought themselves to ruin, and it's only US aid thru IMF which keeps them afloat. We need to deal with this IMF aid problem, since that's what furnishes them with a continued path for irredentism. One solution is to press more attacks against Pak's nuclear storage sites. This will force the Pakistanis to further disperse their nuclear assets. That dispersion will in turn cause US/Western alarm, since it makes their nukes more vulnerable to jihadi capture -- and those kinds of jihadis usually see bigger fish to fry than India.

Trump-Backed Firm Signed Crypto Deal with Pakistan Days ​After Pahalgam

Quick notes: PM yojana | Kill chain...

• Pradhan Mantri Yojana to rescue UK's economy: Hasn't India enriched them enough already?
  
  UK gains: Because British exports are so much higher value than Indian exports of clothing, footwear, and food, this should be worth £15bn extra for British exports and £10bn for India by 2040. . . expect this to get even worse for India
  
  Roll out the barrel: Scotch makers toast UK trade deal with India. . Our riches attracted invaders and colonizers. Today it is our dhaaru culture that is drawing them.
  
  FTA Impact: Scotch to get cheaper, Indian liquor stocks dip
  
  Limeys and cheating: India's exports to the UK may be impacted by Britain's decision to introduce carbon tax from 2027. “If Indian exports still face CBAM levies while UK goods enter India duty-free, it risks turning a balanced FTA into a one-sided bargain”.
  
  Limeys and looting: Sotheby's halts Buddha Piprahwa Gems auction. The collection is described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era. Its sale had drawn criticism from Buddhist academics and monastic leaders.




• Kill chain: While a spendthrift IAF invested in prohibitively priced weapons platforms, like the Rafale, the PAF invested in the “kill chain” inclusive of a few J-10Cs, Saab AWACS and mostly long range A2A ordnance.
  
  The PAF has initiated a new method of air warfare — combat aircraft staying well back in their own air space, firing long range air-to-air (A2A) and air-to-ground (A2G) weapons with exceptional support. Rafales cost $250 million each. The fleet of 36 is now depleted.
  
  The US is keen to push the far more useless and expensive F-35 on Modi’s India.




• US tariffs come with a side of Starlink: The US is reportedly encouraging countries to adopt Musk’s Starlink in tariff trade talks. India, Lesotho, Bangladesh, and other countries have moved forward with Starlink adoption in recent weeks.



• Woke flight? Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US



• Manufacturing juggernaut in serious trouble: China’s economy on cusp of a deflationary death spiral

Chinese Blackout On Economic Data: Signs of Growing Economic Crisis?

The Chinese regime 'does not want us to know what's going on': Gordon Chang