Will Turkey Bring An End To NATO – The Curious Clash With France Off The Coast Of Libya
NATO, as a whole could be brought to a stand still because of Turkey, a recent clash with fellow member France off the coast of Libya is an early indication. Imagine two countries who are military allies, what if they get into a shooting match? Considering the present scenario and time, NATO could be in […]
Turkey’s Role In China Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation
After GreatGameIndia broke the story on February 12, 2020, Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation activities once again are in the news following the detention of a ship (Da Cui Yun) on the 3rd February at the Kangla port bearing a Hong Kong flag and bound for Port Qasim in Karachi for wrongly declaring autoclave, which can be […]
Nita Ambani, The Met & Smuggling of Indian Antiques
The wife of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, also Asia’s richest businessman; Nita Ambani, has been elected to the board of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York for her commitment to preserve and promote India’s art and culture. The Met however, is known to be involved in smuggling of Indian antiques and has […]
The S400 Deal – Will US Sanction Reliance Defense?
The fall of th S400 deal would mean a major setback for Anil Ambani’s. If the deal doesn’t get a waiver and India still goes ahead Ambani’s Rafale deal gets hit. India can easily find an alternative to S400 but that’d destroy Reliance Defense. The question is will US sanction Reliance Defense as it did with […]
Kurds & Kurdistan – A Geopolitical Perspective
Who are the Kurds? Why should the overthrow of the Syrian government be their objective? Are they on a quest for Kurdistan or are they just pawns in the game of geopolitical players? What are the implications of the Turkish Operation Peace Spring for India? Historical accounts of the Kurds and Kurdistan have been a […]
Operation Timber Sycamore – The Shadow War In Syria
Operation Timber Sycamore is the codename of a covert operation officially authorized by Obama in June 2013 to train and equip the anti-Assad rebellion, but which actually started in October 2011, when the CIA was operating via Britain’s MI6 to avoid having to notify Congress that it was arming the rebels in Syria. Originally, the CIA and MI6 (the British foreign intelligence […]
Fight For Turkey – The Gateway To India
Coup In The Mad Sultan’s Palace An article published in March on the American Enterprise Institute’s website titled Could there be a coup in Turkey?, considered the possibility of a military coup transpiring in Turkey. Its author, David Rubin, explains Turkey’s predicament: The situation in Turkey is bad and getting worse. It’s not just the […]
India Dragged Into NATO’s Ballistic Missile Shield Controversy
In 1999 and 2001, the US National Intelligence Council stated that Iran could develop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States by 2015. In recent years, U.S. government agencies have affirmed those estimates, arguing that “Iran could have long-range missiles capable of reaching to U.S. and Europe before 2015” and proposed […]
The Great Game & The Partition Of Syria
Almost 69 years ago India was divided just as Syria is being divided today. Just how many countries were divided even after the end of World War II in the name of ‘Balance of Power’ into various ‘Spheres of Influence’? When the borders were drawn the conflicts were drawn with them and it is called […]
Quarterly Geopolitical Analysis Jan-Mar 2016
In the last two months two seemingly innocent and unnoticed events happened within the borders of the subcontinent with far reaching political and geopolitical implications. The first of the two events was the acceptance for first time by the Prime Minister of India regarding the Russian captivity of Subhash Chandra Bose post 1945. Along with […]