Taiwan: China’s Achilles Heel

The situation in China has metamorphosed from alarming to explosive. Most of Xi Jinping’s loyalists have either disappeared or will do so soon. The economy is at its worst in over four decades. To divert the public attention, the situation is ripe for a Taiwan invasion. Would Xi take that delusional step and take the … Continue reading Taiwan: China’s Achilles Heel →

Lessons For India: From Russia And China With Love

In January 2022, I predicted the exact timeline of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The United States was the only country that was making noise about the imminent Russian attack on Ukraine. The rest of the western world was living in Utopia. https://twitter.com/InsightGL/status/1485657113385144322?s=20 Eventually, Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, smashing the western Tower of Babel. … Continue reading Lessons For India: From Russia And China With Love →

A Quad Of A New Kind: Tech Quad

Machines, big and small, all rely on one component, semiconductor. Be it computers, telecommunications, household appliances, banking, security, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, and last but not least, war-making machinery, all depend upon semiconductors. So, it won’t be unreasonable to say that the country that controls the semiconductors controls the future. Do you know, just like Rare … Continue reading A Quad Of A New Kind: Tech Quad →

CHINA’S COMING WAR WITH THE WORLD

In the year 2015, China published a strategy document – China’s military strategy, on the future PLA war designs. This enumerated shifting the focus from the ‘offshore waters defence’ to “open seas protection”. The vision for a blue water Chinese Navy was laid out by then-President Hu Jintao in his Christmas eve speech in 2004. … Continue reading CHINA’S COMING WAR WITH THE WORLD →