Histrio-Strategic View of Israel-Gaza, Russia-Ukraine & BRICS Bank
Those who want to “live in interesting times” got their wish this week. A week so “interesting” that no one was interested in maj...
Category: History
Governor Rick Perry – Front Runner for 2016 GOP Nomination?
Every country, every society in the world is different. Local conditions, local cultures, local factors usually dominate discussions about individual soc...
Forged In Crisis – India & USA Since 1947
Rarely does a book come along and offer sensible, practical, factual, and intellectually unbiased overview of a topic as large & complex as US-India ...
Celebrating Greatness on this Fourth of July
On July 4, 1776, a great declaration was passed, a unanimous declaration by the thirteen united states of America. It was a rejection of tyranny. The Declarat...
Alliversaries vs. Foellies – American Foreign Policy from Damascus to Kabul
As the world is focused on ISIL in Iraq, this morning’s banner story on nytimes.com is Taliban Mount Major Assault in Afghanistan. Calling it ̶...
ISIL – The Really Big Mistake
The first step in looking ahead is to look back and correct our misconceptions. Because the way we look ahead is based on our assumptions and the axioms we form...
Rinse & Repeat – Levant-i-Stan
A zealous band of unknown unregarded battle hardened religious warriors burst forth from their lair into a neighboring land and destroyed a large installed army...
The Bergdahl-Taleban Deal – Dumb vs. Smart & Transactional vs. Strategic
The deal of the week – freedom of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for the release of 5 hardcore Taleban detainees at Guantanamo – created a rare bipa...
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Modi – from a Veteran
We are blessed with a smart & diverse readership. They are the ones that teach us and help us navigate through the macro issues we discuss. This week we hea...
India is Really a Simple Society – Vishnu-Gupt Chanakya, Mahatma Gandhi & Narendra Modi
Just about every publication in America has written about the sweeping victory of Shri Narendra Modi in the massive all-Indian election. But virtually all of th...