USA-Iran-Sunni Middle East; We Welcome Stratfor to Our View
Five months ago, we wrote an article with a strange sounding title – Are Iran & Israel Destined to be Partners?. Our basic thesis was that the Middle ...
Category: History
English-Educated Indians & Stratfor’s American “Imperial Class”
Readers probably know by now that we are not enamored of the “English-Educated” Indian (“EE-Indians”) class. It is indeed a class and it...
“Gang-Rape” of Indian Culture – Who is Responsible? US Media or EE-Indians?
This week America was shaken by an unbelievably shocking discovery. Three women who have been missing for 10 years had actually been kidnapped, held captive in ...
Why is China Entering Ladakh?
The Chinese intrusion into Ladakh has been discussed in both the Indian media and in the European-American media. Both treatments have been superficial and the ...
China Drops The Second Shoe – Will Indians Kiss It?
Last week, we wrote in the notes section of our article How China Treats India – Two Simple, Vivid Analogies, Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) is a very strategic co...
What’s in a Name? Does That Apply to Boston Terror Suspect?
“What’s in a name”, asked Juliet of Romeo & Juliet. She added “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, retain that dear perf...
Is North Korea China’s Pakistan? Will It Become America’s Nightmare?
As we write this article, the world waits for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to test a missile, an event that will be a major miscalculation as U.S. Secretary ...
“Gang-Rape” of Indian Culture by US Media
Our title was inspired by an anguished tweet from an Indian woman (name withheld for her privacy) to Paul Beckett of the Wall Street Journal: “i swear. in...
Embrace Light, Remove Darkness During Diwali & The New Year
This past week India and the Indian Diaspora celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Light. This is also the beginning of the New Year. Diwali or Deepavali is ...
Robert Kaplan on Afghanistan – from His “Revenge of Geography”
In the 3rd Presidential debate, both President Obama and Governor Romney spoke of Afghanistan in a futuristic past tense. They promised that America will leave ...