India Is Using Its Pulwama Humiliation as a Pretext to Race China in Space

India Is Using Its Pulwama Humiliation as a Pretext to Race China in Space

India’s anti-satellite muscle-flexing is being portrayed as a response to its recent humiliation by Pakistan, but the latest regional events are only being relied upon as a “plausible pretext” for thinly disguising the fact that India intends to race China in space at the behest of its new American ally. “Mission Shakti” Modi stunned the…

India and Israel: Where War is a “Legitimate” Campaigning Strategy

India and Israel: Where War is a “Legitimate” Campaigning Strategy

In a fair world, the contemporary leadership of India and Israel would understand the mistakes of the past and try to rectify the occupation of Kashmir and the occupation of Palestine. But back in the real world, both India and Israel thrive on perpetuating a cycle of violence against the occupied while spinning a narrative…

Russia’s “Deep State” Divisions Over South Asia Are Spilling Over into the Public

Russia’s “Deep State” Divisions Over South Asia Are Spilling Over into the Public

Russia’s “deep state” has been deeply divided over South Asian affairs for the past few years already, but the Indophile “Traditionalists’” fierce competition for influence over the rising policymaking appeal of the Kabulov-led “Progressive” faction is unprecedentedly spilling over into the public sphere through their increasingly intense lobbying efforts that inadvertently risk “delegitimizing” the country’s…

The Samjhauta Bombing Acquittal is Proof of India’s “Deep State” Civil War

The Samjhauta Bombing Acquittal is Proof of India’s “Deep State” Civil War

Nothing proves that India stands at the cusp of fundamental change more than the Samjhauta bombing acquittal, which is also the most public evidence yet confirming that the country’s “deep state” is in the throes of civil war over whether the civilization-state should remain a secular republic or transform into a Hindu theocracy. An Audacious…