American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
In Episode 1841 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta details the criminal charges against Gautam Adani dropped by US this week & what it development signifies.
Built by India’s Defence Ministry to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s participation in the Korean War, it marks a strategic effort to leverage soft power and historical links.
Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.
Pakistan is a failed state. Period. Its existence is because of India, mental space of Pakistani security apparatus is obsessed with India. It has no unique culture of its own. Its roots are entwined with India. It merely exists because India allowed it to. Not on its own right. And its cessation will also happen because of India if it refuses to be a good neighbour. If it keeps trying to harm India using terrorism the day is not far when its existence itself will be erased. Ofcourse the people will exist but Pakistan the nation wont. It was amazing to hear the Army chief spell it out so clearly. Intellectual gymnastics has no place when talking about terror.
Mr.G’s “tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous” formulation gives Pakistan too much intellectual credit. A true critique would simply call it what it is: a terror state in perpetual self-defeat.
Calling it “tactically brilliant” implies there’s something worthy about how they execute terror operations. That’s apologetic language.
Calling Pakistan’s actions “tactically brilliant” gives intellectual credit to what are fundamentally terrorist provocations and military adventurism. The Pahalgam massacre wasn’t a tactical masterstroke, for crying out loud!!! It was mass murder designed to provoke. Framing it as strategic chess is sanitizing terrorism.
Pakistan is a state sponsor of terror that launches attacks, gets severely damaged militarily, then claims victory through propaganda while planning the next provocation. There’s nothing “brilliant” about that cycle. It’s a pattern of terrorism, military failure, and delusion.
I disagree with Mr Gupta. The strategy works well for Pakistan army which can rule only with the pot boiling. With the nuclearization of arsenal theybhabe achieved an escalation parity so they can time and again keep poking India. I am sure they are well aware of costs on Pakistani people and ready to bear it. They also know their utiltiy to China and USA. For China its a syrategic asset which bogs India down while China competes with USA. Gloating over tactical victories is what India suffers from and the only utility of article Mr Gupta writes seems more to buttress Indian ruling party than anything else.
Was very happy to read recent statements by General Narawane, former Army Chief, and honourable Shri Dattatreya Hosabale. Calling for dialogue with Pakistan, an easing of tensions. India’s dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir is intractable. Unless some non territorial solution can be worked out, as was being attempted in the Singh – Musharraf talks, complete normalisation is not possible. However, that should not mean closing the door to normal diplomacy, reducing the prospect of future contingencies like Pulwama – Balakot and Pahalgam – Operation Sindoor. 2. China is the ever present factor to consider in the India – Pakistan relationship. Quad seems to be falling by the wayside. Dead in the water is Ambassador Vijay Gokhale’s assessment. President Trump’s visit to Beijing an acknowledgement of near parity. Not a positive development for India. Professor Happymon Jaclob’s recent Hindustan Times column. 3. Viewed objectively, a case for attempting a serious composite dialogue with China and Pakistan.
Pakistan is a failed state. Period. Its existence is because of India, mental space of Pakistani security apparatus is obsessed with India. It has no unique culture of its own. Its roots are entwined with India. It merely exists because India allowed it to. Not on its own right. And its cessation will also happen because of India if it refuses to be a good neighbour. If it keeps trying to harm India using terrorism the day is not far when its existence itself will be erased. Ofcourse the people will exist but Pakistan the nation wont. It was amazing to hear the Army chief spell it out so clearly. Intellectual gymnastics has no place when talking about terror.
Mr.G’s “tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous” formulation gives Pakistan too much intellectual credit. A true critique would simply call it what it is: a terror state in perpetual self-defeat.
Calling it “tactically brilliant” implies there’s something worthy about how they execute terror operations. That’s apologetic language.
Calling Pakistan’s actions “tactically brilliant” gives intellectual credit to what are fundamentally terrorist provocations and military adventurism. The Pahalgam massacre wasn’t a tactical masterstroke, for crying out loud!!! It was mass murder designed to provoke. Framing it as strategic chess is sanitizing terrorism.
Pakistan is a state sponsor of terror that launches attacks, gets severely damaged militarily, then claims victory through propaganda while planning the next provocation. There’s nothing “brilliant” about that cycle. It’s a pattern of terrorism, military failure, and delusion.
So what you’re saying is that Pakistan will attack India again soon?
I disagree with Mr Gupta. The strategy works well for Pakistan army which can rule only with the pot boiling. With the nuclearization of arsenal theybhabe achieved an escalation parity so they can time and again keep poking India. I am sure they are well aware of costs on Pakistani people and ready to bear it. They also know their utiltiy to China and USA. For China its a syrategic asset which bogs India down while China competes with USA. Gloating over tactical victories is what India suffers from and the only utility of article Mr Gupta writes seems more to buttress Indian ruling party than anything else.
Was very happy to read recent statements by General Narawane, former Army Chief, and honourable Shri Dattatreya Hosabale. Calling for dialogue with Pakistan, an easing of tensions. India’s dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir is intractable. Unless some non territorial solution can be worked out, as was being attempted in the Singh – Musharraf talks, complete normalisation is not possible. However, that should not mean closing the door to normal diplomacy, reducing the prospect of future contingencies like Pulwama – Balakot and Pahalgam – Operation Sindoor. 2. China is the ever present factor to consider in the India – Pakistan relationship. Quad seems to be falling by the wayside. Dead in the water is Ambassador Vijay Gokhale’s assessment. President Trump’s visit to Beijing an acknowledgement of near parity. Not a positive development for India. Professor Happymon Jaclob’s recent Hindustan Times column. 3. Viewed objectively, a case for attempting a serious composite dialogue with China and Pakistan.
India needs to have pro-India political voices in Pakistan. That’s the only way to create a stable political peace.