China’s Masterplan: Encircle India, Destroy America

When one initially looked at the massacre in Pahalgam, one thought it was just a terror attack. As one went deeper into the investigation and the evidence came out, it became clear that it was more than just bigotry and religious madness.

When one woke up to that, the changes in the geostrategic landscape became self-evident.

That is the basis of what we write here today.

Today, it was a very significant sharing from my side. Please read, ruminate, comment, and share widely.

The Chinese Tech behind Terror

The Pahalgam terror attack has exposed a dangerous new dimension of asymmetric warfare facing India — the silent infiltration of Chinese-origin communication and navigation technologies into terrorist operations.

At the top of the list is a set of equipment called the "Ultra Set".

Intelligence sources confirm that Pakistani-backed terrorists, particularly from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy, The Resistance Front (TRF), are now using sophisticated Chinese equipment like Ultra communication devices, Huawei satellite phones, and BeiDou satellite navigation systems.

According to The Economic Times, militants killed in Jammu & Kashmir were often equipped with devices linked to China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). Unlike GPS, BeiDou offers precision targeting and resilience against jamming, allowing terrorists to infiltrate and operate without relying on mobile networks.

Critically, these BeiDou devices provide real-time, two-way messaging — enabling covert coordination deep inside Indian territory without leaving a telecom footprint. While cracking such systems is technically possible, it demands time and foreign expertise, delaying real-time interception.

The ongoing investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack has revealed a new layer in cross-border militancy — one that orbits well above India’s surveillance grid. According to The Economic Times, Indian agencies have found that foreign militants killed in Jammu & Kashmir over the past year were often equipped with devices linked to China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) — a high-precision satellite network operated by the China National Space Administration. These BeiDou-enabled devices, including handheld navigation units and satellite communication tools, could allow militants to infiltrate, coordinate, and operate in India without relying on conventional telecom networks. Unlike GPS or mobile towers, BeiDou’s Asia-focused architecture offers enhanced accuracy and resilience against jamming. (Source: "Pahalgam clue points skyward: After Huawei, China's BeiDou GPS comes under scanner. Here's what we know" / MSN)

Despite a ban on Huawei products in India since 2020, a Huawei satellite phone was traced to the vicinity of the Pahalgam terror attack. It is believed to have been smuggled into India from Pakistan or another foreign nation. The use of such satellite phones allows terrorists to maintain secure, real-time communication with handlers across borders, bypassing Indian telecom infrastructure and surveillance

A review of the latest evidence, as we have shared above, - emerging from the Pahalgam terror investigation, encounters across Jammu and Kashmir, and recent reporting in The Print, Economic Times, and Business Today points toward an unsettling reality:

Recent operations have uncovered the use of Ultra Set devices — compact, encrypted communication tools suspected to be of Chinese origin — by terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance Front. Unlike traditional satellite phones, Ultra Sets do not rely on Indian telecom infrastructure. They leverage encrypted radio frequencies, making their signals difficult to intercept and nearly impossible to geolocate with precision.

At the same time, forensic analysis around the Pahalgam attack unearthed Huawei satellite-enabled smartphones operating near the scene — devices likely from the Mate 60 Pro or P60 series, communicating via China's Tiantong-1 network. Unlike earlier Thuraya satellite phones, Huawei’s integration of satellite connectivity within everyday-looking handsets marks a revolutionary and dangerous advance: terror operatives can now maintain covert communication during network blackouts, without drawing visual suspicion.

Layered on this is the proliferation of BeiDou-based navigation systems among foreign terrorists. BeiDou, with its Asia-focused architecture, offers resilience against jamming, real-time messaging capabilities, and complete independence from GPS or local mobile towers. Militants equipped with such systems can traverse India's most remote terrains without ever exposing their routes to interception.

The immediate manifestation of these technologies has been most visible in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the real strategic nightmare lies ahead.

While open-source data does not yet confirm widespread use of Ultra Sets or Huawei-Tiantong devices within India's urban sleeper cells, sophistication, portability, and stealth guarantee their eventual diffusion into metropolitan networks.

What emerges is a portrait of a complex, state-supported ecosystem:

This is not merely an evolution of terror tactics. It is a revolution in terrorism — silent, systematic, and state-facilitated.

Unless India’s intelligence apparatus adapts rapidly — integrating advanced cyber-forensics, AI-driven signal analysis, and preemptive disruption strategies — the nation risks confronting a future where terror strikes erupt not from predictable, border-infiltration patterns, but from unseen nodes embedded deep within its own cities.

So when Indian jamming systems, anticipating Pakistan Air Force attacks are being deployed, neutralizing BeiDou is one of the parameters.

Certain truths become self-evident when you go through this entire evidence and analysis.

Yes, Pakistan’s relentless sponsorship of jihadist violence is unquestionable.

There is, however, a more profound and far more troubling pattern that demands scrutiny — one that implicates China as an active facilitator, and even possibly a direct accomplice, in the terrorist infrastructure bleeding India.

Evidence from the attack investigation — now corroborated through multiple sources — reveals the widespread use of Chinese-origin technologies:
Ultra Sets enabling encrypted communications beyond Indian surveillance;
Huawei satellite-enabled smartphones operating via China’s Tiantong-1 network; and BeiDou navigation systems, granting precise, network-independent movement across difficult terrains.

These are not mere commercial spillovers. Their presence reflects an intentional technological corridor — flowing from Chinese manufacturers, through Pakistan’s ISI logistics, into the hands of jihadi operatives targeting Indian civilians.

Moreover, the sophistication and scale of these technologies — from encrypted communications to resilient navigation — exceed the capabilities of ad hoc terrorist financing.

Thus, treating the Pahalgam attack purely as a Pakistan-backed operation would be strategically incomplete.

We are facing the clear conclusion that China is enabling Islamist terrorism on Indian soil as part of a broader asymmetric war.

This has been amply clear from the response from China, both officially and through its proxies in the media.

The Chinese foreign minister, for example, pushed for a "swift and fair investigation," which is basically a strategy to whitewash all evidence - COVID investigation style. More importantly, Yi also emphasized that China was an "ironclad friend and an all-weather strategic cooperative partner" for Pakistan.

On April 27, Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister and a politburo member of the Communist Party, spoke with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar. During the conversation, Wang urged a “swift and fair investigation” into the Pahalgam attack. He also said, “As an ironclad friend and an all-weather strategic cooperative partner, China fully understands Pakistan’s legitimate security concerns and supports Pakistan in safeguarding its sovereignty and security interests.” (Source: "Hard-to-crack Chinese devices part of J&K terror toolkit" / Economic Times)

In a program on CNN News18, when Zakka Jacob had Indian analyst Brahma Chellaney and Dr. Victor Gao on his program and poked Gao on the Chinese reluctance to call out the terror attack, he skirted the issue and when pressed about the attacks on the Chinese engineers and workers in Pakistan, he still wanted an “impartial probe” - a euphemism for obfuscation of the issue.

Then he tells Jacob:

“Never underestimate China’s commitment to Pakistan’s sovereignty.” “China-Pakistan are all-weather strategic allies. China always stands with Pakistan”

Watch this.

Neither Chellaney nor Jacob nor any other commentator on the Indian or foreign channels caught the central point of Gao’s statement.  

First, let us understand who Gao is.  He is the ex-translator of Deng Xiaoping and vice president of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a Beijing-based think tank.  He has considerable influence within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  He is also the Chair Professor at Soochow University, specializing in international relations.

As a proxy spokesperson of the CCP and the Chinese government, when Gao says, “ you are talking about the war between Pakistan and India on the one hand, and the iron-clad alliance between China and Pakistan, and China’s full commitment to defend Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Until now, this was an assumption on the part of the analysts.  

China has made it official—or as official as it can be for those who understand Chinese ways of working.

India’s response, therefore, must move beyond calibrated strikes against Pakistan alone. It must recognize that China’s hybrid warfare strategy now blends salami slicing at borders with proxy terror within.

Diplomatic messaging must sharpen. Economic counter-leverage must be explored, including scrutiny of Chinese investments and technology imports.

Military readiness across the LAC must be heightened, not as a defensive maneuver, but as a recognition that terror and territorial aggression are two arms of the same strategic design.

Weapons to Pakistan from China

Pakistan has received a lot of arms from China.

Pakistan is reportedly acquiring J-35s from China, which would be China's first export of fifth-generation fighter jets to a foreign ally. Additionally, Pakistan has previously purchased 25 J-10C fighter jets from China.  Also, Pakistan operates the joint JF-17 Thunder and F-7PG Skybolt.

China has already provided the second of 8 Hangor-class submarines to Pakistan. (Also check - China delivers second of eight modern submarines to Pakistan navy)

In fact, Pakistan is also planning to acquire 40 fifth-generation J-35 fighter jets from China.

Pakistan’s reported procurement of J-35 jets from China signals that the stealth fighter is ready to enter the international market, potentially helping to finance development of more advanced weaponry for the People’s Liberation Army, analysts say. The sale would mark Beijing’s first export of fifth-generation jets to a foreign ally and is expected to recalibrate regional dynamics, particularly in relation to Pakistan’s rival, India. Pakistani broadcaster 24 News HD reported last week that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had approved the purchase of 40 of the aircraft, which are expected to be delivered within two years to replace the country’s ageing fleet of American F-16s and French Mirage fighters. (Source: Pakistan’s reported J-35 deal shows Chinese stealth fighter is ready for global market: analysts / South China Morning Post)

The J-35 is a fifth-generation stealth fighter with low radar cross-section, advanced avionics, and internal weapons bays.

Pakistan’s acquisition of these jets could narrow the airpower gap with India, which relies heavily on the Rafale, Su-30 MKI, and the upcoming Tejas Mk2 and AMCA projects.

India's current advantage over Pakistan lies in its technological sophistication, numbers, and battle-tested experience. After J-35 induction, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), however, could launch deeper strikes with greater survivability. It would complicate India’s air defense calculations, especially over the Line of Control (LoC) and in potential Balakot-type operations.

The weapon systems provided by China to Pakistan is quite big.

1. JF-17 Thunder (Block I, II, III)

• A joint China-Pakistan project (CAC Chengdu + PAC Kamra).
• Light multi-role fighter.
• Block-III now incorporates China’s KLJ-7A AESA radar, new electronic warfare suite, PL-15 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missiles.

2. Type 054A/P Frigates

• Advanced naval warships for the Pakistan Navy.
• Equipped with HQ-16 medium-range surface-to-air missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles.
• China has delivered several of these, enhancing Pakistan’s blue-water naval capabilities.

3. HQ-9/P Surface-to-Air Missile System

• Chinese version of the Russian S-300.
• Long-range air defense missile system.
• Gives Pakistan a credible area-defense shield against Indian aircraft and missiles.

4. SH-15 Howitzer

• 155mm truck-mounted self-propelled howitzer.
• Offers high mobility artillery support.
• Useful for Pakistan in mountainous terrains like LoC areas.

5. VT-4 Main Battle Tank

• Third-generation Chinese tank (also called MBT-3000).
• Superior fire control system, reactive armor, and heavy armament.
• Delivered in significant numbers to replace older Pakistani tanks.

The obvious question that the analysts ask is How can a bankrupt nation like Pakistan afford all these weapons? Well, they don't. China is handing them off as an investment against India.

So you see how it works?

Pakistan's war machine is an extension of China's.

Pakistan exercises with India-centric weapons systems

In February 2024, the Pakistani Air Force participated in the “Spear of Victory” joint air exercises.

Pakistan Air Force’s JF-17 “Thunder” fighter jets had the opportunity to test their capabilities in combat against the French Air Force’s Rafale fighter aircraft during the joint air exercise “Spear of Victory” in Saudi Arabia.  The joint air exercise, which took place from February 6 to February 18, 2024, at King Abdul Aziz Air Base in Riyadh, involved several countries. The presence of the Rafale jets, operated by the French Air Force, provided Pakistani JF-17 “Thunder” pilots a chance to assess their aircraft’s performance against the Rafale fighters, which are also used by India, Pakistan’s traditional adversary. (Source: Defence Security Asia)

Not just this, Pakistan has trained in 2019 with Qatari Air Force, which has bought the Rafale weapon system.

Remember, The danger is not theoretical. The Qatari Rafales share critical similarities with India’s:

• The RBE 2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar,
• The Spectra electronic warfare (EW) suite,
• the long-range Meteor air-to-air missiles, and
• The deadly SCALP ground attack missiles.

These aren’t cosmetic features. These are the backbone of the Rafale's battlefield dominance.

Pakistan didn’t just get a comparable airframe. It got exposure to the custom-fitted combat architecture India depended on — the radar frequencies, the electronic warfare responses, the Meteor missile launch envelopes.

In effect, it got a dress rehearsal for war, without the costs or risks.

Who is Backing Pakistan

On April 28th, a transport plane of the UK’s Royal Air Force landed in Islamabad. Why? Carrying what?

Interestingly, on this very day, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was in London for two days of “engaging discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations.”

Is Britain playing a double game?

Also, on the same day, 6 Turkish C-130 transport planes with military cargo land in Pakistan.

What is Turkey sending to Pakistan?

A Turkish Air Force C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft arrived in Karachi on April 27, 2025, carrying war equipment, in what appears to be a significant show of support for Pakistan amid escalating regional tensions. Reports suggest that this was part of a broader defense collaboration between the two nations. In addition to the Karachi delivery, six Turkish C-130 planes reportedly landed at a military base in Islamabad, further solidifying Turkey’s backing of Pakistan as the latter contends with growing challenges along its borders. Both Turkish and Pakistani sources have confirmed the transfer of military cargo, although specific details of the shipment have not been disclosed. (Source: Turkey Sends Military Cargo to Pakistan as PAF Activates Key Air Bases Amid Regional Tensions / Khyber Mail)

Meanwhile, China has sent over 100 PL-15 Missiles to Pakistan.

How should we look at the war configurations emerging now?

As the war cloud thickens on the western front, an ominous game is underway.

Not on the battlefield, but in the quiet, well-funded corridors of global influence.

The World Bank just sanctioned $108 million for “empowering” women and girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan’s terror-riddled northwest province.

The very soil that nurtures cross-border infiltration, shelters anti-India terror networks, and breeds radicalization, we are now told, must urgently receive investments in tourism infrastructure and rural roads.

Tourism—in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa—at a time when Taliban flags flutter menacingly across its volatile borders?

Really?!

When the Pakistani elite, sensing a storm, are quietly relocating their families to safe havens in Australia and Canada, anticipating inevitable Indian reprisals following the Pahalgam massacre, tourism in KP province is a priority.

You see, in the corridors of Washington and Geneva, there appears to be an unshakable conviction: that now is the perfect time to funnel millions into "eco-tourist trails" and "rural accessibility" initiatives across the tribal belts of one of the most unstable and weaponized regions in the world.

This is not aid. It is not development. It is certainly not charity.

It is a meticulously constructed façade. A careful obfuscation.

Behind the veneer of "upliftment" lies the dark undercurrent of strategic insulation — provide money to Pakistan and its establishment to wage war against India.

For terror and war by other means.

And while this geopolitical sabotage unfolds globally, look who’s been busy in India—Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra, Jairam Ramesh—huddling with Progressive International, an NGO platform known for regime change operations in democracies under the guise of "justice and equity."

They also met with the CPIM members.

This organization's Council members include:

Annie Raja is a member of the Communist Party of India and is married to D. Raja, the present General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.

Its past members have included Aruna Roy. Interestingly, it has targeted Narendra Modi for a long time. In 2021, it launched a program to target governments that it felt were "authoritarian" -

observatory to monitor the institutions and the process and reader in countries such as Colombia, Hungary and Brazil. According to the organization, the project is a response to the attacks on democracy around the world. (Source: Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 November 2021 )

Two leaders were specifically mentioned for targeting - Jair Bolsonaro and Narendra Modi. They got Bolsonaro. They have been relentlessly targeting Modi.

"From Narendra Modi in India a Jair Bolsonaro in Brazilauthoritarian leaders are organizing to capture the courts criminalize the opposition and defraud the rules to stay in power" says Progressive International's general coordinator, David Adler. (Source: Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 November 2021 )

PI’s playbook is simple:

Use moments of war, chaos, or crisis… to birth “socialist revolutions” controlled by globalist elites.

They thrive where nations burn.

Europe's Sanctimonious Preaching - Playing China-Pakistan team's Quarterback?

Meanwhile Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission gave a rather sanctimonious line to India after 26 of its citizens were gunned down ruthlessly after religiously IDing them.

In Ukraine, Kaja Kallas hasn't been seeking peace.She was scripting the next war, using other people's blood and other nations' futures as her ink.

As Prime Minister of Estonia, Kallas has fashioned herself into one of the West’s most vocal champions of perpetual escalation against Russia. Yet her motivations are neither altruistic nor humanitarian. They are rooted in an old Baltic paranoia and a new Atlantic ambition.

Kallas belongs to a political lineage that sees historical grievances and security fears as instruments to project influence far beyond Estonia’s modest frontiers.
Where others urge negotiations and an end to suffering, Kallas demands more weaponry, more sanctions, more sacrifices — not for her own homeland, but at the altar of a geopolitical vision scripted in Washington and Brussels.

Her rhetoric cloaks itself in the language of freedom and sovereignty. Yet, its real aim is strategic reordering: a world where small nations serve as frontline buffers, cannon fodder in a confrontation whose architects will never themselves face the missiles they so cavalierly summon.

The familiar European conceit: that their battles must become the world’s burden. You sense it, don’t you? The stench of old empires clinging to faded glory.

When Dr. Jaishankar stood tall and declared, "Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems," he wasn't just stating a fact. He was shattering an illusion. Tearing through decades of carefully spun Western hypocrisy.

His take, though, resonated with many. Even the German Chancellor admitted that it was a fact in the Munich Security Council.

Interestingly, Dr Jaishankar has again called it out, saying -

“When we look out at the world, we look for partners. We don’t look for preachers. Particularly preachers who don’t practice at home what they preach abroad.”

Saying it is European hypocrisy is one way to look at it.

The other explanation could be that Europe is playing quarterback for Team China-Pakistan-Jihadis. This team is busy working to break India.

Why would it play second fiddle to China? Because it sees China as its savior. Samir Saran, ORF Chief, once brilliantly explained this.

As transatlantic ties fray, Europe and China are coming together.  This has sped up for a trade deal after the Trump tariff imposition.  

With U.S. relations in freefall, Europe is looking around for more stable trading partners, including China—already a significant trading partner for the EU, accounting for 9% of the bloc’s exports and some 20% of imports. While a small number of (mainly central and eastern) European countries have fostered strong relations with China in the past, larger economies across the region are now taking this path. Spain, which has called for EU members to decide independently when to compete or partner with China, has already attracted Chinese car battery and automotive companies. Meanwhile, the UK’s well-timed re-engagement with China since last autumn reflects a desire for stronger and more reliable bilateral trading relations. For its part, Beijing may see in the UK a trading partner less encumbered by geopolitical complexity and the regulatory restrictions on Chinese investment being imposed by the EU.  (Source: "Who Needs Allies? A Fraying Transatlantic Alliance Opens the Door for China in Europe" / APCO)

This is despite Chinese covert operations in Europe.  China is a major source of cyberattacks against European countries, with several Chinese cyber groups linked to the state targeting the EU.

With more economic activity moving online, cyberattacks are gaining relevance. Globally, the European Commission estimates cyberattacks to cost EUR 5.5 trillion.¹ Cyberattacks are estimated to have cost German companies EUR 223 billion, or 6 percent of Germany’s GDP, in 2021.² That same year, 86 percent of German companies suffered a cyberattack that led to some damage, according to one survey. (Source: “Here to stay” – Chinese state-affiliated hacking for strategic goals / MERICS)

In 2019, the Chinese hacking group Winnti was found to have attacked major German corporations for years. (Source: Bleeping Computer) Beyond cyberattacks, China is also accused of engaging in espionage, including targeting European lawmakers and institutions.  

The Chinese have taken away European secrets worth trillions and yet the Europeans cannot seem to get over their China addiction.

A yearslong malicious cyber operation spearheaded by the notorious Chinese state actor, APT 41, has siphoned off an estimated trillions in intellectual property theft from approximately 30 multinational companies within the manufacturing, energy and pharmaceutical sectors. A new report by Boston-based cybersecurity firm, Cybereason, has unearthed a malicious campaign — dubbed Operation CuckooBees — exfiltrating hundreds of gigabytes of intellectual property and sensitive data, including blueprints, diagrams, formulas, and manufacturing-related proprietary data from multiple intrusions, spanning technology and manufacturing companies in North America, Europe, and Asia.   "We're talking about Blueprint diagrams of fighter jets, helicopters, and missiles," Cybereason CEO Lior Div told CBS News. In pharmaceuticals, "we saw them stealing IP of drugs around diabetes, obesity, depression." The campaign has not yet been stopped. (Source: "Chinese hackers took trillions in intellectual property from about 30 multinational companies" / CBS News)

With a world not able to stand independent of the Chinese onslaught, we need to take a one hard look at the global dynamics.

The New Axis Needed - US + Israel + India + Russia

Let us lay out the global geopolitical landscape:

China and Pakistan today proclaim themselves as “iron-clad brothers” — a phrase repeated with ceremonial precision by Chinese Communist Party officials like Liu Jianchao and former diplomat Gao Yanping. This alliance is not rhetorical. It is material, operational, and military.

China has systematically armed Pakistan for decades, providing not just fighter jets, submarines, ships, and missiles, but historically underwriting its nuclear arsenal as well. This infusion of lethal capabilities was designed to entrench Pakistan as China’s perpetual proxy against India, ensuring a festering conflict that drains New Delhi’s strategic bandwidth.

Simultaneously, Pakistan has cultivated a growing defense partnership with Turkey, procuring drones, precision munitions, and tactical systems that align Pakistan’s military ecosystem closer to Ankara's expanding ambitions.

What is more troubling is the steady financial undercurrent. Through institutions like the World Bank — and by extension, other so-called “liberal” global bodies compromised by deep state influences — Pakistan continues to secure funding under the guise of development. The United Kingdom, with its historical entanglements and shadow games in the subcontinent, remains a willing accomplice.

Thus, an emerging nexus stands: China–Pakistan–Turkey–Qatar–Europe–UK — an axis of expediency masquerading under various pretenses but singularly unified in its quiet opposition to the American, Israeli, and Indian strategic interests.

Russia, though historically a superpower, now plays second fiddle to China. Its war-battered economy and diplomatic isolation have rendered it unable to antagonize Beijing, particularly when the West, under Biden's left-leaning administration, has intensified its hostility.

Among the major powers, India remains America’s only viable ally — but it is an India that trusts a nationalist, deal-making Washington, not the ideological power centers embedded within the liberal establishment.

In that eventuality, the last and only reliable counterweight to Chinese hegemony will not be Europe. It will be India.

So interestingly, if you look closely, the terror attack in Pahalgam was not a local act of barbarism.

It was a global message.

A strategic move — not just against India, but against America itself.

So the real question that not just India but even the US has in front of it is this -

Are the two leaderships realizing the stakes to the global order that this Pahalgam Attack has created?

Unless the United States (of Trump's vision), Israel (of Netanyahu's vision) and India (of Modi's vision - not Rahul Gandhi or the opposition) come together, and work with Russia to give it guarantees that help Russia feel good about its "conditionalities", to eventually bring Russia into that group - US + Israel + India + Russia - there is no way to stop the global order from imploding under China's onslaught.

So what options do we have in front of us?

India's Options

These are the two axis now.

Here are some of the strategies that India can use to lay the landscape before kinetic actions can happen.

Create Covert operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh: In 2023, there was an attack on the Pakistan Army’s General Head­quarters (GHQ) on May 9th.  This happened with the arrest of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, from the grounds of the Islamabad High Court. They attacked and damaged government and military installations. Is it possible for the PTI to do what happened to Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh to Asim Munir and other Generals in Pakistan?

On the other hand, push Yunus out and get Sheikh Hasina back. It will take cooperation and collaboration with the US while fighting Chinese influences.

Take on China head-on: Whether it is the blockade of the Strait of Malacca or working more intensely with Vietnam, Indonesia, and specifically Japan, India needs to work on the fault lines within China. With the evidence India has, and with the right backup of the media and communications, it can point to China as the backer of terrorism in India. The offensive on China has to be direct. Just as direct as on Pakistan

Ensure Detente between Russia and the United States: Indian diplomacy needs to work hard to wean Russia off of China by helping the US provide the guarantees for Russia to remain secure.

Bottomline: All the ideas that one has heard until now are reactive. They do not change the direction of geopolitics. The very landscape of geopolitics in the world and definitely in Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and the Indian subcontinent has to fundamentally change.

The deterrent has to be as much for China as it needs to be for Pakistan.