Drishtikone Newsletter #345: Why does America Wage Wars?
America is considered the "most powerful country" and yet has lost almost all wars since World War II. Some very shamefully. But it still wages wars. Why? The Redistribution of Wealth!
Was Kamala Harris an Anchor Baby?
Kamala Harris is the new pick of Democratic ticket as the VP nominee. She is an
interesting woman.
Her mother was a Tamilian Hindu from India, while her father was a black
Christian from Jamaica. Her father, Donald Harris, did not really raise her.
It was her mother who raised
Is democracy dead?
In the Annual predictions for 2018
[https://www.drishtikone.com/annual-predictions-for-india-pakistan-and-the-us-for-2018/], we
had said that by the end of that year, credible voices will start asking if
“Democracy is really relevant” anymore. Given the spate of books that have come
out recently by mainstream voices, the question that needs to
Joe Biden warns of Russian Election Meddling
Biden warned that if Russia continued to interfere there would be «a real price
to pay» if he wins the November election against Republican President Donald
Trump. It is unclear when Biden began receiving the intelligence briefings,
which are normal for major-party presidential nominees. Biden said at a June 30
Joe Biden embraces Islamists to jeopardize ties with India
US presidential hopeful Joe Biden has wandered into a swamp where UK’s Labour
Party leader and defeated prime ministerial candidate Jeremy Corbyn’s ankles got
stuck and he could never recover. The Democrat nominee wants India to «restore
the rights of Kashmiris», and is disappointed over the Citizenship Act
Soft Power: What is it and why is it important?
As Xi Jinping was getting ready to take over power from Hu Jintao, he was also
bringing about another change
[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-big-bet-soft-power] to the entire
geopolitical strategy that China was to follow. The focus on soft power.
The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Black lives matter only when Blacks are Free
America is burning today because one half of America believes they don’t matter.
And they are crying as their young men are killed and all they are saying is
that they matter – that Black lives matter… too! That is the legitimate part of
the situation. But not the whole