The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
In this talk, Christine Fair discusses the dynamics, ways and structure of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and how it relates to the Pakistani deep state. She discusses the recruitment and also the Pakistani revisionism that it pushes for a narrative that helps its Army.
Until one understands the links that Pakistan-based and Deep State (Pak Army and ISI) backed Jehadis have with their sponsors and backers, the Army and ISI, in context of the religious and geographic ideologies, one cannot discuss either of them credibly. And that is why this discussion by Fair is important.
Christine Fair (Associate Professor, Georgetown University Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service; Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan) talk and a conversation with Anand Arni, Former Special Secretary, Research & Analysis Wing. Friday, Feb 1, 2019 @ Bangalore International Centre
Attack by Hamas took a lot to accomplish. The sudden Chinese bonhomie with Syria and the bringing together of Arab - Sunni and Shia countries and actors by Xi Jinping's regime raises some questions .
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