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[DeeKay @deepakkumar2906]

@ANI @smitaprakash Deconstructing a complex rapidly dynamic envt with facts and analysis. Dr @swasrao arguments are on point. My view-non contact kinetics has limitations for a regime change. Boots on grnd will be dicey. Splintered 🇮🇷 end state akin to Syria nd Libya is realistically achievable

[ANI @ANI]

EP-394 with Geopolitical and Defence Expert Dr. Swasti Rao Premieres Today at 5 PM IST

“Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has gone rogue.”

“Netanyahu is not going to stop until he reaches a culmination point.”

“Pakistan has only been able to pay lip service to Saudi Arabia.”

“You can’t evacuate four million Indians stranded in the Gulf.”

Tap 'notify me' to get episode alerts: https://t.co/EIWMZ6V9MT

#ANIPodcast #SmitaPrakash #Iran #Israel #War #Trump #Netanyahu #Khamenei #IRGC #Gulf #MiddleEast

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

What does HAL's exit mean for AMCA project? Former IAF fighter pilot Group Capt @Ahlawat2012 answers that, and more, in conversation with Consulting Editor (Strategic & Int'l Affairs) @swasrao. Watch full epsiode of #ThePrintWorldview here:

https://t.co/g17ZVzqZx8

[DeeKay @deepakkumar2906]

@ThePrintIndia @swasrao Bonhomie is welcome but going to be a tightrope walk for both countries. Def nd energy deals amid US sanctions wd be a challenge. RELOS can be a game changer in Arctic context. S500 is welcome..!!Su 57 over Rafale is a ? @swasrao as always-contextual, incisive and comprehensive.

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

Will India-Russia cooperation in the Arctic feature during Putin-Modi talks this week? Swasti Rao @swasrao speaks to Maksim Dankin, General Director of Project Office for Arctic Development, Russian Federation

#ThePrintWorldViewWithSwasti

https://t.co/VaLavRO8f2

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

Always a pleasure to speak to the learned and analytical @Ahlawat2012
Than you.

Watch the latest episode of “Worldview With Swasti” here on the many complexities of the unfortunate #TejasCrash

[shahab anwer @iamshahabanwer]

Road from vrindavan sector 6 CNG pump to GSR complex, Daljit Vihar has become a dumping place for garbage and unkempt under growth. This Road does not have a single street light and becomes den for antisocial elements. Civic authorities are requested to clean and fix lights

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

So, I hope @MEAIndia takes note of why the #Pakistan - #Afghanistan ceasefire mediated by #Qatar had #Turkey’s #intelligence #chief presence.

Re-upping my recent column on how the #Taliban play all sides and on the depth of #Turkey #Taliban relations ( among others).

https://t.co/J49cQo54JD

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

Watch my video column here 👇🏻

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

Warrior by day, dancer by night. Mazedar Faujis 💜

[Sidhant Sibal @sidhant]

"If destroyed runways and burnt-out hangers look like victory, as the Prime Minister claimed, Pakistan is welcome to enjoy it"

Indian Diplomat Petal Gehlot at UNGA on Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif's comments

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

Coming up tomorrow on ThePrint #WorldView with Swasti Rao @swasrao: The most insightful discussion with the EU Ambassador to India, H.E. Herve Delphin (@EUAmbIndia) and (@EU_in_India)

Stay tuned

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

So much Gyan flowing on #KSA_Pak Defence Pact

Here are my top 5 broad points---

1. First of all, wait for the confirmation on #UAE and #Qatar joining it. There is none yet.

2. That said, this entire situation is not understood or analyzed well. How?

(i) #Signal vs #Substance --

The extreme situation of coming to each other's mutual defence and Pakistan triggering a nuclear response.. is meant to divert attention from all the other crosscutting defence value chains that Pakistanis will be getting more access to-- both directly ( funds from KSA etc) and indirectly.

(ii) How many of you know that it was #Pakistani interlocutors that had arranged the deal between #China and #UAE & #KSA on Chinese drones to battle test them against #Houthis in #Yemen ?

( iii) The example of China Pakistan co-produced J fighters sold to #Azerbaijan with #Turkish missiles is an example I have given several times already.

We all know the PL-15 collab during Op.Sindoor

Likewise- examples of Pak having access to #Rafales and #Spectra via joint exercises with #Qatar and Pak pilots flying the Qatari military jets -- those too i have repeated several times.

There are more examples. Wait for longer pieces on it.

( iv) Therefore, #Pakistan has successfully entrenched itself as a "revolving door" between #China, #Caucasus and the #MiddleEast. Dont forget the recent normalisation between #Armenia and #Pakistan in #China.

That "revolving door" status is the real deal.

On the contrary, scenario building on Art 5-like collective security , currently underway in India, has a weak strategic premise-- it is simply the exterior and the signal, not the substance.

3. Implications for #India ? Many.

(i) Obviously GCC wont start bombing India if India- pak go to another military stand off tomorrow.
But it raises costs for India and isolates it in a region where it has had excellent partners. Remember #Iran is already weakened and #Trump has removed our special waivers for #Chabahar just today.

(ii) Future of #IMEC and #I2U2 can be anybody's guess.

(iii) Defence collab with #Israel would deepen - YES.
But it has its own limitations.
Many Israel enthusiasts dont discuss the larger picture.
What we mainly get from Israel are following --
--- #Harop and #Harpy drones ( Israel sells these to Baku as well),
---Rifles ( and some bombs)
----Missiles. So far Israel has not agreed to co -produce Barak 8 missiles ( that Israel produces with DRDO for india) for the Barak MX system it sells to Cyprus.-- just an example of a low hanging fruit that has not seen convergence on yet.

4. The defence pact with the largest GCC state is an unusual diplomatic win for #Pakistan in the aftermath of Op. #Sindoor, further entrenching itself in the middle east defence eco-system.

5. What we need is a professional, critical and clear eyed analysis of the same, not merely posturing and statements.

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

I write on how to make sense of the EU’s Political and Security Commitee’s maiden visit to India under the leadership of @FienBZ that concluded yesterday.

Here I analyse the relevance of the PSC itself and outline 5 factors that will shape the new age security conversations between #Brussles and #New Delhi

@MEAIndia
@EU_in_India @EUAmbIndia
@eu_eeas

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

Great to return to the “Masterclass” on the #RussiaUkraineWar

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

How China's Victory Day parade was sign of its military ambition & achievements, and why it was direct message to Trump

@swasrao Consulting Editor (Strategic & Int'l Affairs) & Brigadier Anshuman Narang (Retd) @anshu217
talk on this

ThePrint #WorldView

https://t.co/1CV7HPB1Y3

[DeeKay @deepakkumar2906]

@ThePrintIndia @swasrao @anshu217 Understanding 🇨🇳 has never been easy? More so, the mil displays which have had its agenda’s. Good conversation, articulating succinctly 🇨🇳’s mil systems integration, jointness, MDJtOps nd various modules. Lots of signalling for US, Taiwan, India and the SCS countries. 👏👏

[Swasti Rao ラオ スワスチイ @swasrao]

Friday column is out.

This week i write on PM #Modi’s trip to #Japan and why it’s important we utilise the full potential of this natural partnership that remains underutilised.

I give #three #broad pathways to take it forward but before that, India must also engage with the #transformation of #Japan as a #security #actor after new #security and #defence strategy as the Euro Atlantic and #Indo #Pacific theatres merge.

@IndianEmbTokyo
@JapaninIndia

[CaucasusWatch @Caucasus_Watch]

Can Indian military tech reshape #Armenia's defense strategy? In our latest interview, Prof. Swasti Rao analyzes lessons for the South Caucasus from a simulated Indo-Pak conflict.
https://t.co/O4mHEJym0K

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

Watch ThePrint #WorldView, where Consulting Editor (Int'l & Strategic Affairs)@swasrao speaks to French Air Force ex-analyst Gregory Priolon on how Rafale exports & Pakistan’s access could expose prized Spectra EW suite & why India must secure its edge

https://t.co/crq9mDaAi0