At this point people should stop moaning about this. Deal with it. Nation’s do what’s in their best interest. Too often people keep getting bogged down in what happens. Game theory. That’s what it is.
Breaking: US Senators - backed by Trump - propose hitting India and others with upto 100% tariffs for buying Russian oil
BUT their new bill will exempt European allies for purchasing Russian natural gas
@idrwalerts Honestly India should just focus on jet engines for drones and missiles. Longer range missiles will allow you to project power at a distance. Purchase strategic bombers temporarily till you can create a network of jammers, radars, satellites, drones, network and missiles.
When the next global crisis hits. America will sell its debt to the only legitimate player remaining. India. India will gobble up so much debt it's foreign reserves will be in trillions. Not billions.
The global security competition can be thought of as theatre's of war between the US and China.
1. Europe and Russia(includes Ukraine)
2. Israel and Iran(M.E)
3. India and Pakistan
4. Taiwan and China(Asia)
If talks truly have ended, it would mean they stalled the war to assemble a coalition of 30+ countirs for economic & military sanctions. Europe will have to decide bet Russia or Iran. Only 1 war has the Americans motivated. Energy security is top priority.
BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance on failed talks with Iran:
"We are leaving here with a very simple proposal, our final and best offer. We will see if the Iran's accept it."
Talks have ended and the US delegation is leaving Pakistan.
@KobeissiLetter They've conceded on zero military presence and reparations. For Trump, a decent exit ramp. They can focus on China more directly. They took a risk, it didn't pay off.
Larger picture is this, Strait of Hormuz and Bab Al Mandeb will be controlled by the Chinese or friendly nations. Next up would be the Strait of Mallaca. When it comes time to negotiate for the new rules based order, new power players will rise. Europe will be discarded.
BREAKING: Yemen's Houthi Group, an Iranian ally, says it is "ready to intervene" in the Iran War if new allies join the US and Israel or if the Red Sea is used to launch attacks on Iran.
The Houthis have strong influence over the Bab al-Mandab Strait which controls over ~6 million barrels of daily oil supply.
Total offline capacity between the Strait of Hormuz and al-Mandab would near 25 million barrels per day, or ~25% of global supply, if Bab al-Mandab is closed.
UFO/UAP disclosure by trump will likely look like American advanced technology by defence contractors being used. This will allow for a managed partial disclosure of SAP/UAP and tip the tide of war. The timing could coincide with rumours of July disclosure.
@Mahesh10816 If you want to project power, there isn't an alternative. This may have been rendered useless with hypersonic missiles but it's the best option so far.
@Vikram_Sood@suryakane@VikramKMalkani Fact is 🇵🇰 is a nuclear armed country that is fully subservient to 🇨🇳. The 🇺🇸need to balance that with a failing economy. Nuclear proliferation & what replaces the military dictatorship is a concern. They provide just enough even if that means keeping pace with India militarily.
In other words the EU basically gave the green light to Ukraine to kill Russian soldiers. The EU has to be the most disorganized grouping militarily & economically.
STUBB: Russia is now giving Shahed drones back to Iran, which they can use to strike American bases. And Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on the locations of American bases. Basically, Russia is giving the executive order to kill American soldiers. I'd be very worried.
The EU response is a strange one. They're not interested militarily but declare war through sanctions. Essentially doing what 🇷🇺 is doing to 🇺🇦. It's one that'll disproportionately effect them. Rebuild alliances, integrate with new economies. This is the way. 🇮🇷Isn't playing.
The EU continues to hold Iran accountable.
Today, EU Member States ambassadors approved new sanctions targeting 19 regime officials and entities responsible for serious human rights violations.
As the Iran war continues, the EU will protect its interests and pursue those responsible for domestic repression. It also sends a message to Tehran that Iran’s future cannot be built on repression.
He made a calculation, it didn't work out. Congress can now come in & vote to terminate this war. Democrats might try to impeach him but an effort was made regardless. This is the exit ramp.
What is the point in giving such a blunt message?
In advance he is telling us that the US will control and calibrate India’s economic rise.
We should internalise this in our decision making.
The response to this is to avoid giving sufficient levers to the US to control us, keep diversifying our economic partners and focus razor like on atmanirbharta .