My op-ed: Th $95 billion U.S. foreign assistance package mostly for weapons supplies is larger than the defense budget of every country other than the U.S., China and Russia. Biden now has considerable leverage to further international conflict or peace.
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If Canada has become the global epicenter of Sikh militancy, India must share some of the blame. It let Canada off the hook over the death of 329 people in the 1985 Air India bombing, which two separate Canadian inquiries found was carried out by Canada-based Sikh terrorists.

The dollar as the world's primary reserve currency, says Trump, 'is what makes us powerful.' De-dollarization would be 'like losing a world war.' But now many nations are beginning to pursue alternatives to the greenback in bilateral trade and oil markets. project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-…

China's “boil the frog” strategy: After Xi-Biden summit, China has stopped aerial intercepts of US spy planes but stepped up pressure on some of its neighbors including the Philippines and Taiwan. US admiral calls it “might equals right” bullying strategy. ft.com/content/f926f5…

With U.S. looking overextended and Xi viewing Biden's conciliatory posture as one of weakness, the risks of failing to deter aggression against Taiwan are increasing. The risks are particularly acute for Japan whose southernmost islands are next to Taiwan. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-…

“What does seem clear, however, is that China is deliberately stockpiling at speed, part of a much wider national effort to accumulate essential raw materials and resource.” 1/

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Amid Indian elections, the story in today's The Washington Post based on new US official leaks about an alleged Indian failed plot to kill a US-protected Sikh militant who has been making terrorist threats against India confirms this recent analysis of mine. thehill.com/opinion/intern…

The talks are going so 'smoothly' that the India-China military standoff is entering its fifth year, with the PLA consolidating its encroachments on borderlands in Ladakh and turning the entire Indo-Tibetan frontier into a 'hot' border through provocations in different sectors.

He knows what he’s talking about

Imperial hubris: Much of the West is facing economic stagnation. Other states are seeking, among other things, to reduce exposure to the US dollar. The West is likely to lose its global supremacy over time, including its hold on the financial architecture. prosyn.org/5SCx5XY

Top three recipients of PRC's arm sales are India's neighbors: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. And the nations most in debt to PRC, according to World Bank, are Pakistan, in No. 1 position, Sri Lanka (No. 3) and Bangladesh (No. 7). High debt has left tiny Maldives in distress.

Brahma Chellaney It’s also breaking the 1995 Mekong Agreement.

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The flip side to America's deepening involvement in wars in Europe and Mideast is a desire to avoid direct confrontation with China. This explains Biden's more conciliatory approach to Beijing, including a greater emphasis on diplomacy than on deterrence. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-…

Friendly ties between Vietnam and Cambodia are coming under pressure due to Cambodia's lack of transparency over its 180-kilometer Funan Techo Canal, a $1.7 billion project funded under China's BRI. Vietnam is concerned that this Mekong Basin canal could affect downstream flows.

China has doubled its nuclear arsenal since 2020 and is expanding its conventional forces faster than any other nation has since World War II. Yet the West is so fixated on punishing Russia that China has managed to avoid much scrutiny, let alone pushback. project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-…

This is completely spot on. Grounded in simple common sense, which is distressingly rare these days.

'Yet the country's deepening engagement with Ukraine at a time it is ill-prepared for armed conflict over Taiwan is a huge strategic mistake.'

Huge, indeed. 1/

Viewed from the capitals of other Indo-Pacific partners, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip to China will simply be taken as evidence of Europe’s unreliability and strategic unseriousness, columnist james crabtree writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/ola…

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