Hari Sud’s International View

 Is the war in Ukraine going to reshape the global order? Russia and the United States/NATO bet their reputation on the outcome of the war in Ukraine. If Russia manages to get its way and stop Ukraine becoming a NATO member then they have every chance to improve their position in the world power structure. If the US manages to get its way and force Russia to a dead end, then they have managed to gain additional status. It is the neutral countries whose status may undergo a change. Let's take the example of China... It is being courted by both Russia and US. In this context, Russia needs no military aid from China, unless of course there is a threat of the Third World War. That possibility is remote, hence what Russia needs from China is helping hand in overcoming sanctions imposed by the US. China has a $3 trillion cash reserve, they can make it available part of it until the Russian cash of $700 billion is unfrozen. In addition, China could buy Russian oil and gas independent of R...

  Indian Neutrality is Desirable Whereas Russian and Ukrainians (Supported by NATO & US) are engaged in a mortal combat of life and death, from behind the scene US/NATO are fighting a virtual war in Ukraine. The sanctions are one part of it which in the long run prove ineffective. Sonner than later US will be forced to release the pile of Russian reserve money ($700 billion) or a high seas military confrontation of US and Russia is next. It is not conditional on whether fighting stops in Ukraine or not. It is Russian money which US has frozen. They have no business in that. The US would be forced to withdraw their sanctions or else. I am sure US will chicken out. As regards to fighting in Ukraine; tell me which invasion stops short of its objective. Did two US invasions of Iraq in 1991 and 2001 stopped in the middle. The same is true about Afghanistan. Ukrainian are putting up a brave fight and are some places they are winning. It is all because of US made missiles and satellit...

  Falsified data on Indian COVID-19 deaths. The propaganda in the West of 4 million deaths in India due to Covid-19, originated with one Dr. Fauci whose theory model in late 2020 predicted that. These fictitious numbers were picked up by the American media and then cast in stone. Deaths in India over two years, while a fraction (516,000) of what Dr. Fauci predicted, were cited many times. Only a few days back the StrategyPage a Western website in its write up said……...”March 10, 2022: A study of reported excess deaths worldwide during 2020 and 2021 indicate that India lost four million people to covid19, rather than the current official estimate of half a million deaths. ”  Evil theoretical figures continue to be quoted. Who is Dr. Fauci? Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President. This very quarrelsome Dr. Fauci, is...

 Unsuccessful  Chinese Invasion across Himalayas Chinese may be misleading a few, not so successful, Indian journalists. To them, they provide information about Chinese might with 1.8 million men under arms without saying that, that might is all positioned in the east to face up US, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam and Phillipines, etc. They can position no more than what they already have in Tibet and Sinkiang, which is not much, compared to what India can throw at them in a short interval. India has 1.4 million well armed men under arms with half of them available for China duty, all equipped to smash the Chinese crossing the Himalayas.  The Himalayas are difficult to cross with snow-covered peaks rising to 25,000 feet and valleys falling to 10,000 feet alternating over the breadth of the Himalayas for 200 miles. There are some passes that allow two-way traffic in small numbers, but huge armies can't get through. In 1962, the Chinese knew the inept Indian command structure an...

  India and the Ukrainian War   Day 17 of the Russian Invasion Hopefully the war in Ukraine will be over soon. Russia has achieved some of its goals, but has lost its prestige and a lot of war equipment on the question of poor quality. Right now, it is a matter of prestige for Russia and it will not back off; it will finish the job, sanctions or no sanctions. The whole world, both in the US/NATO camp and in the Russian camp, has been very divided. The neutralists are under huge pressure to pick the US side, as they say that a little lamb has been beaten by big bad wolf. To a certain degree, the analogy is right. There is no merit to the Russian invasion, even though the Ukrainians were wrong. They were caught up in their anti-Russian sentiments and invited NATO and the United States to move to Ukraine. Ukraine with the border with Russia was on the point of making this fateful bad decision, but Russia struck first. NATO presence on the Russian border has been eliminated as the...

  Slow Russian Progress in Ukraine  Battle lines are drawn in Ukraine. It is now East versus West. The Russians could not achieve a quick victory as they wanted. Rather, it is a war where victory will come after considerable loss of life and property. The West has control of the media, hence getting its own version heard, whereas there is a considerable merit in Russian version that they do not wish to see the US/NATO at their border. That is a point on which a lot of people agree. Most people in the world would disagree that.... Was it necessary to invade Ukraine militarily? That is where the Russians have gone wrong and as it takes longer and longer to achieve victory all those people who otherwise would agree with Russia are turning away from the invasion. There is no question in my mind that the Americans have played more than a spectator in last 8 years. They were aiding and abetting the right wing revolution in Ukraine. Current President Zelensky, by profession, is a pla...