Tag: VK Shashikumar
-
China’s BBAT Force – Capturing the hearts and minds of India’s Gen Z with Soft Power
Irrespective of the intense competition amongst China’s powerful BBAT companies – ByteDance, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent – the alarm in the strategic affairs circles in New Delhi is over the common intent…
-
Takeover bully: China’s pandemic opportunism during COVID-19
The Chinese investment strategy in India over the last five years has focused on grabbing significant chunks of technology enabled start-ups. Chinese venture funds are often routed to India through its entities…
-
Did Italy’s luxury brands push the country into a public health disaster?
The Covid19 crisis is severely testing the economic model of Italy because workers are pointing out their existing condition as “new-slavery.” Already rebellion inside the warehouses have begun. Will this sustain and…
-
De Facto Coup in Brazil: General Walter Braga Neto is “Operational President”
This is probably just a mechanism to ensure that the elected political executive is not seen as lame duck and ineffective. However, the agreement clearly ensures that the reins of real power…
-
Prime Minister Modi dilutes India’s resolve to fight terror
Notwithstanding the cliché phraseology – “deep commitment to strengthen the strategic partnership envisaged in the Riyadh Declaration of February 2010” – the joint statement issued at the end of MBS’s state visit…
-
Rafale’s extraordinary ‘Make In India’ deal
The Indian tax payers’ have funded the Rafale deal. The government has executed the deal on behalf of the Indian citizens’ to strengthen India’s national security. Bolstering the capabilities of the Indian…