No matter how suddenly this might have come, there is a state that may benefit the most from it, India 🇮🇳.
•Firstly, India may welcome the formation of AUKUS, as a stable, long-term US commitment to counter China in the region.
Sep 21, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
How was the AUKUS announcement perceived on the international stage ?
The recent announcement of a new Anglosphere-minded collective security pact in Asia-Pacific between the US🇺🇸, the UK🇬🇧 and Australia🇦🇺, labeled as AUKUS.
#Thread #AUKUS #NuclearSubmarines #EuropeanUnion
The decision from Washington to equip the Australian submarine fleet with American nuclear technology, made waves not only in Asia, but Europe as well.
Sep 9, 2021 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Will the Mekong River Region become the newest theater of US-China Rivalry ?
The Mekong River Basin of Southeast Asia could
become the new regional theater of the geopolitical
confrontation between China 🇨🇳 and the US🇺🇸 .
#Thread #MekongRiver #China #SouthChinaSea #USA
Projecting the riverine states, Myanmar🇲🇲, Thailand🇹🇭,
Laos🇱🇦, Vietnam🇻🇳 and Cambodia🇰🇭 directly in the
middle of the conflict between the two superpowers.
Aug 21, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Will Afghanistan once again
become a safe haven for regional terrorism ?
There are two reasons why the Taliban's claim that Afghanistan🇦🇫 now will be different from the one over 20 years ago could be, if not fully, at least partially reasonable.
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Firstly, the Taliban is unwilling to follow the same mistakes they did
during their first rule (1996-2001), when close relations with al-Qaeda and its hosting on Afghan territory led to the launch of 9/11 terrorist operations followed by the US invasion of Afghanistan.
Aug 19, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Why should India be concerned
about a Taliban regime in Kabul ?
After the capture of Kabul by the Taliban, no regional power is more concerned about the prospect of insurgents forming the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan than India 🇮🇳.
#THREAD 👇
Anxieties in New Delhi over the fate of India's regional strategic interests and threats over its national security for the time being are unfolding on two fronts.
Aug 18, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Silent Support of Pakistan to Taliban.
How did Pakistan come to support the Taliban ?
When the Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has left ? The country, the proclamation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban was nothing but a certainty.
#THREAD 👇
If the Biden administration should be seriously blamed for something, then it should not be the rapid American withdrawal without a strategy to succeed the security
vacuum left behind, but rather the way Washington looked in the other direction....
Aug 16, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Inputs from my side into Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Situation.
