I'll begin with a question because I know most students like questions and I'm also going to give you the answer because I know students like that better. So what is the common thread that runs through these diverse activities. Gathering a group of 30,000 people in a sports stadium for a VVIP interaction.Getting a group of Indian fishermen who have been fishing unlicensed in foreign waters released from detention. Getting access to vaccines for Indian nationals during the world's worst pandemic. engaging in ...

Ray Dalio’s observations on Anglo decline seem overstated, perhaps bc he speaks from within that perspective. He is obviously right about the UK, but to even discuss the UK and US in one breath is archaic. In Beijing itself, the currently fashionable theory appears to be the G7 -> G2 power architecture transition, which is to say that two complementary superpowers decide everything.After this period of posturing ends, the relationship likely settles back to core cooperation on shared interests. Tariffs func ...

Influence & Operations - The report suggests the CIA infiltrated media and embedded themselves inside universities [1] - The report indicates universities became soft power factories through grants, think tanks, and covert partnerships [1]