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I dunno man, world seems to be changing how it goes about w.r.t Pakistan. (West) Pakistan of the 90s was arguably the high water mark w.r.t India. India was facing forex bankruptcy, the Kashmir high level insurgency had established full flow, N.E insurgencies looking very bad, Khalistan...

Like overall I kind of agree, with certain caveats. Thing is Singapore is a city state with its establishment psyche of the Malaysian (federal) ejection, there is only so much it can do with what its inherited. But then again every country has their specific set of circumstances. I would say...

I suggest you look at the savings rate of Pakistan and start from there....to understand why CPEC is a ponzi scheme (especially what is being prioritized and what is deliberately being excluded by China w.r.t Pakistan's economic structural problems). You can look up and read (at your leisure...

That forum attracts, cultivates an emboldens certain kind of Han supremacist overall (whichever country they happen to be from or in)....so they give only their side and try establish it as full truth. I have seen them ban other reasonable Singaporeans (even Chinese) there for calling it out...

Yes essentially the cold war period was most responsible for the gap India and Indonesia have built up with their LRAS (long run aggregate supply) currently....the theoretical maximum frontier of the economy snapshot. Singapore is lot closer to it in their case, thus you correct it is not easy...

Yes I agree and I can show similar for India and other countries too. The issue is the human capital investing (intensity) during period 1950 - 1990. India did cursory amount of it (relative to population and population growth) due to cold war + socialist ideology (i.e inner markets...

Agree 100%. The larger idea is for Java to replicate Honshu as best it can manage. Jakarta area serve like Kanto and surabaya is like Kansai. You even have volcanoes dotting landscape in interior just the same and the rich fertile flat land marking the coastline area....and other cities in...

Days after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a massive increase in the country’s defense budget, the delivery of another batch of F-35B Lightning fighters is likely to further strengthen the British military. The three new aircraft flew across the Atlantic from the United States to the UK.

Plus they actually mean what they say when it come to offsets: https://defencehub.live/threads/french-navy-to-receive-new-eyes-in-the-sky-from-dassault.3003/#post-26838 The manufacture of the Falcon 2000LXS aircraft in India will mark a major gain for the Indian offsets and Make-in-India...

Like I get that, but given the basic geographic diktat and realpolitik, keep that stuff personal and to yourself if your literally the PM. i.e (when so small and landlocked +history and your occupation/agenda/instability in the area + context etc..): Step 1: keep Russia as happy as can be and...

Yes we air them out and give them coverage (as to their agenda, manner, methods etc) so we can show our people why they are a bad idea, be they the naxalites or other insurgencies. I mean what's next...the PKK exists and thus Turkey is less stable than Pakistan too? You want to open that can of...

Damn this hit me nostalgically about ninja glock:

Dude literally is new kind of incompetent. Why announce that out loud (even if its true)? You are peeving off the country that is literally guaranteeing the peace deal and N-K status w.r.t Armenia....not to mention guaranteeing your own security too in the CSTO mutual defense treaty. There is...

Singapore Changi always hosting a bunch of USN from time to time right now. I don't think its overall a huge change (in Jakarta thinking) Besides it will push China to improve relations in genuine way with Indonesia and not harrass around natuna I feel....because there is literally going to be...

India has no record in modern formation with half its country (in fact near 60% of population) splitting away. Or were the East Pakistanis fighting for the Pakistani state in your analysis? Same goes for BLA, PTM, Taliban factions etc. Or was the action (incl atrocities) by Pakistan military...

@#comcom the guest agrees Perth, Darwin and Singapore are the likeliest candidates for (new) US 1st fleet like I thought before: https://defencehub.live/threads/secnav-braithwaite-calls-for-new-u-s-1st-fleet-near-indian-pacific-oceans.2934/#post-26260