Given its a continent of a country (population, diversity etc... that is still coming together and in process of gaining economic strength and long term rational psyche to pay for such things)....there is large glass half full vs half empty thing going on and which you see more of depends on...
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/india-quick-reaction-surface-to-air-missile-system-tests-drdo-army-8138290/
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army have successfully completed six flight tests of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system...
Lot of underlying trends are good for this decade in India, Vietnam, ASEAN etc....
Total FDI into India per year should hit 100 billion USD soon....and it is good to see more growth in manufacturing side of it increasingly, especially as large supply chains want to move away from China now...
The larger video is worth watching for the underlying strength and economic/energy strategy/impacts.
But some useful takeaways on where (survey) views currently stand:
For the US
1. 53% approve of continuing military support to Ukraine. (22% Against)
2. Even better the trend lines for the...
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives in Delhi as she begins her 4-day visit to India. She will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
He has countered this impression and I have yet to see a re-counter from others (Liberal politicians in aus or other quad leaders/diplomats):
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/former-australian-pm-kevin-rudd-writes-tsg-says-didnt-torpedo-quad
He re-iterates this in the Stratnews...
@Blackbeardsgoldfish (when you are here next) , an interesting interview that does get into some depth about the taiwan situation and how (realist driven) China perceives war in general.
The broader interview topics are also explored quite well.
@AlphaMike
ex-PM Rudd is certainly one of the...
Well by raw capacity on offer (and thus largest buffer to develop and hone expertise and experience), its hard to compete with countries that had the largest head start due to significant economic, "soft power" and even colonial prevalance through the 20th century (since we are now in successive...
Involved deeply in losing half the country and accomplishing the largest surrender of own forces since WW2 in the world.
Very high quality stuff indeed.