Month: January 2026

After the assassination of Qasem Soleimani [the head of Iran’s elite Quds military force] under direct orders from the President of the United States in early 2020, I had advocated for a military alliance amonst the BRICS group of nations. In early 2026, with the domestic situation in iran turning unfavourable to the Iranian regime, multiple reports and statements by key people in the US administration openly calling for regime change has called for China and Russia to protect Iranian regime. India is unlikely join this effort against the West and this is expected. My analysis suggesting BRICS militray alliance against the West in an article titled "BRICS must define the scope of the Upcoming War" published in the Indian Defense Review on 11 January, 2020 is available in the given link. By not joining Russia and China as a member of BRICS, India is yet again missing a strategic oppurtunity.…

India’s Strategic Perspective on Venezuela & Iran –        Indian government has taken a very cautionary approach towards the situation in Venezuela following the arrest its President by the United States. There has been no important position taken on this issue by the government officially accept stating that restrain and dialogue must be followed. This stand has come under criticism by many strategic experts in India. Some experts in India believe the US decision to violate Venezuela’s sovereignty and arrest its President and his wife on 02-03 January is a complex decision. Foremostly, it is an attempt by the US administration under Trump to resume a leading role in the drug trade in South America where Venezuela acts as the hub of all major drug transactions. President Maduro had taken over the drug trade which has been traditionally under the direct supervision of the DAE and CIA of the US…