Strategic Analyst

https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/americas-greatest-spy-dmitri-polyakov-was-not-an-american/ America’s Greatest Spy Dmitri Polyakov, was not an American By JK Verma New Delhi. 15 March 2024. Major General Dmitri Polyakov who was a collector of shot guns and worked as one of an uppermost officer in GRU the Soviet military intelligence organisation, provided treasure of classified information to its rival Central Investigation Agency (CIA) of United States of America. He supplied information based on documents about rising differences between Russia and China. In 1972 President Nixon used this vital information while establishing contact with China. He gave names of few U.S. military officers who were working for the then Soviet Union. He also provided technical data of Soviet- manufactured anti-tank missiles which were very useful for U.S. forces when they invaded Iraq in 1991. U.S. forces knowing the technical details of Russian weapons supplied to Iraq planned the operation...

https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/franchise-democratic-rights-to-dominate-2024-geopolitics-globally/ Franchise & democratic rights to dominate 2024 geopolitics globally By Jai Kumar Verma New Delhi. 16 January 2024. The year 2024 dawned to the world set to see 12 months of elections, with about 60 countries to go to polls. 27 countries in the European Union, 18 in Africa, 17 in Asia, 5 in North America, 4 in Oceania and 2 in South America will see the ballot taking the forefront to change the political scenario world wide. The three largest democracies United States, India and Indonesia are all in their election year and more than two billion people would cast their votes. In India general election should be scheduled for April/May 2024 while on 5 November U.S. citizens will elect their 60th president. Both the warring nations Russia & Ukraine and Indian origin led U.K. too will give their citizens right to elect their new governments. India’s neighbour Bangladesh h...

https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/strategic-ambiguity-returns-taiwan-for-hormuz-the-hidden-bargain-behind-trumps-beijing-visit/ Strategic Ambiguity Returns: Taiwan for Hormuz? The Hidden Bargain Behind Trump’s Beijing Visit Hits 279 President Donald J. Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok) By Jai Kumar Verma New Delhi. 19 June 2026. The return of Donald Trump to high-stakes diplomacy has revived an older and deeply consequential doctrine in American foreign policy: strategic ambiguity. Trump’s current Beijing visit comes at a moment when the United States is simultaneously confronting instability in the Gulf, rising energy insecurity, economic pressures at home, and intensifying great-power competition with China. Against this backdrop, a provocative question has begun circulating across dip...