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Geopolitics • Strategic Affairs • Fact-based Analysis | Building Viksit Bharat 🇮🇳 | Jai Hind 🚀
Bengaluru, India
Joined January 2012
Today is Dattatreya Jayanti, celebrating the "Adi Guru" (First Teacher). 🕉️🙏 Imagine a Guru so humble that He claimed to have learned wisdom not just from sages, but from 24 elements of nature-including the earth, the wind, a python, and even a spider. Here is a thread on the
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President Trump’s January 2026 Davos address has provided Moscow with a strategic masterclass in transatlantic friction, as the Kremlin pivots between "gleeful" observation and long-term Arctic anxiety. During his speech on January 21, 2026, the President framed his demand for
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐝 Russia reacted to Donald Trump's Greenland push with a mix of gloating and caution, seeing NATO divisions and a Ukraine distraction, while quietly worrying about
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov just shut down speculation on January 20, 2026—stating flatly that Moscow and Beijing have "no plans to 'seize' Greenland," and Washington is fully aware of this fact. TASS posted the statement: Lavrov's remarks come amid Trump's
Russia and China have no plans to "seize" Greenland, and Washington is well aware of this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said: https://t.co/AXlgyLOPH2
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Kurdish forces in Syria accuse Turkey of launching drone strikes on Hasaka city January 19-20, 2026—claiming civilian areas hit, casualties reported—while Ankara flat-out denies involvement, calling it baseless propaganda. SDF-linked sources say Turkish drones targeted positions
Kurdish forces say Turkish drones hit Syria's Hasaka city; Turkey denies it https://t.co/jnWM288qYA
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India's strategic defense pact with UAE on January 19, 2026, isn't "choosing sides" in a UAE-Saudi fight—it's smart hedging in a Gulf where Saudi already locked arms with Pakistan and Turkey, per Abhijit Iyer-Mitra's post quoting Sidhant Sibal's breaking news on the Foreign
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Trump's Greenland threats just escalated to 25% tariffs from June 2026—on top of the initial 10% starting February 1—unless Denmark cedes the Arctic territory, per IndiaToday's January 19, 2026, segment on #IndiaFirst. The video clip features David Willey (@DavidinRome) and
Trump Vs Europe over Greenland: US President Donald Trump threatens 25% from June. Will EU impose retaliatory tariffs? David Willey (@DavidinRome) and security expert Ray Locker (@rlocker12) discuss it on #IndiaFirst with @GauravCSawant.
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Trump's Greenland ultimatum is torching NATO faster than any Russian move ever could: 10% tariffs slamming eight European allies starting February 1, 2026—escalating to 25% by June 1—unless Denmark hands over the Arctic giant. Trump's Truth Social blast January 17, 2026 laid it
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# X Post: The Greenland Resource War When 10% tariffs are weaponized against allies to force a land sale, the post-1945 alliance structure isn't just cracking—it is being liquidated. The January 12 introduction of the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act by Representative
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When mosque loudspeakers broadcast "Ralive, Tsalive, Ya Galive" across the Valley in January 1990, an ancient community faced an ultimatum: convert, leave, or die. Between January and March 1990, 90,000 to 100,000 Kashmiri Pandits—roughly 95% of the estimated 120,000–140,000
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Khamenei admits several thousand killed in his own January 17 speech, yet still calls the uprising foreign-backed sedition. The regime held the line at hundreds dead for weeks. Now Supreme Leader concedes thousands in Tehran while HRANA verifies 3,308 protester deaths with 4,382
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The article linked by ThePrintIndia on January 17, 2026 slices directly into the competing explanations for Iran's ongoing unrest with clinical precision. The piece contrasts two stark narratives: Tehran's official line that frames the demonstrations as a foreign-orchestrated
Foreign plot or nationwide protests? 2 narratives of Iran unrest https://t.co/7h2ZoLzacw
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US forces executed another bold seizure in the Caribbean on January 15, 2026, boarding and capturing the Venezuelan-flagged oil tanker Veronica from the shadow fleet evading sanctions, with dramatic helicopter footage showing the operation in full swing. Mario Nawfal's post
🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 U.S. MILITARY SNAGS ANOTHER OIL TANKER IN CARIBBEAN WATERS The U.S. military pulled off another high-seas grab, seizing the oil tanker "Veronica" in the Caribbean, a Venezuelan shadow fleet dodging sanctions. The footage shows choppers hovering over the ship like
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Day 18 of Iran's blackout hell. Internet gone since Jan 8. Hospitals overflowing. Bodies piling up in morgues. HRANA just updated: at least 2,571 dead (2,403 protesters, including kids). Over 18,000 arrested. Regime calls them "terrorists" while Trump says "help is on its
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When Germany's Foreign Minister declares more consensus than disagreement with the United States while simultaneously stating that Denmark alone will decide Greenland's sovereignty after Trump threatens military force to acquire the territory, the diplomatic language reveals
German Foreign Minister Wadephul says there is more consensus than disagreement with the US https://t.co/YtOkJWXOqz
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The 2026 geopolitical landscape is defined by three dominant themes: state interventionism, resource scarcity, and regional realignment—each reshaping how major powers like the U.S. and China navigate global tensions. 1. New Rules and Norms: State Interventionism Rises
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https://t.co/U1GBPvWzfr When the United States threatens to use military force to acquire sovereign territory of a NATO ally because of hypothetical future threats from China or Russia, the doctrine being announced is preemptive territorial seizure based on preventing
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https://t.co/laDJhYaNpm Norway has pledged $400 million in emergency aid to Ukraine, with a specific focus on rebuilding and stabilizing the energy sector, which has been heavily targeted by Russian attacks. This funding, announced on January 12, 2026, is part of Norway’s
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China controls the future of technology through mineral dominance. Gallium 94%, Rare Earth Elements 90%, Graphite 90%, Battery-grade Manganese 85%, Germanium 83%, Cobalt 75%, Lithium 60%. This is not just economic leverage. This is strategic control over AI, semiconductors,
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https://t.co/BriII3ySNO The streets of Karaj have transformed into a battlefield where ordinary citizens are rewriting the rules of resistance against a crumbling regime. Footage captured on January 11, 2026 shows a group of determined protesters swiftly surrounding and
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Viksit Bharat demands more than aspirational rhetoric. It demands uncomfortable choices about capability over comfort. Because when the global order fragments, only those with hard power and technological sovereignty will shape what replaces it. Jai Hind. 🇮🇳 @narendramodi
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The choice is binary. Either India develops indigenous capability in AI, semiconductors, critical minerals processing, and advanced manufacturing at scale. Or we become strategically dependent on powers whose interests diverge from ours.
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