People who have zero knowledge on geopolitics will easily be fooled by western propaganda.
For people who want to understand the geopolitics here is a brief primer I had written earlier -
Geopolitics is a game of chess, every move is precipitated by series of events.
The US, as a state policy will not allow any country to become a peer economically or militarily. To maintain hegemony they need to practice economic colonialism. Coercing countries into treaties and agreements that subsidize their economy is their way of doing it. Use an ideology to build a good vs evil narrative, use this narrative to either invade a country, or corner one into security or trade agreements, and that creates an economic feedback loop. As more countries become vassal states network effects develop.
The Great Delusion (2019)
We have seen this play out a few times in the past 2 decades. Iran, Russia, Iraq, Libya, Syria and now they are aiming for China.
Have you thought about why NATO, a military pact against USSR, was continued and expanded after the demise of USSR in late 1991, while the equivalent WTO was disbanded.
Here is an article from 1993 in LA Times.
The Ukraine tragedy was anticipated a long time ago,
an article from Atlantic (1996).
Please read information from academic sources, not the news. Here are a few of videos from John Mearsheimer.
Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? (2015)
The False Promise of Liberal Hegemony (2017)
Ukraine is just the most recent whose people fell for the narrative took a gamble and are paying the price. "Ukraine is a sovereign state and has the right to decide its own future", yes, OK, but what happens when sovereign India decides to buy weapons from sovereign Russia or buys oil from sovereign Iran. Sanctions.
Have you thought about why SWIFT has no viable alternatives despite being a glorified messaging system that can be replaced by WhatsApp.
Why do all international transactions happen in USD and are cleared by the federal reserve?
Democracy has brought a lot of peace and prosperity to the world, but is vulnerable to information warfare. Indian citizens are falling for the same narrative instead of looking out for India's interests and maintaining good relationship with neighboring countries.
In geopolitics proximity matters.
A narrative is being built about China which is isolating India in the region. (
Has China Won?)
Make no mistake, we too face this threat -
* Increasingly isolated Russia will depend on China for decades, expanding their sphere of influence. (refer length of sanctions on Iran, Cuba)
* After Russia when China is cornered by the west they will lash out at countries they see as a regional threat, first on that list, India.
Even if none of this happens, some day by sheer size of our population as India progresses we will become an economic rival to the US, at 1/3 their per capita income. What happens then?
(I may be wrong, happy to learn.)
