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Nov 15 2025 
Japan antagonizes China, Koreas, Russia
Takaichi: the Honeymooner. When will the divorce come?
with gratitude to Julian Macfarlane at News Forensics.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s poll numbers have risen to over 65%. I am not sure whether Takaichi is the Japanese Thatcher— or the Japanese Blair both of whom came into power with great numbers. .
She has already sparked controversy.
One is… Continue reading
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Jul 28 2025 
Why Thailand and Cambodia Are at War in the Heart of ASEAN
what toxic confluence of factors has crystallized into a hot war in the heart of Southeast Asia? It starts with a family feud – involving the Thai Shinawatra and the Cambodian Hun Sen clans
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Fog of war rules. A crack Thai analyst worries about the intersection of so many vectors not making… Continue reading -
Jul 27 2025 
Until Someone Like You Bleeds
…any division within ASEAN benefits the USA, and Uncle Sam loves nothing better than any ally of China to be roughed up.
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
On 7/24/25, just hours after conflict erupted between Cambodia and Thailand, a 24-year-old was assaulted in Chanthaburi, 300 miles from the actual fighting. Employed at… Continue reading
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Jul 26 2025 
Sam Backed Siam Slaps Hun Sen’s Kampuchea
As always, us fleas are squashed when geopolitical mammoths collide.
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
This flareup between Cambodia and Thailand deserves a much closer scrutiny. Before you go to Brian Berletic, Danny Haiphong or, God forbid, Scott Ritter, it’s best you pay the utmost attention to every syllable, pause and mispronunciation… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2025 
Dodging Wars in Departure Lounges
A soulful globe-trotter reports from Vietnam, traveling from Cambodia, of life and timeless imperial pyrotechnics
Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Since I’ve shown an interest in her past, Mrs. Seven, a 63-year-old widow living with two dogs, keeps telling me more. In Hai Phong 40 years ago as part of a performance troupe, she was… Continue reading
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Jun 04 2025 
The Kashmir Triangle: India, Pakistan, and China
Pravin Sawhney of FORCE Magazine clarifies & discloses a number of agreements, undercurrents & commitments which are not commonly discussed.
Six Observations:
India & Pakistan are closest to hot war
How the next hot war will be played out
China has replaced the US as dominant power in South Asia
China can change the status quo… Continue reading -
Jul 11 2024 
India: Bilateral Love; Unipolar Loyalties
Doublethink prevails. Russian Romance remains — military and socioeconomic ties (and plenty of hugs). Hatreds of China and Pakistan are equally nurtured under the tutelage of Brahmin elite and Anglo-Americans
In this episode of “Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney,” Sawhney discusses how Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Russia bolstered bilateral ties but fell short on strategic objectives.
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Jul 05 2024 
Anglo-American webs in SCS, Tibet & Europe
“The Philippines and Europeans are completely prostrate vassals to the United States .. Everybody and NATO and their dead dog is there to hassle and to upset China .. with drive-byes in ships and flyovers..”
US & EU Clash with Russia & China in Explosive Taiwan & Philippines Conflict | Jeff J. Brown
Jeff J. Brown is… Continue reading
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Jun 20 2024 
Modi’s Missteps in Global Diplomacy
USUK opened a new security front for China… on Indian soil. India’s provincial diplomacy remains putty under Anglo-Saxon hands, instrumentalized against the general peace.
In this episode of “Bottom Line with Pravin Sawhney,” Sawhney discusses Prime Minister Modi’s recent foreign affairs mis-steps focusing on interactions with US lawmakers and the Dalai Lama.
The episode also explores how… Continue reading
