http://jayshah.net This blog will have everything that excites me. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:38:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why the Greeks never came back to India By Rakesh Krishnan                                                                            Alexander invaded India expecting a heroic entry but in the end it turned into a humiliating retreat. If you’ve seen the epic movie Alexander by Oliver Stone, you wouldn’t have missed the noted American director’s commentary at the end where ... http://jayshah.net/archives/193 SummaryThe Afghan Taliban is a group of insurgents who ultimately seek to secure power over Afghanistan, but first they must merely survive as a cohesive entity during the current International Security Assistance Force offensive. Nevertheless, the Taliban is a diffuse entity being pulled in many directions by multiple actors, ... http://jayshah.net/archives/192 Summary Vladislav Surkov, head of one of Russia’s two most powerful political clans and deputy chief of staff to President Dmitri Medvedev, reportedly has plans for a major overhaul of the Russian Interior Ministry. The ministry is one of the cornerstones of power for Igor Sechin, the deputy prime minister and ... http://jayshah.net/archives/191 The founding principle of geopolitics is that place — geography — plays a significant role in determining how nations will behave. If that theory is true, then there ought to be a deep continuity in a nation’s foreign policy. Israel is a laboratory for this theory, since it has existed ... http://jayshah.net/archives/190 The Geopolitics of the Palestinians   Dealing with the geopolitics of a nation without a clearly defined geography is difficult. The geography within which Palestinians currently live is not the area they claim as their own, nor are their current boundaries recognized as legitimate by others. The Palestinians do not have a ... http://jayshah.net/archives/187 Getty ImagesThe German bakery destroyed in a bombing in Pune, IndiaSummary An improvised explosive device exploded at a German bakery in Pune, India, at about 7:30 p.m. local time Feb. 13. While no militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, it bears ... http://jayshah.net/archives/185 KREMLIN WARS: PART 1 Searching for the Minister of Organized Crime Summary STRATFOR sources have indicated that there is a concerted effort under way to oust longtime Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The Kremlin’s two powerful political clans — currently at war with each other — are scrambling to fill the vacancy with one ... http://jayshah.net/archives/184 Summary India’s insurgent-ridden northeastern region has long given foreign powers a gamut of exploitable secessionist movements to use to prevent India from emerging as a major global player. Though India has grown accustomed to the ongoing volatility in its northeastern corridor, growing Islamization in the region — spurred by Pakistan’s Inter-Services ... http://jayshah.net/archives/183 Summary The United States is in the process of sending some 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, and once they have all arrived the American contingent will total nearly 100,000. This will be in addition to some 40,000 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel. The counterinsurgency to which these troops are committed ... http://jayshah.net/archives/182 US, China: Rising Tension Chinese President Hu Jintao (5th L) and U.S. President Barack Obama (4th R) lead their respective delegations at a bilateral talk in Beijing on Nov. 17, 2009 Summary Relations between the United States and China have come under increasing stress during the past year. While many of the issues ... http://jayshah.net/archives/181