Episode 267 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the SUPERCHAT, and I shall answer them. - - - - - - - - - - - - -For business/collaboration, email at [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - -OUTLINE BY RAMALAKSHMI VV:0:00 Countdown & Intro Music 1:15 Introduction 4:14 Khalistan-Bangladesh-India-Pakistan conflicts: coordinated anti-India activities? 7:54 Western education system as geopolitical tool to maintain mediocrity & brain drain 13:44 How vassals regain sovereignty (examples) 16:06 India's naval superpower potential given geographical advantages 22:16 Azerbaijan-Pakistan support & South Asian conflicts 24:50 US plans against Khamenei 25:38 Russia-Ukraine war sustainability & ammunition concerns 27:03 Western bias: Gaza ignored vs Iran condemned 27:30 Singapore's sovereignty limitations 28:13 Hypothetical Israel-Pakistan war without US interference 29:45 France quasi-independence; Sweden's status 31:30 US Supreme Court ruling impact on Trump agenda 33:52 WW3 scenario: US/NATO vs Russia/China/Iran/NK - India's neutrality prospects 37:44 NPT implications & India's non-participation 39:52 Putin & Xi BRICS attendance doubts 41:56 India-China military parity timeline (AI, semiconductors, jets, submarines) 44:40 Israel controls US but uses F-35 over F-22 45:26 India's biggest non-superpower threats 47:23 Khamenei's role in India's Chabahar port strategy & Israel conflict 50:11 US vassalization methods & India's resistance 53:13 AMCA/MRFA prospects vs other 5th generation fighters 54:20 Plaza Accord's role in Japan's lost decades 55:29 Ukraine trapped in new lend-lease arrangement 56:25 Akhand Bharat strategy for 100 years 57:39 Space attack focus over 6th-gen air superiority 59:49 Israel-Trump Nobel Peace Prize tensions 1:01:02 Turkey's drone & 5th-gen aircraft development 1:03:06 China-Taiwan conflict opportunity for Aksai Chin action 1:06:10 Russia's slow conventional war strategy 1:08:13 Russia-Ukraine as US distraction from Iran 1:10:38 PM's diplomatic visits & expected dividends 1:13:28 Dealing with destabilized Pakistan 1:15:20 India's rare earth potential & Lithium discoveries in J&K 1:18:16 Building deep intelligence networks using cultural diversity 1:19:56 Elimination of Bharat loyalists: Bhagat Singh to ISRO scientists; Modi's position 1:22:26 Mandatory IIT R&D participation like US/China 1:26:36 Aksai Chin population's allegiance to India 1:28:20 War's necessity for US economy & dollar maintenance 1:33:06 Strategy to make India-China allies in 5 years 1:34:39 India's global power projection without vassalization 1:36:48 Israel's power over US explained 1:38:03 US weaponizing Nvidia/OpenAI access against nations 1:39:36 Putin arrest possibilities 1:40:39 Democracy vs dictatorship advantages 1:42:59 Russia's tech stagnation since USSR dissolution 1:44:36 Air dominance over Pakistan: aircraft, budget, timeline needed 1:45:57 India as China rival at 1/2 or 2/3 GDP ratio 1:46:51 WW3 likelihood assessment 1:48:26 Protecting land & marine chokepoints 1:50:15 US interest in Iran nuclear rollback vs regime change 1:51:07 India's economic fallback if US weaponizes IT sector dependence 1:55:04 Iraq's 1970s collapse: dictatorship, wars, or foreign interference 1:56:52 India-China rivalry threshold discussion 1:58:41 RIC (Russia-India-China) assessment 1:59:29 India-North Korea relations developments 2:00:31 China's economic miracle story & threat emergence 2:02:37 India's vassals question 2:02:50 Conclusion & Thanks