Game changer?

 

I´m not an expert on agent warfare, but could this be a game changer of some kind? Why would India, a power supposedly much weaker than the United States, send its agents to kill Sikh separatists on US territory? Especially since India (at least with the BJP in power) is also an on-off regional ally to the same United States? Note also that the US apparently couldn´t shield its ally Canada from rather furious Indian reactions during a similar case this summer. 

How weak *is* the US exactly? 

And what will come next: Israelis gunning down pro-Hamas activists, Turkey bombing Gülen meetings, Ethiopia poisoning dissidents, all on American soil? 

FBI thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist in the United States

Visa crisis

 

A brief comment on the recent conflict between Canada and India. From cult-buster and great lover of India Henri Jolicoeur. The Canadian government recently accused India´s secret service of murdering a Sikh dissident resident in Canada. Apparently, India isn´t amused and is now refusing to issue visas to Canadians! See also CNN´s article below.  

Canada and India in unprecedented diplomatic row 

In the land of the pure

Credit: Ian Kirby 

I admit that I know next to nothing about this issue, and its probably connected to all kinds of other topics. For instance, the recent geopolitical pivot of India towards Russia. Still, it does sound...very extreme! 

So Canada suspect the Indian secret service of having assassinated a prominent Sikh dissident on Canadian soil?! I mean, wtf...

India expels Canadian diplomat, etc

None dare call it geopolitics

I assumed RT had been blocked? The Putinista news outfit has some fun with Australia´s supposed "invasion threats" against the Solomon Islands, which recently signed a security pact with China. The idea of Chinese military bases close to Australian territory is intolerable to Canberra. A bit like Ukraine joining NATO is intolerable to Russia, perhaps? At least, that seems to be RT´s implication. 

Always a bit awkward when two great power alliances poke a finger at each other. See also: Donbass versus Kosovo. Or Donbass versus Chechnya. 

But sure, maybe Oz really should invade the Solomon Islands... 

Australia reacts to "invasion" threat claim

Australia accused of double standards

Halvledare

Upptrappning mellan Kina och Taiwan? Det där med halvledarna har jag bloggat om tidigare. Kina bygger medvetet upp sin kapacitet för högkvalitativa halvledare, men det sägs att fabrikerna inte kan vara i ordentlig drift förrän om tio år eller så. 

Vad händer om Kina anfaller Taiwan innan dess *och taiwaneserna spränger skiten i luften*? Då kommer världsekonomin att få stora problem, även om alla snällt köper halvledare från Kina istället (d.v.s. den mindre kvalitativa versionen). Alldeles bortsett från alla andra negativa följdverkningar, regionala och globala. 

Såvida inte Japan och Indien helt enkelt kapitulerar för Kina, vilket verkar betydligt mindre troligt...   

Taiwan kan bli nästa slagfält mellan Kina och USA

Maybe Milley should call China again? LOL

Maybe General Milley should call his good friend Xi again? And oh, France just recalled its ambassador from the United States because of the submarine deal. Now, imagine if Trump had done all these things...

United States forms Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia

France recalls its ambassador from the US