Nov 29, 2021Liked by Claire Berlinski, Vivek Y. Kelkar
"Few in the West could find the Pakistani province of Balochistan on a map." Come on, man! That's what Google is for. I've never heard of it, and when I first saw the headline I thought "What is balochristian? Something to do with Charlemagne? :-)
Nov 29, 2021Liked by Claire Berlinski, Vivek Y. Kelkar
Another brilliant and informative essay from Mr. Kelkar just as we’ve come to expect from him. But I do have one question. He says,
“But another battlefront on the borderlands of South and Central Asia, and indeed Iran, is something the world could do without.”
I might be missing something, but isn’t this an imbroglio that we should be celebrating if not joining India in doing what we can to exacerbate?
How many geopolitical hotspots offer a confluence of events that allow the West to stick it to two of our biggest adversaries (China and Iran) at such low cost?
A destabilized Iran in particular is in American interests. Hopefully we are covertly supplying whatever aid and support we can provide to both Pakistan’s and Iran’s Baluch separatists just as we are hopefully supporting the Separatist aspirations of Iran’s Azerbaijani population which were surely reenergized by Azerbaijan’s defeat of Armenia.
As for China, aren’t they merely imperialists in exactly the same way that Britain, Russia and the Ottomans once were?
Instability in Baluchistan seems like great news; no? Why is this a conflict that Mr. Kelkar would be better off without?
India for one doesn’t need more fauda at her borders. Look how encouraging it in Kashmir and Afghanistan has worked for Pakistan. But it may be hard to resist in the short term.
Claire, I’m not sure why you think trouble in Baluchistan will add to the supply chain problem or inflation. Turmoil in Iran won’t result in supply chain issues because Iran contributes little or nothing to the global supply chain. The only small contribution Iran makes is oil and just about the only nation purchasing Iranian oil is China.
As for China itself, any setbacks to its imperial ambitions In Baluchistan are hardly likely to impact its ability to supply product to the world.
As for inflation, as always its mostly caused by too much money chasing too few goods. Yes, the supply chain issues are negatively impacting the goods available in the marketplace but the real problem is a remarkably expansive monetary policy superimposed (at least in the United States) on a remarkably expansive fiscal policy.
Any problems Pakistan is experiencing in Baluchistan should be celebrated in India, the United States and the West in general precisely because of the fact that these problems are a headache for Pakistan, China and Iran.
Any major trouble in Balochistan could destabilize the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and the Strait of Hormuz. If China does get ultimate control of Gwadar, it could control key choke points. If the Pakistani government loses control of Balochistan to extreme elements, the whole region including Iran could be affected. There's more at play here than immediately visible. My article didn't cover Iran's problems in the region adequately.
Nov 29, 2021Liked by Claire Berlinski, Vivek Y. Kelkar
The author is correct in that I had no knowledge of this province and the issues revolving around it. Is there any area of the world that is not in turmoil and conflict?
I will be interested in following developments in this area, but will anyone report on them in western media other than the Cosmopolitan Globalist? I suspect not.
If the Western media did a good job of reporting on things like this we'd have no *raison d'être,* I suppose. But it's true that you won't find a word about this in the US press, isn't it?
"Few in the West could find the Pakistani province of Balochistan on a map." Come on, man! That's what Google is for. I've never heard of it, and when I first saw the headline I thought "What is balochristian? Something to do with Charlemagne? :-)
Another brilliant and informative essay from Mr. Kelkar just as we’ve come to expect from him. But I do have one question. He says,
“But another battlefront on the borderlands of South and Central Asia, and indeed Iran, is something the world could do without.”
I might be missing something, but isn’t this an imbroglio that we should be celebrating if not joining India in doing what we can to exacerbate?
How many geopolitical hotspots offer a confluence of events that allow the West to stick it to two of our biggest adversaries (China and Iran) at such low cost?
A destabilized Iran in particular is in American interests. Hopefully we are covertly supplying whatever aid and support we can provide to both Pakistan’s and Iran’s Baluch separatists just as we are hopefully supporting the Separatist aspirations of Iran’s Azerbaijani population which were surely reenergized by Azerbaijan’s defeat of Armenia.
As for China, aren’t they merely imperialists in exactly the same way that Britain, Russia and the Ottomans once were?
Instability in Baluchistan seems like great news; no? Why is this a conflict that Mr. Kelkar would be better off without?
India for one doesn’t need more fauda at her borders. Look how encouraging it in Kashmir and Afghanistan has worked for Pakistan. But it may be hard to resist in the short term.
Are you enjoying the supply chain crisis and the inflation?
Claire, I’m not sure why you think trouble in Baluchistan will add to the supply chain problem or inflation. Turmoil in Iran won’t result in supply chain issues because Iran contributes little or nothing to the global supply chain. The only small contribution Iran makes is oil and just about the only nation purchasing Iranian oil is China.
As for China itself, any setbacks to its imperial ambitions In Baluchistan are hardly likely to impact its ability to supply product to the world.
As for inflation, as always its mostly caused by too much money chasing too few goods. Yes, the supply chain issues are negatively impacting the goods available in the marketplace but the real problem is a remarkably expansive monetary policy superimposed (at least in the United States) on a remarkably expansive fiscal policy.
Any problems Pakistan is experiencing in Baluchistan should be celebrated in India, the United States and the West in general precisely because of the fact that these problems are a headache for Pakistan, China and Iran.
It’s a bit of good news for a change.
Any major trouble in Balochistan could destabilize the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and the Strait of Hormuz. If China does get ultimate control of Gwadar, it could control key choke points. If the Pakistani government loses control of Balochistan to extreme elements, the whole region including Iran could be affected. There's more at play here than immediately visible. My article didn't cover Iran's problems in the region adequately.
The author is correct in that I had no knowledge of this province and the issues revolving around it. Is there any area of the world that is not in turmoil and conflict?
I will be interested in following developments in this area, but will anyone report on them in western media other than the Cosmopolitan Globalist? I suspect not.
Keep this information coming.
If the Western media did a good job of reporting on things like this we'd have no *raison d'être,* I suppose. But it's true that you won't find a word about this in the US press, isn't it?