Delusional Modi: Why Modi's Leadership Claims Ring Hollow! Geopolitical Trends

Hello everybody and welcome to Geopolitical Trends, where truth matters. Excited to be with you as always. I'm your host, Dr. Oualaalou. Uh, today I will be talking to you about the hollow leadership of the Prime Minister of India. It's not a laughing matter. It's the idea of really putting on the table exactly where the shortcomings of the Indian Prime Minister's foreign policy, if there is one to begin with. So because a lot of hype's coming out of New Delhi as to the global role India plays into— there is none of that. It's nothing but an illusion. And this is what I'm going to be providing you my own analysis about today. Before I'll do this, I want to say hi to our wonderful community, as always, uh, who is here. Willie Holm, and as always, good to see you from West Memphis. Say It Like It Is, good to see you. And hello to you, Muhammad Mazhardin, as always. Hi, Dr. O, wonderful community. Good to see you, Mazhardin. Sucker 088, good to see you. Uh, who else is Taiwan Still? As always, good to see you. Liang Truth Seeker, as always, good to see you here. And Athene Wu, good to see you as always. Hong Wong, Good to see you. And Dave H, good to see you here. So, all right, let me get in into our conversation here. Before I'll do this, I want to talk to you about some housekeeping items, just especially for my, uh, the channel members, uh, and the Buy Me Coffee members. Also remember to join me for the live Q&A tomorrow at 1900 hours, and this is exclusive exclusive for the members. And so I'm gonna be talking about the global security and geopolitical landscape, providing you some insights. Then I'll take questions from the members and I will answer most of, if not all of them. So I look forward to that conversation tomorrow at 19:00 hours. So the other thing is, uh, I don't know whether some of you know or not, I officially launched the funding campaign for my upcoming Asia trip for 2026. So I'm gonna put the link in the chat box for those who wants to support, uh, this, uh, or support this upcoming Asia trip. I will be saying more detail about it as to, uh, the location— not the locations, but what I intend to do, because I want to particularly take care of one particular issue that has been reported here in the West, and it has nothing to do with the truth as to what is going on on the ground. So I want to travel physically over there and report to you from the ground. So I will be providing more insights as to the time frame when I plan on heading out to Asia there. So, and thank you very much already for those who already bought me many cups of teas in support of the Asia trip. So I look forward to that. I have two headlines for you. The first one is from Australia. Of course, you all know what happened yesterday, or the day before that, is the Australian attack. And here is where the problem with that is that the attacker was not a Muslim as many have anticipated. It turned out to be a citizen of India. As a matter of fact, this morning the investigation inside India confirmed that the assailer was from India. So India reveals the nationality of the perpetrator, and Sydney confirmed the attackers, two of them, son— father and son, were trained in the Philippines. So this is what India police announced this morning. Uh, the perpetrator's name is Sajid Akram. One of the perpetrators of the Bondi Beach attack in Australia is indeed an Indian citizen who left the country 27 years ago. While Australian media reported that the perpetrators, perpetrators traveled to the Philippines a month before the operation to receive military training. It is disturbing, uh, to say the least. Doesn't matter if he is Indian or not, a behavior like that, you know, you don't go on a shooting rampant just because, whatever. So, but anyway, that's what makes it now very concerning, and it's gonna be now the more investigations tying into what's going on. In the southern Philippines and how an Indian— Indian citizens end up being there. So, uh, second headline I want to share with you has to do with, believe it or not, China and Japan. This time the tensions are at the UN Security Council. So the picture you're looking at is the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Mr. Fu Cong. And what this has to do— and by the way, that picture was from August 28th during deliberations from the Chinese regarding the, the what was taking place at the time, uh, with the genocide in Gaza. So, but this one here has to do with Japan and China have now escalated their war, their war of words at the United Nations following unprecedented remark by the Japanese Prime Minister, uh, Sanae, uh, Takaishi. Which you all know about Tokyo's role in a potential Taiwan conflict. And now the fallout continues after Japanese Prime Minister used a sort of term of force, because basically what she's saying is, oh, we reserve the right to use force against the Chinese if Taiwan should come under attack from China. So that's— of course, I already did a video for you. I'm not going to beat the dead horse on that, but you all know that means now where this is going as far as China's really taking on now on the Japanese— on the UN Security Council. So, all right, let's get into our analysis. What I'm going to be talking about today, my analysis, and again, those are my opinions, the way I see it. The way I'm gonna be addressing this particular issue about the hollow leadership of Modi, of Prime Minister Modi. So the bottom line to this is that Modi now faces his worst foreign policy crisis since taking office in 2014. We're not even gonna be talking about the economic successes because there's none. You look at where average Indian citizens still live in a slum and so forth. That just tells you, gives you an idea. So for almost a decade plus, 2014, and we are almost in 2026, what has Modi achieved for India? It's logical question we have to ask, and we can't be too emotional about, well, you know, no, no, no, no. We're going to say it straightforward. That was the whole reason why I wanted to do this live stream because I've been reading what's coming out of New Delhi as far as what the media is saying regarding India's role on the global stage. What role does India have on global stage? None. So, because when you look at, for example, India's military conflict with Pakistan that took place in May 2025, it exposed the diplomatic isolation India is. And of course, at that time, the US was remaining neutral rather than supporting New Delhi. And I'm going to tell you in my analysis where this failure of India now is being exposed on a much larger scale. Simultaneously, when you consider Modi's signature, and you know what his signature is? "Neighbourhood first," in quote. So, And this policy, in my opinion, as one who's observing from outside in, has collapsed. Regional relationships have deteriorated. And for one reason, because nobody trusts India. It says one thing and does another. And of course, India's claim of leadership of the Global South has been undermined by contradictory policies. Especially when India went ahead and support Israel over Palestine causes. So, and as I said, we're not even gonna be talking economics here. So the trade tensions with the US now, of course, combined with the failed multilateral cooperation as part of India, reveals that now New Delhi strategy of this so-called strategic autonomy It's an illusion for one reason, and that reason is because India lacks the resources and the partnership to sustain this particular strategy. So, and meanwhile, and I'm gonna be sharing with you my own analysis, the current trip of Modi to Amman, I'm sorry, that's the capital of Jordan, and United Arab Emirates. Which appears to be nothing but cosmetic of a deeper structural failure in the Modi's administration. So if you are an Indian watching this, don't get upset on what— because of what I'm saying, because what I'm saying are facts. And I know some, because I read comments, some gets nasty in their comments regarding how much I do not like India and all that, which has nothing to do with the reality. I am providing facts here. Unless you don't have the stomach to listen to it, that's your issue, not mine. So we're going to ask the basic question: why is Modi facing his worst foreign policy crisis in 2025? Mind you that India, like my friend Jayant Bahndari has always said, What foreign policy are we talking about? There's none for India. And by the way, there is a term that is known, Modi Islam. And again, guys, please refrain from any negative. We're just providing facts here. And of course, what the Indian government is saying is that this term is only used by critics. No, it's not. It's the fact. Because some of them, they argue that it's a combination of recent political setbacks, ongoing economic challenges, and diplomatic strain that Prime Minister Modi's government is facing. Well, those are the facts. So why will we say that this is only used by critics when you look at the economic conditions inside India itself? And that's why I don't understand for any pragmatic entity, be it an international corporation, be it whatever, for it to go and invest inside India. The infrastructure is not there. The political stability is not there. The ethnic tensions are raging. And the poverty level is concerning. So for decades now, you have— what you have, you have in New Delhi promoting this image of, oh, India is the world teacher. There is, there is a term that is used in India known as Vishwaguru. And what they're saying is that India is skillfully displaying some sort of a delicate balance between competing global powers, okay, on one hand, and presenting itself as a champion of the interests of the Global South. Well, hold on a second to those who are in support of something like this, which is an illusion to begin with. The guiding principle behind these moves is what they called in India the strategic independence. Because what they are thinking in terms of the ability to engage with all parties without becoming beholden to any of them. And yet what this year showed and demonstrated, it showed the starkly revealing the limitation of this particular approach by India. So what was once sort of lauded as a diplomatic finesse, shrewdness, is now viewed by many world capitals from London to Washington and Brussels to Berlin and Paris to Beijing. All of them, they seeing this as really India dug a hole for itself in so-called isolationism. And this why this year, 2025, as we coming closer to, to the end of this year, is considered one of the worst, politically speaking, for Modi since he came to power in 2014. So I'm going to be listing with you some key crisis that defined this failure Openly, we'll start with India-Pakistan conflict, of course. And again, I'm not detailing what happened. I'm gonna go directly into my own analysis pertaining to not the detail of the incidents of the conflicts, which you all know. What you need to understand is that when India launched this so-called Operation Sindoor, so intensifying the conflict with the with missile strikes on 3 Pakistani air bases on May 10th, 2025, which prompted Pakistan to initiate Operation Banyunan al-Marsur, which with that led to the most intense military exchange between the 2 nuclear rivals in a decade and end up, of course, with the defeat of India. Because Pakistan was able to shut down 6 fighter jets. So you think about also another issue here has to do with the low, uh, uh, sort of low support or even a loss of the Western support to India. Unlike previous crisis, what India— what Modi— Modi found himself diplomatically isolated. Think about it. In the conflict between India and Pakistan, the US remained neutral. Only, well, we called for restraints and so forth and diplomacy, of course, which is a significant departure from Washington's historical alignment with New Delhi. And this is why sort of when Trump took that opportunity to claim that he's the one who ended the war, uh, uh, because India and Pakistan agreed to ceasefire and the US brokered the talks. No, no, no, it was because India realized if they continue fighting Pakistan, it will, it will suffer even further devastation. That is the reason why. However, it was no official announcements from the Indian government regarding what Trump said. And this is where you realize for a sort of, because this, you have to think about it this way, because the Indian government didn't say anything. And what Trump said, I'm the one who ended the war, the conflicts between Pakistan and India, this in itself, what it suggests is undermine the sovereignty of India itself. Then you have another element of this particular analysis. You have the collapse of the Western illusion. What do I mean by this? You think about it, perhaps the most serious rift of the 2025 was the rapid cooling of relations between New Delhi and Washington, because for years 40 years Washington intentionally has turned a blind eye. Yeah, you hear me. We have turned a blind eye to democratic backsliding and protectionist economic policies and the atrocities Indian government were committing and still committing against minorities, especially the Christians and the Muslims minorities. So why? Because the reason we turned a blind eye, because we were counting that India will serve as a counterweight against China. Yeah, we were dreaming about that because India will stand no chance against China. I'm not talking military here because that's another issue too. I'm talking about economics here. So, but this bad? This bet by the US has backfired, especially for India also, in light of this year's geopolitical realities. So, and this is why when Donald Trump came back to power, he sort of stripped relations of the usual diplomatic niceties, the imposition of hefty tariffs on Indian goods. And this, of course, in retaliation for India's digital services taxes and protectionist barriers. And that in itself dealt some sort of a severe blow to the Indian economy. Of course, Modi's government is not going to admit that. And that is where you also add to the big picture the US trade tensions. So Trump imposed, as I said, hefty tariffs on Indian goods in retaliation for that. And this is where you're seeing— and there is one major issue to all this, and this has to do with the diplomatic fallout. And what is that? Because India has always been viewed as a strategic ally for Washington, but now Washington is renewing that engagement with Pakistan, not with India. And this is why you have India leaning more to depend on Russian energy purchases. Another major point, it has to do with India's global sort of contradictions, how India positioned itself on a global stage. But with contradictions. India self-appointed the role as the voice of Global South. When I heard that the first time, which was few years ago, by the way, didn't happen this year, I was just shaking my head. That was a year and a half ago when India made the announcement. I was just shaking my head. It's because India has always faced the credibility issue, a credibility crisis, if I may use the term. And the reason why, because of its many alignments, okay? And that has tilted, especially for one which has tilted more towards Israel and the West. And that in itself putting India at odds with the Arab and African nations he claimed to lead. This is why you're seeing Modi's going, went to Jordan and United Arab Emirates. And I think he went to Ethiopia also. Irrelevant countries, sorry to say it, on a global stage. So I know we'll talk about Jordan and United Arab Emirates in a second. So these developments exposed the vulnerabilities in Modi's strategy. That's why he doesn't have strategy. This so-called strategic autonomy was nothing but a slogan because literally Modi not only confused, but he is ill-informed. And ill-qualified to understand how to navigate the global dynamics. When you have a nationalist, an ideologue like Modi that is only pushing this Hinduism and so forth at the expense of other minorities. And again, I am talking in general term here, have nothing against Hinduism or Hindus or whatever. So, but also the other minorities have the right to live in peace, have the right to prosper, have the right to thrive economically speaking and spiritually for that matter. And this is where this so-called strategic autonomy has failed miserably because what Modi is attempting to maintain this balanced relationship across major powers while avoiding this so-called formal alliances. And it didn't work. It just didn't work. So the repercussions are not only limited to diplomatic aspects but also to economics as well. So because instead of— now you have Americans renewing engagements with Pakistan more so than with India. That is the issue with this. So this is again where this challenge continued. And to those who say, well, India now is strong partner with Russia. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Because India, what it suggests is that India is losing the so-called exceptional status in American foreign policy. And of course, you can't ignore the tensions with Canada, the diplomatic crisis with Canada, which has become a deep and lasting wound. And what began as just, of course, we all know about the, uh, uh, uh, concern regarding Hardeep Singh Nagaar. So the, the— when he was taken out, assassination of that, which by the way has snowballed into a wider reputational crisis for India. So, and as a matter of fact, there is a recent lawsuit filed by the Canadian Border officer. So, so, and this is where you, you know, I, by the way, I, I reached out to, uh, the, the, uh, what do you call, Khalilistan, uh, uh, movement in Canada and extended an invitation for their director or whomever that is to come on the show and explain to our community really why India is after their group. So I haven't heard back yet. So another element worth addressing is the neighborhood first. You remember New Delhi was saying this a lot, oh, you, uh, neighborhood first comes first. And this now, in my opinion, it's a slogan that is blown away by the wind, if I may use the term. So, so, because the phrasing itself is some sort of capturing the essence of what happened to Modi flagship policies for this year. And we're talking only about this year. I'm not going back for you because what this Modi achieved since 2014, I'm only focused on 2025 now. So because this neighborhood first policy now is kind of, sort of now lies in tatters. A dramatic collapse in true sense of the word. And that's usually what's supposed to be, was meant to be India's defining strategic strategy or regional strategy. Well, how can you do that when you don't have the fundamentals. So when Modi took office back in 2014, he made this symbolic gesture by inviting all Southeast Asia heads of state to his inauguration. And of course, in his mind, the policy prompted or promised to prioritize regional integration, the economic, the trade, the stability. But 2025 exposed All this turns out to be profound failures for the Modi government, because that in itself, you're going to have to look at the regional, the deteriorating regional relationship. When you're going to do the analysis of something like this, you're going to have to look at the big picture. The region has drifted towards nation first rather than neighborhood. In other words, the other countries didn't buy what India was selling because they know you can't trust India. So with— you have now countries in the region, this so-called neighborhood first, increasing and relying on extra-regional relationship, but not with India, it's with China. So, and at the same time, this country is thinking of their own sort of at the expense of this so-called neighborhood cooperation, because they know if India gets involved, things are going to go south. I mean, I look at just the example of BRICS. So, and when you look at the key, key neighborhood, we're not talking the big, we're talking only the key ones. Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan have grown even more distant and of course openly hostile to India because of its own double standard and duplicitous and contradictory policies. So look at the Bangladesh crisis. The recent turn in India's Bangladesh relations reflect the broader breakdown with countries beginning to prioritize national interest through relationship outside the region. In other words, you stay away from India and you go deal with the Chinese, deal with the Vietnamese, deal with the Indonesians, the Malaysians, the Cambodians. Forget about India. This is what I hope Bhutan need to embark on because I am seeing the potential with that country, but it's locking itself with India. Nepal start taking the forward steps towards that independence. Bangladesh is moving on it. So this is why you see no regional progress to those who are involved with India. So, and of course, India's dismissive responses to international concerns about its conduct has failed to convince Western intelligence communities. 'Cause the, you know, When I was in Washington, we used to deal with the intelligence services of India. You can't trust what they're saying. They'll tell you this and they'll do the opposite. They'll stab you in the back if they get a chance to. I always was sort of cautious in dealing with them. It's because what you're seeing in the region right now, why they stepping away, staying away from India, because they're seeing the pattern. Contradictions. So when India says, you know, I am a country, I am a country that is rule-abiding democracy, and yet you are suppressing the minorities like the Christians and the Muslims, like you are sort of rigging the elections, where is this democracy? And at the same time, I will go even as far as saying, you remember that bear hug Modi gave the Russian president Vladimir Putin? It does not signal strength. It signals India how desperate for energy security and defense spare parts, regardless of reputational cost. This is what you need to understand about the reality of So the fundamental irony is that the onus of driving some sort of regional integration lies with India, not with the other countries, because India's core interests demand friendly and robust relations in the subcontinent. And yet what this year has shown and also what this has left India increasingly alone in its own backyard. This is the harsh reality that New Delhi is not willing to face. Modi is not going to understand that anyway. It's above his ability to fundamentally understand this. And again, I'm not being critical here. I'm just providing the facts as I see them. Liking this video so far? Don't just be a watcher. Go ahead and hit the like, share, and subscribe button. And don't forget to tap the bell so you will not miss any of my videos or live streams. This way, you will be supporting a channel that stands for the truth and objective reporting. The choice is yours. Thanks for your support. As I mentioned earlier, We're talking about India's hollow leadership of the Global South. And that in itself, this India self-proclaimed leadership, because they claimed it on their own without any evidence, you know, or nothing to show for. So claiming this leadership in the Global South has become now increasingly hollow, especially exposed this year. And that in itself revealing fundamental contradictions between rhetoric, aspirations, and actual commitments. This is what, what I like the saying goes, you know, watch what— when India says something, just take step back from it. So you have what you have, you have the credibility gap. So if India continues avoiding taking a stand on contentious issues, because this is why India stand on both sides of the fence because it doesn't want to commit to a position. And this, and I've argued this few months ago, that this behavior will not last forever because this behavior is likely to be seen as opportunistic. Not only opportunistic, is also unprincipled within the region and over the global, the whole world at large. And this sums up the central problem in my opinion. And that problem is India projects itself as this, the voice of the 134 developing nations in the G77 and the Non-Aligned Movement, yet repeatedly sidesteps the very issues that matter most for these countries. And, and one best example I can give you is the Israel— is, uh, India support for Israel, which undermined this claim completely. The most glaring example is India's position on Palestine. So, and after, after the outbreak, of course, of this, uh, of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, India choose to support Israel position at a time when Global South countries were generally calling for an end to the war and a ceasefire. And that in itself exposed India's weakness in facing major international crisis and weakening its credibility in global governance and its position in the Islamic world. So all this means one thing. Is that these partnerships, whatever, it's empty, it's hollow, there's nothing there. So when India says, oh, I champion multilateral forums, the G20, the BRICS, International Solar Alliance, but at the same time India struggles to translate this rhetoric into results. This is the difference when I said, when India saying, oh, I'm going to be a regional You cannot compete with China economically because China delivers, India talks. So when, when, when you have this media inside New Delhi, uh, viewing India as this big and important enough to be on its own pole in global affairs, but in practice it lacks the resources and international presence to make a significant impact. That, that's what Modi doesn't understand, Modi's government. So unless it can find some willing partners, well, who's going to be embarking on partnership with India? You got to be out of your mind if you do that. Even with Indonesia, if I follow Global South power, So it's staying away. So because even when you look at India and Indonesia, they cannot cooperate meaningfully as usually you would expect from neighbors, right? No, they can't. You look at, uh, you look at the, uh, the, the dynamics in India, how we flip-flops Indonesia saying forget about it. And that in itself highlights the performance problem for India. So most damaging in my opinion is what, as an observer, I will call it the paying lip service but not delivering, which we have a saying here in the US. I always say, stop giving me lip service. Another word, show me action. So when issues of some sort of paying lip service but not delivering arise, when it comes up to the surface, they're really— anytime this happens, it will heighten the Global South questioning of India's leadership, so-called leadership. So this is, uh, when you look at, for example, India's rice you know, the years to export rice, but the ban earlier in this year, which is driven by domestic needs and so forth, that in itself undermined its claim to be a responsible leader of the developing world, and that affecting the grain-dependent Global South nations. So the Global South nations were looking at India and said, is this what you stand for? Well, forget about cooperating with you moving forward. This is where that paradox, the paradox is that while India conducts tours across Africa, Latin America, and hosts G20 summits, it remains trapped between competing loyalties per se. So courting the West, because India was always after that, especially when it comes down to dealing with somebody like Trump. Balancing these Russia relations and claiming to lead countries that increasingly see India as self-serving rather than solidarity-driven, which is, those are realities. And this leads me to talk about Modi's recent trip to Jordan and United Arab Emirates, irrelevant countries in my opinion. And again, got nothing against Jordan, Got nothing against United Arab Emirates. I, I know very well about these countries. I work— we worked with their governments. I was in the region. I spent over a decade there. I know how they operate, and I say it flat out, irrelevant. So, and here is what India's government is saying, oh, it's a historical trip. So what is that historical trip going to put food on the average Indian citizens who struggling to find food or eat or lead a meaningful life? No. So because what you're looking at, you look at, for example, the farming inside India, which perfectly capture this irony per se. So, so the Modi government is saying, oh, This tour is a historic tour by going to Jordan and United Arab Emirates. The critics inside India are seeing it as missing the forest for the trees at a moment of genuine crisis. This is why I'm saying, is Modi confused or just literally not equipped to handle this kind of major challenges and dynamics in the global affairs arena. So because the, the trip just started yesterday, so, so, and, and it shows you so how out of step Modi is, because what Modi is focusing on, and I remember Jayant Bhandari talked about this. So, because what Modi is interested is, is in focusing on this so-called ceremonial visits, you know. Yes, there might be some trade deal talks or whatever, but what does Jordan has to offer? United Arab Emirates, I can understand a little bit for, uh, for, for gas energy, but not to the level of like what Russia offers or what Saudi Arabia or what Qatar or Venezuela or Iran or China economically. So to me, the trip to Jordan and United Arab Emirates, it, it's just, uh, it's just ridiculous because there are most pressing issues inside India that Modi is not willing to face. The best thing to do is you go on a foreign trip. And there is where brings me to talking about the timing problem. Most significantly, there is this speculation that Netanyahu might visit India, and Modi is expected to host, guess what, next year, the Quad as well as BRICS summit. So, but when you look at this multilateral summits, tends to receive short attention when geopolitical relations are turbulent, which is the case for India. They can do all they want, it won't cut it. This is where I see, uh, uh, uh, the problems with this particular, this trip, because Modi's focused on this small bilateral relations now even ceremonial, so-called historic, risk sidelining India from the major geopolitical decisions being made without it. So, so literally ask yourself, what can Modi address in Jordan and United Arab Emirates? Yeah, trade and economy, that might be part of this, but the deeper issue is that while Modi visits Jordan, for example, to discuss renewable energy— what does Jordan have into this area? Or digital transformation, what does Jordan has to offer? India's actual foreign policy stands diminished. So his travels not just to this country, but elsewhere, have become more symbolic than substantive at precisely the moment when India needs strategic substance. This is where I see the failure of Modi, especially that is exposed in this year as we come in closer to the end. Next year, I don't know how it's going to be. What do you think Modi is going to do different next year than he did this year? Nothing, because what he's after is pushing for the Hinduism, you know, you know, suppressing the minorities, Muslims and Christians specifically. So not resolving the border issues with China, not dealing with, with Nepal and, and Bangladesh and Bhutan in a fair manner. All this highlight to you that the lack of vision that the Prime Minister of India possesses. And I don't know, I don't know what lies ahead. We shall see. Anyway, let me see if I have any question from you. And that's all I have for my analysis here for today. And I'm gonna take a look, see if there's any question. Uh, once again, just I wanna to highlight again, uh, my, uh, my upcoming trip to Asia for those who wanted to support that trip. Again, I will disclose the detail, the timing, the, the amount, the target amount that I need to re— to, uh, reach for this particular trip because of what I am going to be— where I'm going to be going and what I'm going to be doing. So I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll do the math, calculate everything, and share that with the community for those who wanted to support the trip to Asia. And again, I thank the community for supporting the previous two trips, and I travel because of the community. I just want to put this on the record so this way everybody knows, uh, where, where, uh, you know, who funds my trips to, to Asia specifically. Uh, for those who wants to support the channel also, I am gonna put— show the link here for you. If you want to buy me coffee in support of the channel. I'm sure you'll enjoy this, uh, analysis that I share with you. It's— I spend time researching. It's, uh, again, it's your decision. That's all I have to say. Uh, just to remind you, especially for my, uh, my channel members, uh, remember, for tomorrow I will be doing a lot— an exclusive live stream, for the members. So I hope you can join me if your schedule permits. So all right, let me see one more time if there is a question, and if not, uh, uh, oh, there's one from Hong Ruan. Let me remove the picture here, sorry. Hong Ruan, Dr. O, the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, where will India place themselves to get the most benefit? Oh, how much? Of course they're gonna see now where the, the, the, uh, who's, who's, who has the upper hand. I know in Thailand, and I'm not following this closely, uh, I know in Thailand they just— I think the government, uh, had to change or something is going on because nobody expected the eruption of the conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand. So, so yeah, India is going to be looking for an opportunity to side with whomever has the upper hand. So that's the only way I see it playing out. So, uh, let me see, uh, oh, thank you, thank you, Farhad Razavi. Thank you for sharing this. You know, I find this analysis to open new windows for me to look out. You know, you're most welcome. You know, you're most welcome. So, uh, All right, let me see if there is one more question before I sign off here. And again, I will be working on two other topics for you for, uh, Thursday. I might do something tomorrow, not sure yet. So I'll, uh, I have to keep up. And of course, I will share with you my overall assessments for how 2025 ends and 2026 will be. We can do a community conversation for that moving forward. So, uh, you got a point there. You got a point there, Commander Safeguard. You got a point there. How can you become a superpower when you have 600 million people living in poverty with no toilet and a caste system? You know, and again, to me, this is not about criticism. This is about facts, you know, and this is what some within Indian borders are not willing to hear because it's a harsh reality. Like where the saying goes, the truth hurts. So, so, uh, your point, Commander, you are spot on. I, I truly appreciate you sharing that. So, all right guys, I'm going to sign off here. Uh, I'm going to be working this afternoon on the next topics I'm going to be sharing with you or do analysis for you. And I look forward to seeing you then. As always, remember, geopolitics impacts your daily life in more ways than one. Till next time, bye-bye.