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February 9, 2026

Power Rivalries: Lessons from China, India, and Pakistan's Strategic Battles

The China, India, and Pakistan Power Struggle: Lessons in Strategic Dominance

GeopoliticsStrategic AlliancesInfrastructure DominanceResource Diplomacy
Indus Waters TreatyNuclear DeterrenceTibet RoadsExistential ThreatsMarginal CrescentCold War PartnershipsListening BasesFrozen Conflicts

Dwarkesh Patel How the rivalry between China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

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1. Geographic Leverage and Infrastructure Control

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  • 2. Survival-Based Strategic Partnerships

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  • 3. Resource Diplomacy and High-Stakes Deterrence

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  • Knowledge Snap

    👍 Adversarial Superglue

    😱 The Marginal Crescent

    😱 Logistical Conquest

    👍 Physical Intelligence Constraints

    😱 The Indus Waters Success

    😱 deterrence through proliferation

    Trend 1: Geopolitical Strategic Hubs

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    Pakistan occupied a strategic location near Russia and the Middle East, making it a critical geopolitical player.

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    The strategic location of Pakistan provided unique access that was highly valued by the United States government.

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    Technological advancements eventually changed the necessity of physical listening posts located in specific strategic international regions.

    Trend 2: Adversarial Alignment Strategy

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    World War II alliances were highly effective because they were driven by a common existential threat.

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    Common existential threats act as a powerful bond that can unite even the most unlikely partners.

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    Identifying the primary enemy of a potential ally is crucial for understanding current global cooperation.

    Trend 3: Infrastructure as Market Dominance

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    China made strategic decisions to reconquer territory and expand its influence through critical infrastructure projects.

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    Regional dominance was established by populating and controlling key basins as far west as possible.

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    China developed extensive road systems through Tibet to solidify its control and create strategic military advantages.

    Trend 4: Intelligence Asset Life Cycles

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    Surveillance technology once required physical listening bases in specific countries to monitor communications from neighboring adversaries.

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    Strategic listening bases were established across several countries to facilitate wide-range communication monitoring.

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    And because he needed Russian technological aid, he's been totally cut off from the West. After.

    Trend 5: Deterrence and Escalation Management

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    Nations often pursue nuclear capabilities to ensure their own protection against larger, permanent regional enemies.

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    Sometimes they'll cooperate some of the time, but they don't necessarily want to put the same ball.

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    Geopolitical moves are often motivated by the need for support in sensitive technological development areas.

    Trend 6: Multilateral Economic Diplomacy

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    The United States successfully brokered a water treaty that remains a rare example of peaceful resource management.

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    Get it. And except there was one of these U2 planes, gets shot down over the Soviet Union.

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    Diplomatic efforts are frequently used to cajole rival nations into settling differences through shared economic projects.

    Geopolitical Evolution and Strategic Rivalries in South Asia

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    Historical Foundation

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    The introduction sets the stage for how the China-India rivalry reshaped Asian politics through critical decisions.

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    Expansionist Strategies

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    The collapse of previous governments leads to decisive moves to reclaim territory and establish new regional boundaries.

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    Containment Policies

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    Global powers develop strategies to create alliances that limit the influence of their primary ideological adversaries.

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    Cold War Frictions

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    Internal disagreements within major ideological blocs lead to direct border conflicts that impact global warfare dynamics.

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    Battlefield Consequences

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    Major military engagements reveal the impact of logistics and supply lines on national security and territory.

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    Global Power Shifting

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    Regional wars result in a reshuffling of power among nuclear nations and change the nature of international alignments.

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    Humanitarian Intersections

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    Internal conflicts and refugee crises force international organizations to confront difficult human rights challenges and political pressures.

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    Strategic Evolution

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    Successful leadership requires the ability to adapt to new information rather than maintaining failed historical assumptions.

    Learning Pathway for Strategic Geopolitical Analysis

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    1. Territorial Pincers and Buffer Zones

    een China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

    2. Strategic Existentialism in Alliances

    een China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

    3. Foreign Policy Boomerang Effects

    een China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

    4. Infrastructure of Surveillance and Intelligence

    een China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

    5. Managing Persistent Regional Instability

    een China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

    6. Adaptive Foresight and Strategic Reassessment

    een China and India reshaped Asia forever. I’m thrilled to launch a trilogy of episodes: a lecture series by Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College, each followed by a deep Q&A. In this first episode, Prof Paine talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. This is followed by a Q&A with me. Come for the spy bases, shoestring nukes, and insight about how great power politics impacts every region. Huge thanks to Substack for hosting this! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/sarah-paine-india * Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3RFuS7b * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6beCTbPFOXKXNYPAsU7vQa 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 * Today’s episode is brought to you by Scale AI. Scale partners with the U.S. government to fuel America’s AI advantage through their data foundry. The Air Force, Army, Defense Innovation Unit, and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office all trust Scale to equip their teams with AI-ready data and the technology to build powerful applications. Scale recently introduced Defense Llama, Scale's latest solution available for military personnel. With Defense Llama, military personnel can harness the power of AI to plan military or intelligence operations and understand adversary vulnerabilities. If you’re interested in learning more on how Scale powers frontier AI capabilities, go to https://scale.com/dwarkesh To sponsor future episodes, go to: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/advertise 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 * "The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949" https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476 * "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Empire-Strategy-Restoration-Pacific/dp/1107676169 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Lecture intro 00:02:43 - Mao at war, 1949-51 00:06:12 - Pactomania and Sino-Soviet conflicts 00:15:14 - The Sino-Indian War 00:20:32 - Soviet peace in India-Pakistan 00:22:32 - US Aid and Alliances 00:26:46 - The difference with WWII 00:30:41 - The geopolitical map in 1904 00:35:42 - The US alienates Indira Gandhi 00:43:30 - Instruments of US power 00:54:13 - Carrier battle groups 01:03:13 - Q&A begins 01:05:03 - The appeal of the USSR 01:10:08 - The last communist premier 01:16:14 - India and China’s lost opportunity 01:32:51 - Soviet proxies in foreign politics 01:58:36 - Bismark’s cunning 02:03:37 - Training US officers 02:07:35 - Cruelty in Russian history

    Detailed Findings and Insights

    1. Food Sovereignty Leverage

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    Sovereignty over Tibet. Under international law, contrary to what Vladimir Putin is doing lately,.

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    Agricultural independence became a key priority to ensure that national interests were not compromised by aid requirements.

    2. Propaganda Blindness Effects

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    Propaganda was used effectively to redirect international focus toward the social problems of rival democratic nations.

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    Often to see if your assumptions are correct and don't worry about changing your mind. Some people.

    3. Humanitarian Conflict Costs

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    Called pactomania. What is that? It's forming all sorts of bilateral relations and also regional.

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    And it's really important for the Chinese if you want to conquer Tibet, you truly want that one.

    4. Ideological Leadership Fractures

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    Leadership reforms in one nation can cause significant friction with allies who maintain authoritarian personality cults.

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    Could keep on sending more in. Between 1950 and 1957, China built a series of road systems through.

    5. Strategic Liability Escalation

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    Maintaining alliances with certain nations can lead to increased security hazards and significant political liabilities.

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    Strategic considerations sometimes force governments to overlook human rights issues in favor of military and logistical aid.

    6. Institutional Persistence Factors

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