Cinema Rasik: Recent Comments

Comment on Indian Education System vs. US Education System - Hype vs. Reality

ICA Infotech — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:22:25 GMT

Quality education in affordable fees for all class students are must in our educational system.Only quality education can make students career best.Us educational systems are not very much better than Indian educational sysytem.Some private universities and colleges believes that US educational system is better but we have IIT colleges which produces brilliants who working many other country,we have IIM,XLRI and many. So i don't think so that Indian educational system is far behind from US educational system.

Comment on "The United States Has No Stronger Ally than Australia"

Ian — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:19:32 GMT

It was Australia who courted the USA to base troops there. You must remember when writing this stuff to sometimes tell the truth. It is a TOKEN force. The idea from Australia's point is to tell China, "Look, these are our KIN, not you, and these are our standards - the standard of freedom - and we like trading with you but we have to send you this signal - we are prepared to fight you for our standard. And thus the US is drawn in to an invitation that is hard to refuse. It was Kevin Rudd who first touted the idea to the US that it would be prudent to prepare for war against China as it appeared that China was bent on shaping things to its' will. It is not a wanted thing but the Australians, foremost and before the Americans wanted to send this signal to China, as a country of only 20 odd million against a billion plus they needed the US to facilitate this. The US needed this to facilitate their needs. China wont be encircled, these are merely to tell it to pull its head in and act responsibly and hopefully China will respond.

Comment on The Old U.S. Dollar has Collapsed; Long Live the New U.S. Dollar

Misthos — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:05:58 GMT

I generally agree with much of Jim Rickard's analysis. However, there is one issue that I believe is overlooked in the above scenario.

Oil.

I see the world entering a dangerous phase of (the ongoing) resource wars. China and India alone, if they are to have most of their populations enjoy a western lifestyle, will need global oil production to increase tremendously.

Oil is the #1 source of energy that modern economies rely on. Without cheap and available oil, trade and consumption collapses.

And so, the nation that dictates to the world the next financial system also will need to dictate to the world who gets to consume that oil, and in what quantities.

Things could really get messy.

Comment on From Nehru to Kennedy - The Transformation of President Obama

plumbing — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:20:38 GMT

China constitute the biggest population on earth. It may be possible for them to dominate the world next to US because of their wealthy resources.

Comment on A Contest for Supremacy - China & America in & for Asia

Unmesh — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:48:11 GMT

May be India can emerge as the balancing force.

Comment on Eat My Bread, Sing My Song - CNBC Anchors & Wall Street Firms?

Rohit — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:14:36 GMT

Nice article. I also saw this interview and similar thoughts crossed my mind.

Comment on Tajikistan Cedes Land to China - A Step Towards Af-Kash-Bet?

Trevor Lloyd — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:05:37 GMT

A good commentary on some neglected geo/political issues. We must also place these developments into the context of the Chinese financed port (air and sea) and infrastructure developments on the Burma coast and the subsequent ability for the Chinese to reduce the importance of the Malacca Straits to sustain the Chinese industrial heartland and reduce the reliance on the East Coast ports.Include the developments of the
Singapore Kunming railway line and suddenly China has rewritten contemporary Trade Geography. Not sure waht this means for the US Navy but the US Pacific fleet will find it much harder to interdict Chinese trade.

Comment on Should They Occupy Universities Instead?

vinay sanglikar — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:52:17 GMT

The Editor,Macroviewpoints,
Sir,
Your article canvasses an entirely wrong and misconceived view point.It's an attempt to justify what Wall Street represents and shift the blame to universities.As per the reports of news agencies people in as many as 951 cities all over the world joined street demonstrations against corporate greed.They were demonstrating agaist unsustainably fat salaries,perks and benefits bestowed on corporate executives that are bleeding banks and are making big companies collapse over-night affecting millions connected with them.It was a demonstration against yawning disparities in income. The Wall Street symbolises all that the demonstrators were protesting against.Universities donot make disproportionate profits nor do they manipulate their accounts to fleece investors.The suggestion of universities commtting a tort is preposterous.

Comment on Tajikistan Cedes Land to China - A Step Towards Af-Kash-Bet?

Michael — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:59:05 GMT

Can you comment on water? Seems like water from the Tibetan Himalayas would be the greatest prize -- at the cost of India.

Comment on Tajikistan Cedes Land to China - A Step Towards Af-Kash-Bet?

Nicholas Gold — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:42:40 GMT

...A very informative and revealing article. The Chinese have a long ingrained ability to take the wide scope perspective as far as strategic matters are concerned. I doubt that they will ever again leave themselves vulnerable as they once did in their dealings with the British Empire or the Japanese. Having said all that however, their attempts to secure a stronger foothold in Afghanistan or for that matter, Pakistan, will probably not be as successful as they now hope. Nonetheless, they will be immensely more effective than the USA, Russia or Great Britain, simply because their nature and culture are more attuned to a long view of history.