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- Kishore Mahbubani : Kondisi Geopolitik Dunia & Peran Indonesia: Krisis Ukraina & Dampaknya Pada Asia
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Mar 16 2022
I have to say that this time, I totally disagree with prof Mahbubani. He seemed to be just echoing what the mainstream western media is reporting about the situation in Ukraine which mostly, if not all, are totally unreliable.
Has the prof not heard that the value of the Russian rouble has bounced back to almost the pre-war level?
For once I disagree with Kishore. This is an American proxy war, Zelensky is not a hero. The Maidan coup in 2014 in Kyiv was orchestrated and funded by America. US senator John McCain was present on stage giving a public speech at Maidan Square in Kyiv on 15 Dec 2013, cheering the crowd in overthrowing president Yanukovych, who was not pro-Western. Standing at McCain’s left side was neo-Nazi Svoboda Party leader, Oleg Tyahnybok, who worked with neo-Nazi groups like the Right Sector and C14, who set fire at Maidan Square for three months from Nov 2013 to Feb 2014. After 200 died at Maidan, President Yanukovych was forced to resign. This was exactly the same modus operandi from the CIA playbook as used in Hong Kong 2019 and Kazakhstan in 2022.
After the Maidan coup, Victoria Nuland was recorded over a telephone conversation in handpicking Yatsenyuk as the new prime minister of Ukraine, also Klitschko and Tyahnybok who both would receive orders directly from Washington to work with Yatsenyuk from behind. This strongly suggests that Washington directly funded the neo-Nazi party Svoboda. There’s also a video showing her giving a public speech saying the USA spent 5 billion dollars in switching Ukraine to pro-Western. This has been a government that represents Washington’s interests rather than the Ukrainian people’s interests.
If we see two people fighting in the street, the best way to stop the fight is to calm them down. If we want them to escalate the fight, we give weapons. This is what America has been doing since 2014, shipping arms to Ukraine and training the Ukrainian army and even trained Azov Batallion as documented by the Panama Paper. Ukraine military budget rose from 1% in 2014 to 7% in 2021, while Ukraine being the third poorest country in Europe. Zelensky was listed by the Pandora Paper in its “list of corrupted country leaders” possessing billions in his personal account, and was exposed by Pandora Paper to be a close associate of billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky, an Israeli Jewish oligarch connected to Biden family.
If Zelensky really cares about his people, make peace with Russia, and all his people can go home. Russia’s three demands are reasonable and a bargain, compared to millions of Ukrainians becoming refugees. But instead, he dispatched guns to the people to engage in street battles, asked for the West’s military support and requested for no-fly zone which means extending the war to other European countries. It just makes no sense. He has at every stage the absolute control in his hand to save his people from suffering, but he has been doing the opposite.
Just a while ago, Alexei Navalny was being funded by the NED and Mi6 to topple Putin. And in Jan 2022, a coup attempt took place in Russia’s neighbor Kazakhstan. This war is all along the USA’s attempt to take on Putin and Russia. The main reason is Putin has become the forerunner in de-dollarization.
For the record, USA had no mercy on anyone threatening the dollars:
** In 2000 Saddam Hussein said he would start selling oil in Euros not Dollars. >Saddam was hanged by the US.
** In 2009 Gaddafi made Libya export oil in Gold Dinars. >Gaddafi was killed by US-backed NTC.
** Syria had an independent Central Bank NOT under the Rothschild and Federal Reserve controlled Bank of International Settlements (like Iraq and Libya once had before US regime change). >Obama attempted to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.
** Iran has been trading oil in currencies other than US dollars since 2011. >Iran was being sanctioned by the US.
** In 2011, Russia started ditching dollars in oil trades. And now it’s the forerunner in de-dollarization. >Russia was sanctioned since 2011.
** China introduced the Belt and Road Initiatives in 2013, used non-dollar in oil trades and introduced the CIPS which is an alternative to the West’s SWIFT system. >America got China into a new Cold War.
Putin already sold all US treasury bills. He and China proposed to use Euro for oil trades in Eurasia. Eurasia has 70% of world’s population, and America has just 4% of world’s population and it is isolated from Eurasia. Therefore Euro is a serious threat to the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Now, 40% of dollar bills in existence in America was printed in the last 12 months due to the pandemic. The USA debt has amounted to 30 Trillion, and there’s less and less takers of US treasury, because whenever the USA prints a lot of money, these countries’ foreign reserves devalue. And also the USA has applied too much sanctions on other countries. The dollar is in a creditability crisis. If Euro or another currency replaces the dollars as the world’s reserve currency, America will be in deep deep trouble. As former Americans NSA chief Zbignew Brzezinski put it: “It is IMPERATIVE that no Eurasian challenger emerges capable of dominating Eurasia and thus of also challenging America”. Wars in Europe would strengthen the dollar.
Remember after WW II, Europe, Russia, Japan and China were devastated, but America emerged as the world leader. This could be a repeat of that.
Another reason is the Military Industrial Complex’s projects in the Middle East have wound down. The focus is now in Europe and China-Taiwan. America has a war economy. That’s why America has been in wars for 230 years in its 246 years history. Lockheed Martin alone has an annual turn over of 60 billion, the same as the GDP of a country like Bulgaria. And Lockheed Martin is just 1/13 of America’s military budget. Wars stop, payrolls stop.
Then there’s the Nord Stream II gas pipeline. The USA warned Germany and Russia that the construction of the pipeline must be stopped, but it was completely nevertheless. This is the USA’s reaction. Why the USA allowed a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany which passed through Ukraine, but not allowed Nord Stream II pipeline which directly runs from Russia to Germany? Because Nord Stream II avoids the USA’s proxy state Ukraine, and the control of energy supply to Europe change hand from USA to Russia.
Also, Biden is heading to the mid-term election with a low support rate. Domestically there’s little could be done. If America could reap benefits from the war in Europe and the Far East, then Biden could gain more support.
As you read, another conflict is already in the making. American weapons already shipped to Taiwan, and Mike Pompeo visited Taiwan on 4th Mar 2022. China has a clear red-line: not to challenge the One-China policy. Just like in Russia’s case, where Putin’s red-line was used by America to push Russia into a war, America will use Tsai to push across China’s red line and trigger a war.
Very well said. I agree 1000% with everything you said. Without US the word will be a beautiful place.👏👏👏
You are more knowlegable than this prof.
Fully agree. This is the big picture of things which Kishore failed to see and articulate.
Zeis Sies I also agree with you because this a big chest game Putin do not make such a stupid move as Kishore mention Prof must have eaten that burger with some strange thing in it
@@stevenchow5684 either Kishore relied too much on mainstream media, or he just went along with Singapore’s decision to sanction Russia. What remains to be seen is if a war does break out between China-Taiwan, which side will Singapore take.
For once, I am in total disagreement with Kishore, albeit a great fan of him. The Russian army is only fighting with one arm behind its back. If it had to use the same shock and awe as in the US in invading small Iraq, ( a huge overkill ), Ukraine will fall in days and flatten to rubble . Its trying to minimize civilian or even human troops casualty for the local Ukrainian man/women on the street. ..
Also it is giving Zelenksy some time to put on his thinking cap and come to real nego instead of giving a "world speech" every day to the West..Asia and Africa, by large is not keen to hear Zelensky's daily war cry to pull everyone into the fray for a WW3.
Sanctions will make a country like Russia or China or maybe even India, stronger. ..It is resilient and will overcome as sanctions is a two way sword who will harm the sanctioner's populace too, case clearly manifested by the spiked inflation in the US.
Zelensky is a real hero !!!!!!?????? Give me a break, will yuh ! Sigh !!!!!! A real hero doesnt makes him cry a freaking river everyday and bleeding his citizens to die by the hour.
I agree with your total disagreement with Kishore. The Russians are not to kill and destroy, they are out to immobilize the Ukraine army only. Russia is quite well sustainable on its own,, sanctions have little effect,,, in fact Europe will suffer from lack of Russia gas
It was like after the Tiananmen incidents. Every political analyst said China would collapse in a few years
Totally agree, will Kishore anticipate China and India get together after the dispute for years? Also Kim has successfully launched its monster missiles which has the capability to attack the US soils? US can’t even kick Russia out of the G20
Let's face it Lewis Haw, America is currently the "TITANIC" and sinking fast, Sleepy Joe: anyone wanna git on board? No thanks. As Obama once said "never underestimate Joe's ability to FCUK things up" secondly the fact that Zelenskyy's JEWISH does not mean there are NO NAZI'S in Ukraine, as Ben Norton of "Grayzone" said in one interview just bcos a black president was elected(Obama) don't mean America is NOT a RACIST country but in fact America is a VERY RACIST country(quote from Ben Norton),i agree with Ben. fact: Ukraine has a very powerful NAZI element behind the scenes
Very well said Lewis 👍👍👍
Can't help to feel that Kishore views was very much influence by western media
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Yes you're right Mr. Liew ...
He should watch Arnab Global Debate form Bombay
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Kishore knows all of what we know about the run up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and more.
He can't say so, because it would go against Vivian Balakrishnan narrative of Singapore imposing sanctions on Russia, which was clearly only the western media narrative.
Prof Kishore is just giving a summary of what he read in the Western Press. Time will tell the truth but one thing I know is the world will never be the same again
I'm pretty sure Kishore doesn't just read western news. He is one of the most objective persons in geopolitics. I trust his analysis.
Kishore has to rely on western press? It’s so silly you might as well say Gordon Ramsey dabao food to pass off as his own cooking. 😂
Kishore....this is your worst video yet.
Would to SE Asia matters if I was you.
@@georgewilder7423 Kishore was trained and worked as a Diplomat not an Original Thinker but as a good Executive
What Prof Kishore did not mention is that after this war, no one in his right mind would have the US hold their money.
Imagine the took half of Afghan's foreign reserve to compensate victims of the 911 attack, when Afghanistan had nothing to do with the attack.
The Russian army is not bogged down. The assumption that the war will be short and the Russian army wanted to take Kiev is a misunderstanding from the Western side. At no point did Poutin say that. He prepared for this war for years and build a stronger Russian economy less dependent on the West. The Russian army is slowly but surely tiring the capacity for Ukraine to defend itself. The war will last weeks if not months.
Correct. If Russia has interest in saving the people in Eastern Ukraine, why would they bomb it to ruin. Russia is not the US.
As a matter of fact ... true
The USA keep giving disinformation to demonize China and Russia, so as to distract us from the bioweapons labs and the covid situation in its own country. Secondly, to coax those stupid Europeans to buy weapons and energy from them.
Thankyou Mr. Kishore always for your useful input. On the Russian army being bogged down it is apparent from the battle field updates that they had from day 7 adopted a slow attrition warfare suitable for urban context instead of the ''shock and awe' open desert warfare of US military which took 43 days. Also it appears that their paramount objective is south eastern Ukraine while preventing reinforcement coming from encircled Kiev.
Agree. Obviously Kishore does not has sufficient military sense. The Russians did not underestimate the Americans. It's the Americans who underestimated the Russians. Otherwise the Americans would not have advanced so brazenly towards the Russian border through NATO.
I don't think Russia will lose this war. On the contrary, I think Ukraine will fold, I.e. its military will be reduced to guerrilla groups before the end of April.
The mopping up of those guerrilla groups will very likely start by the end of April.
I believe the initial and more important targets were the bio labs. That's the special military operations they were alluding to . Other than Dr Nazification. That's why focus was not on Kyiv initially.
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Russia Will win. I have no doubt about it
Of course Zelensky is an Ukrainian national here! Should there ever be any doubts about that? He has US$1.5 billion in his offshore account! That's the reward for this heroic and self-sacrifice.
Corruption is poor citizen sufferers. Yes, Kishore is wrong this time. I disagree, too. You push one to the edge, and serious consequences will surely happen.
Not only Zelenskiy but all his 2nd rated commedy troopers became over-night billionaires soon after he took over the Presidency...!
Zelenskiy also owns a USD33 million mansion in the USA AND many very, very expensive apartments in London & Europe...!
This was the 1st agenda when he took over the Presidency...!
WHY..?
When he ran for office, he already made a pact with the USA to be their puppet...!
America wanted to get their hands and monopoly on some of Ukraine's special minerals like Uranium and at the same time spy on Russia & China & India...!
The good trilateral relationship between these 3 countries (ue China, India & Russia ) have been a nightnare to the USA for so long...!
Every American President since the harmonising of the said trilateral relationship had tried to destroy it...!
The Ukraine crisis was engineered by the USA in the form of Zelenskiy...!
The USA, the so called champion of "Democracy".., criminally exploits the spirit & good of democracy to ekect leaders that they can control...!
There is no place for a 2bd rated comedian actor to run a country....!
This is one of the down sides of Western Democracy...!
By right, NOT just any TOM, DICK OR ZEKEBSKIY should run for political office and NOT every citizen should vote...!
If the expert's get a right formula then Democracy will be accepted by all nations ...!
Ask yourself if you would like a President with all the Powers & Wealth without the proper qualifications to take out your appendicitis ...!
The current Democratic system does NOT in TRUTH give any PROFESSIONAL characteristic to the Presidential Office or to any political l Office...!
Absolute Power in the hands of an unqualified persons has spell disaster to 2/3's of the World's population since WW2...!
Not surprising many comments disagree with KM. And interestingly, uncharacteristically, KM analytical minds, and fair objectiveness, are thrown out of the window. 😔 Disappointed
Maybe because Singapore has supported sanction on Russia. So he has to stand at his government side.
Wong. Maybe it's time you wake up and stop being an Wumao anymore. Don't make your mother sad.
Kishore may be reflecting the position of the Singapore government, which also sanctions Russia.He appears to be toeing the government line and not his usual independent position. Time will tell how Singapore will fare in this regard
Same feeling here. He needs to stand at the same side as his government.
If I remember rightly Singapore didn't get invited to the event staged by Biden before Christmas "the World's Democracies" ect, I wonder what changed? I remember watching a video on TH-cam about the great leader of Singapore LKY who was subject to the US /CIA threats and bribery, but he tricked them by acquiring a signed letter from the then boss of the CIA, and he got finance for his country and a hold over the US 🤣🤔👌🏴
You nailed it !!!!
BINGO--I mentioned that above. But boy--do I hate listening to theatrics and BS.
Yea
Kishore Mahbubani, You're talking Nonsense today. You don't know what you are talking. I used to listen to you but you failed today.
u refused to wake up. ⏰️ 😴
The professor from Geopolitics in Conflicts and 2 professors from a Hong Kong program did predict the invasion. The one from Geopolitics predicted it would start from Donbass, the 2 professors from Hong Kong even predicted that the war would occur in winter and it happened 1-2 weeks later.
Next will be Taiwan, another American proxy war
Nobody knows Russia's military strategy nor plan. In spite of that Prof Kishore is convinced the Russian have been bogged down? Where did he get his information from? Is he now spreading propaganda too?
If Putin is pushed into a dead-end, what you think he will do? We all think that Putin will not use nuclear weapons because that will also annihilate himself but as Prof. Kishore said, he was surprised Putin invaded Ukraine contrary to convention thinking, this tell us Putin's thinking can be different from the rest of us!
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i disagree about the above situation with Kishore
Us had never wanted Euro to have the pipe line of gas and oil. with Russia. She was very upset.
It appears now Germany and the west will have to buy energy from US ad currently who is building the infra structure to store oil and gas to Europe.The Europeans have shot themselves in the foot. The big heads in Eu are not thinking ahead. Germany GPD will be affected.
Oh d price of being a lapdog…
Guys, go easy on Kishore - he has a life to live, you need to remember where his bread & butter come from.
Kishore's view is been influenced by the properties and reputation he has in the WEST. Saying something contrary will certainly result in him losing them. But in my place they always say if an elder is not bold enough to call spade a spade when he sees one, it is better for the elder to keep quiet and say nothing.
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Kishore is great advocate of the rise of Asia. He might have to modify his views on the Ukraine saga if he had given more thoughts to the logic of India and China's positions. US sanctions are over killed and will have adverse repercussions on the US and the West themselves. It is quite obvious that the US strategy may have backfired if he had studied carefully the reactions of the majority of countries in the world; he should have kept his well admired thesis that the US has "no strategy" and is losing their plot in wanting to preserve their no. 1 position. As the war unfolds it is so obvious that the US wants to prolong the war and does not care for the lives of the Ukrainians. They wanted to overthrow Putin and destroy Russia. As the war goes on, the Europeans will suffer and there will be a division and at the same time, the US will lose credibility as is happening now.
I used to be impressed by KM’s analysis, but this…..😏not so sure now.
Old habits due hard. 😴 it's tough not to be an WuMao. Strive on bro.
The war on Ukraine are controlled and measured as Russia don't want to occupied the country. Russia only want its objectives being met as lay out prior to their military action as the west had outrightly rejected Russia's diplomacy approach. While the west
are united on the sanctions, that include Russian cats and dogs, artist, sports, etc, it reflect how much the west are bias and hates Russian. The sanctions imposed by the west hurts Russia but the west can't escape the ripple effects, such as refugees crises, fuel cost, food cost, overall inflation, business lost, brewing social unrest, etc. Now the west has to scramble to ease their concern of energy and food needs. The response from the OPEC are somewhat cool to western demands. The weaponisation of the USD and financial system are pushing China and others to speed up the use of alternate currency and financial trading system. This will have serious challenges to US and western dominance in the near term.
1. I used to be impressed by KM’s analysis, but this…..😏not so sure now. >>>> More of inputs >>> Based on westerner propaganda.
2. Next few weeks will be interesting to see the development.
3. However, You are absolutely right Kishore. It's a good opportunity for China to observe what's happening now, so it can formulate a better strategy to face the US in future conflicts. There is no question, USD has to be weakened first.
Prof Kishore's initial assessment was accurate. He was just saying the outcome was surprising - but he didn't explain the reason for the surprising outcome - leading to many thinking he was providing an analysis.
1) Russia was expected to have an easy win but didn't - the main reasons were the strategy deployed by Russia, to minimise civilian casualty, no bombing of administration buildings etc, which were intended for post invasion considerations. But capturing cities proved difficult without heavy artillery uses, so some 30 days later, Russia changed tactic to not seize Kyiv. Now the bombings take place.
2) Seizing of Central bank reserves - that is incomprehensible and extremely stupid. because whichever currency use is sanctioned, it would lead to the non-use and subsequent demise. We will be seeing alternative currencies used. Once USD is not the reserve currency, USD will not be able to run budget deficits and the surplus USD in circulation will cause currency to depreciate rapidly and that would be the collapse of USA economy.
3) EU united --- seemingly united. They shot themselves in the foot. Inflation and energy crisis will bite them in the back.
4) Companies sanction / lack of airplane parts - this is the danger of companies playing politics. Companies will lose patent protection due to not making the product available when there is market demand. Same for trademark owners who decide to cease operations - that is trademark abandonment and all goodwill are deemed lost when there is no activity. (details varies between countries, but that is the gist of it)
Kishore missed the bigger picture: the galvanization of the Russia-China partnership which is now arguably the most important and powerful partnership in the world. Also the seizure of Russia's reserves, coming on the heels of the seizure (many say theft/robbery) of Iran's, Venezuela's and Afghanistan's reserves finally lost the Americans the financial faith of the most important sovereign financial actors of the world, if not most of the world.
Besides the dollar is weakening by the day. The sanctions of the USA is hastening its own collapse and with it the collapse of the USA's economy and military power.
I think Kishore is falling in line with his country Singapore, which for obvious reasons has followed the USA's lead in sanctioning Russia.
The world has split into competing poles - East and West. We shall see which of the poles is stronger.
I believe Kishore's hand is tied one way or another on this Russia-Ukraine conflict... He appears double talking over here...
Completely agree. As for the obvious reasons why SG took the path, standing with the hypocrites Western democracies nations, it is still a huge disappointment for many Singaporeans. If we were pressed to, which many believes we were, however pragmatic we need to be to make a living taking into all considerations and calculations the threat brings, we need to stand up against such threats. If not now, when? More so in this modern times, while the West are still bullying around. And to add salt into the wounds, our government got onto the perceived moral high ground with their reasoning, almost to a point of trumpeting, and a big turned off. And if, and I'm actually hoping that it'll materialize, that the BRICS, Africa, Eurasia, ASEAN, etc, make a stand at this point in history. Where do SG stand? Geographically, S.E.A. geopolitically Western hypocrites? Be useful, but not to be made used. That's what our FM said. But by then, I'm afraid, SG may well die a slow and tragic death
I think kisor seems to be scared of USA and not really speaking his intellectual mind
He did not missed. It was done on purpose. Remember all Asean countries, EXCEPT Singapore, refuse to sanction Russia.
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I tend to think that the geopolitical chess game just ensued. USA without a doubt has the best set of cards in its hands and Russia set of cards are not great. This war may seem its about Russia and Ukraine issues but its really about changing cards on each players hands. Its about who gets what resource, who gets to call the shots on various issues, and how the rules of trade will be played out over the next couple of decades. The key players are of course usa china Russia Europe, India. Secondary players are middle east and other asian countries and lastly Africa. This war will help build secondary financial systems, reserve currencies, military alliances and trade blocs. Russia is not trying to conquer to occupy ukraine, its trying to neutralised it from the west. Between India and China and several other countries its aligned with, Russia will have no problem bouncing back from the financial sanctions the west put on it. The question is the type of relationship russia will build in Europe after this crisis. Repair and rebuild is China's strong suit. China knows how to pick up pieces and rebuild. Ukraine can be repaired easily too if china cares enough to help. USA on the other hand enjoys creating chaos. That's why usa is relentless in trying to intimidate china into playing by its rules. Ukraine is merely the punching bag between usa (nato) and Russia. China is the hospital that will patch both Russia and Ukraine after the fight.
Great view ! like it .
Russia and China hate each other as they hate the USA. USA and most of the world since COVID hate China even more than worry about what Russia and Ukraine are doing. The sooner China and Russia are excluded from the world the better off humanity will be. Indians have a soft spot for Russia but they are too powerless to beat Ukraine so how are they going to help India. The whole world needs India to become the manufacturing power of world.
The question will be how the US going to get the world to play by its rules.
This is the era where the world are seeing for themselves the criminality of the United States of America.
Even Europe sees it, but they are beholden to the US. They will be thinking of how to break loose.
Many countries who have stored their gold at Fort Knox, can't get them back.
The US made us fear the Soviet Union or China would enslave the world and they with great deception has enslaved most of us.
They have the power to reduce any country into rubble, and has done so to several countries.
@@thulomanchay the world has been playing by usa written rules for a long time. Its usa that doesn't play by those rules it set for the world when it's not convenient for her. Russia is breaking the rules and mirroring usa's mafia tactics. Its pretty badass actually. But if every nation decided to be badass, the world will sink into chaos. Look at North Korea's recent video it sent to the world launching its nuclear missiles successfully, it was damn funny. But also rather reckless. It drove south Korea and Japan nuts. Russia has legitimate grievances with USA, nato and Ukraine, but its terrible with diplomacy but militarily strong and brilliant geopolitically. This war got alot of oil producing countries to wake up and start resisting trading restrictions and USA dominance over them. They want their place in the world and not be marginalised by USA and allies. I think a new world order is in the process of forming with Russia taking the 1st crack at the pandora's box of weakening Western dominance over the world. Alot of countries that feel bullied and disadvantaged seems to be rooting for rebel boy Russia. All the good boys that tow the line are not amused though. Lets see how this game plays out over time. It just started. I am intrigued.
Does the USA ask the world to play it's rules. Because USA after WW2 being the wealthiest and most powerful country, it is truer to say the world asking to join the only game in town. Poor nations can not help other nations; they have labor only in much need of capital. That is why you call it capitalism. People hate it in many respects but no other way out out of poverty. A nation can play by it's own rules if they want a poor nation with no hope. No one is forced to have any thing directly to do with the USA. Communism is by far the greater evil. Up to 100 million deaths by Mao and 50 something million deaths by Stalin. Colonialism is always blamed on Britain when all it took to get rid of them was boycotting goods which could have been done a century earlier. India's rulers are more to blame than the outside world.
Kishori is wrong in comparing Indonesia with Russia, Geographically Indonesia comprises of major land mass in Java, Sumatra, West Papua and large part of Borneo, these and the many thousand of island are all separate by water which efectively posses communication & transportation problem. Unlike Russia it is not geograhically separated by water hence transportation by rail or road is not strictly compromised if they cannot fly the Boeing or Airbus. They still have their own aircraft indudsry albeit behind Eurpoe and US.
War must be prevented. Russia suffered tremendously in the early stages of WWII, but it overcame the difficulties and defeated the Nazis.
Mr. Kishore .. you don't need to teach China about what to do in this earth .. !
Don't worry he is double talking for reason known only to himself
Kishore did not attempt to teach China. He merely stated that China needed to re think it's plans, which may be the case
I think the comment by the Chinese Television host, her program is called The Point I think, she "tweeted" when US was trying to threaten China for not sanctioning Russia, "yes you want us to help you defeat our friend Russia but then you will come after us" I suspect that this comment will have the backing of the CPC and the people of China to 🤔🤔🏴
@@amandagorter1684 Yes I agree. Since his home country took the stand to sanction Russia. It might be his own way to remind China to re-strategize its dealing with the US and the West without being seen to be going against his government.
@@barrieroberts75 Whether with or without the CPC, it is a statement of fact. The US is already been proven time and again the big 😈. What is new?
Most of the leaders of Europe have dual nationality, i.e. they hold a "Five Eyes" passport and their own country passport. This is the tragedy of a divided weak Europe. You can say that the Europe Union is a colony of Washington.
Prof Kishore: How many years did West take to win Afghanistan or run away? Is that how powerful the west is?
I believe Kishore is surprised that so many of his readers/viewers think and reason for themselves, and have to disagree with him. I agree with many viewers like @Layheon Tan that Kishore has to toe the line with the Singapore government. I think SG government "was UNDER DURESS and COMPELLED to GO ALONG with SANCTIONS against RUSSIA" is because SG's armed forces is historically trained by and is still linked to the US/Israel. SG, just after independence, was left in the lurch by the British withdrawing its troops. A small young nation without a single soldier is open to invasion and occupation. SG approached the US for help and the US jumped at the opportunity to establish a foothold at a port right in the middle of the shipping lane between the West and the East. After all, this is a self-interest aka self-survival world. The trade between SG and Russia is relatively small. If the US ask SG to sanction China I don't think SG will comply because SG's trade and investment in China is huge.
Sir, what the eyes see ,isn't what it is. The surprise ,is in the backstage. Look at all Russia war ,they always has the last laugh. Unlike US war ,which is laughing stock. Example, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan with tail in between ,you know what.
Would recommend that Mr Kishore listen to more alternative podcasts pertaining to Ukraine like ' Alex Mercouris' and 'the duran'.
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Yes,they are one of the best if not the best guys in the business.
Either that or it’s because Singapore has supported sanction on Russia. So he has to stand at his government side.
Here I disagree with the professor. The era of hegemony with military power has ended. Just look at Afghanistan which was liberated after 20 years in power. What is happening now is that economic power rests on a country's food and energy security, its natural resources coupled with its technological reliability, both military and civilian. This will change the direction of economic domination. An ancient economic principle is that your product cannot be sold if there are no consumers and the consumer must have enough money to buy the product being offered. The limited energy and natural resources of a country will automatically affect its achievement as an independent country. The G7's strength is that it relies on their currency to be used as a trading currency, an advantageous position for energy importers to pay in their own currency like paying for goods with printed paper only. Eras have changed, their golden age has changed.
Certainly, the Russian Army has suffered reverses. It would not have done so if it had implemented the shock and awe approach in warfare. Even so, the Russian Army will learn from its mistakes and come up with new strategies and tactics to overcome Ukraine. Certainly, the Ukrainians are motivated and have done well, but we are not seeing the full s tory here. There are reports of 60,000 Ukrainian troops surrounded and cut off in the Donetsk region. They may have to surrender soon. Russia will interdict weapons and munition supplies coming in from Poland.
To not prolong the fighting, Zalensky must consider surrender.
Interesting listening to Kishore today (3/29), it seems that he was not entirely correct regarding US-EU unity. Fractures are emerging, and as April 1 comes around, it will be interesting to see how EU deal with its energy crisis when Russia stops the flow of natural gas to Europe. Also, the falling apart of QUAD, the possibility of Saudi selling oil to China in Yuan, the cancellation of the planned ASEAN-US meeting all pints to the weakening of US and the strengthen of China on the global stage.
The US-ASEAN summit is not cancelled. It's been postponed to either May or June.
@@ian8950 Honestly most ASEAN members are not excited with US involvement in this part of the world.
@@offiz , That is not entirely true.
As far as I know, no ASEAN country opposes US involvement in this region, including staunch China allies like Laos and Cambodia.
Myanmar has its own problems, Thailand is probably neutral like it has always been, but countries with interests in the South China Sea, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines, _definitely_ welcome US involvement.
No Malaysian or Indonesian politician, not even their opposition, said a word when Singapore extended the US naval base MOU in 2019. That speaks volumes!
Zelensky is an actor/comedian. It seems Kishore has been duped as well. Zelensky knows nothing and is a shell, a puppet.
I am afraid that I can’t agree with Kishore this time as I have got a complete different impression of this war. America is behind the war and benefit from it tremendously in a short term. However, Russia is not get stuck but strategically surrounding the key cities and leave Ukraine high and dry. Also, in the long term this war fundamentally shake America’s dollar dominance.
This time however I find it difficult to adhere with Kishore. It's like he's giving his opinion off Western MSM. In the first place, it's a given fact of ability that had Russia gone in with an "awe and shock" blitzkrieg, not dissimilar to how indiscriminately the US and NATO did it in Iraq, Ukraine would have been flattened completely under a week. But Russia did not do it this way. The puzzlement is WHY??? I'm also surprised the subject of BOEING and AIRBUS commercial planes was discussed only from the viewpoint of the Western advantage. When, in fact, 70% of these planes in Russia are on commercial leases, and Russia has in retaliation forbidden the return of these planes. The Russian lessees, in any case, have been incapacitated to repay by the sanctions. This alone amounts to many, many $billions in clawback effect. Unusually, Kishore is normally balanced and deeply versed in the nuances of his comprehensive research. These peculiar academic traits of his were, rather, lacking today, I felt listening to his monologue.
Professor Kishore will regret this analysis of his. I think his reading of the situation is way way off. Europe is pretty much on its knees now.
To give an example, the Europeans are trying to replace their gas requirements with US LNG. They don't have the infrastructure to handle these shipments and they won't be able to build the ports in time.. and where are they going to find the ships to ship the huge amount of gas over from the US to Europe? And how much more are they paying for the american gas? It just doesn't make economic sense. It will worsen the inflation situation.
The west has set a very bad precedent by confiscating Russia's sovereign reserves. This will backfire on them eventually. I am sure China has taken into consideration this possibility. The fact that gold price hasn't shot through the roof yet indicates that the west will not be that stupid to threaten the Chinese reserves.
The west is pretty lonely confronting Russia. In fact, I believe Mr Putin has been preparing for this confrontation for some time. This operation was prepared for over many years. Russia will prevail.
Mr Lan. what have you been smoking 🚭?
@@donaldjoseph3903 And what have you been eating?
This video shows the blanks in Kishore's world view - which is at the core, West Centric.
No surprise from the folks he admire all his life....
He does not really understand Russia/China?
Russia is trying to avoid Civilian casualties. What Sanctions forced, was Russia and China rolling out their working-versions of whatever US decides to impose. Biggest accomplishment from NATO sanctions, is to isolate US & Allies, as majority of Humanity are now Standing Independent, where they always Voted with US in UN. Does this World deserve a Positive Change & Could that happen without Struggle? Power is never yielded without struggle.
Don’t underestimate the Russian!
I think what Prof Mahdubhani tried to say in the video is that this Ukraine war is all surprise to everybody .. nobody knows how will it end up , all still question marks . In this case his theory for China to setback on how they look on the situation is quite make sense . The Ukraine war ending is unpredictable yet , so far .
I see it as China tried to support/booster EU/Euro as another counter pole to the US hegemony.
Unfortunately, the European political elites have lost their marbles, and EU/Euro is being destroyed by their own failure to recognize that NATO (which is NOT accountable to their own electorates, NOR compliance with the UN Chapters) has subjugated them.
The small numbers of elites who dared voice out any alternative perspectives are hapless in "open societies" that have been sieged by US controlled and dominated Western media. One by one, they even 'have to invite' Zelenskyy to broadcast from their respective Parliaments more of the same US/NATO driven "propaganda" directly to their own electorates!?
Not only China, but the whole world has lost.
With a diminished/destroyed EU/Euro pole, the world will become more dangerous (and economically counter productive) as the US will proceed to force a global partition into two opposing camps!?
I hope the combined voices of the BRICS, Africa and the rest of the Global South can be much louder, and they can play a bigger role going forward.
Next few weeks will be interesting to see the development.
Fully support Putin.
It is too early to tell who will have the last laugh. Sanction is double an edge sword. Using the dollar as a weapon would lead to the dollar's own destruction.
The world needs an alternative to Doller to be a reserve currency in the world. China and Russia will now make renewed efforts to do so. We will now have Two major economic groupings in the world who will trade with each other but will not be dependent on each other.
it may not be a bad thing to confront what is eventually inevitable. the asia will have to dominate thevworld with power. nato only respects power. the west only respects power. chinese understands better now how to prepare for the fight, because a fight is inevitable. mark my words.
Kishore,
I was very disappointed to hear of the invasion for exactly the same reason you mentioned, I was so disheartened. But when you hear of the underlying reasons, the large scale impending attack on the Donbass. Russia had no choice. Today, I realise both Russia and America have thought through the consequences. America would have unloaded the sanctions on Russia for the any reason anyway and eventually they will ask Taiwan to declare independence and put China in the same situation.
Regarding the war, Russia is in the driving seat. They are using 200k men to subdue 600k Ukrainians. Russia is winning the war slowly and methodically but they are losing the media war. I think because of the cost of the war Russia will separate the country roughly from Kyiv south and declare it independent. They need to clear the East of the non slavic Ukrainians. Before the war started I said to myself if Russia does go in it will take half the country to make it worthwhile. East Ukraine will then have enough to be a successful state. Because Russia has the natural resources they are in a more powerful position than China in this situation. I think America have made a mistake going after Russia first. Anyway, right now the 70k cream of the Ukrainian army facing the Donbass is going to get a taste of Russian aggression. They are not hiding amongst civilians in cities.
Speaking to PLEASE America - Once a diplomat ,always a diplomat .
It is natural to choose to stay on popular side
Prof, Zelensky is whose hero please?
He is a stupid, drug addict comic .
The question whether Russia would "invade" Ukraine was never in doubt. It's a question of 'When' and not 'If'. The signs were all there. For Russia, it was a matter of life and death once Ukraine joins Nato. The narrative that the "Russian army is bogged down" is not entirely correct. It does not take into account that Russia is not conducting a war that uses the 'shock and awe' strategy that killed hundreds and thousands of civilian deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, etc. in the first few days of the war. UN recent report states that to date there are about one thousand civilian casualties in Ukraine. In a sense this is a more humane war (I am anti-war) compared to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc. Russian government high officials had promised that it would be a "gentle" war and so far this appears to be so. It is one's hope that the war will end soon.
Thinking from the western point of view.
The world is different going forward.
Here is a "joke" taken from another non-msm Western news site:
Before I went to sleep, my wife said to me: This Russia is such a bad country, If Ukraine wants to join Nato, it is their business and freedom, Russia has no right to intervene, this is just an excuse for Russia to invade Ukraine.
So, I said nothing, I just went to the kitchen and took a knife to bedside, then I said: Let’s go to sleep.
My wife looked at me with her wide eyes: What the heck are you doing, sleeping with a knife?!?!
I said: No worry, let’s go to sleep. Besides, sleeping with a knife is none of your business and it is my freedom.
My wife said: How can I sleep when you are sleeping with a knife? What if you accidentally cut me?
I said: Well, You don’t even trust your own husband, how can you expect Russia to trust Ukraine? Me sleeping with a knife is like Ukraine joining the Nato.
Like always very informative Sir thank you 👌
The war has started. So how the war develops is the key. It is obvious that Russia's purpose is to break US hegemony. Russia will definitely fight the war all the way. More Ukrainian refugees will enter Europe. The next stage is to see how Europe copes with the pressure. On the other hand, the United States has violently attacked Russia with its financial hegemony. So it depends on whether Russia can successfully resist the financial war.
I disagree with him but I understand why he is taking a pro western view this time. Singapore has gone all in with the west in this conflict and Kishore cannot speak too differently than the gov he represented. Well, as of now Russias economy is not collapsing and the ruble strengthened. This war shows the weakness of the west rather than its strength. Calling Zelensky a hero is a joke. I can't believe he said that. Extremely disappointing. I don't support russia or ukraine in this conflict because the reason we see this conflict is due to the failure of both russian and ukranian policy. Both leaders fails to secure their interest through peaceful means and as a result the people suffer.
Well I understand the professor's point. However, I've always interpreted this as an opportunity for China to have a test run. What I mean by that is... for them to see what level of opposition can be marshaled by the West against them should they move aggressively towards Taiwan. I have a lot more respect for China's long-term strategic thinking and planning than the reflexive moves of the US to protect it's hegemony. So in the long run this is advantageous to China. They will make the adjustments necessary, likely with the aid of Russia and possibly India to end the US hegemony and the inordinate leverage of the West over the rest of the world.
Kishore where is your true wisdom? You sound like somebody else I do not recognize.
Russia is NOT trying to kill his brother.
The lesson from this today is - you have to look down on your arms. If they aren't pinko-grey, then you should not buy Boeing or Airbus. You are likely to get sanctioned one day. Better not risk it and buy a non-Boeing/Airbus. Like Comac aircraft instead.
West n Europe Very United not surprised sir,,is crusaders descendants, instead Asia not unite cos of differences,race , religion +++++,,
Kishore is a Singapore citizen and a former ambassador of Singapore. Singapore supports Ukraine, has sold arms to Ukraine and put sanctions on Russia! Singapore is now openly aligned with the US. The Singapore just paid a visit to the US and met up with our President Biden! Singapore needs the US for protection as it is surrounded by two large Muslim nations. Singapore has more trade with the US than with China or Russia! So, Kishore has to support his government.
The problem with United States is that they don't respect their rules that they were first set. This is what we call playing dirty and low shots.
Kishore is blinded by tinted glasses of his American friendship. He is mistaken at so many points
He always keeps telling his is friend of West. Read his mind and action not his words.
Now the days of US dollar as reserve currency will be numbered.
Sorry for Mahbubani。 Wait and see who will win in the
end。
You are absolutely right Kishore. It's a good opportunity for China to observe what's happening now, so it can formulate a better strategy to face the US in future conflicts. There is no question, USD has to be weakened first.
He is wrong. The rouble has rebounded as of 30 March and the sanctions are making Russia develop competencies it never had to. They have also pushed Russia to China and bolstered China's position on the Eurasian landmass. India has not abandoned Russia and economically these three are more than a match for the West together.
Meanwhile, the European public will have to deal with shortage of fuel, high inflation and supply chain problems. Good luck to them.
Lets see in time how united we westerners will be when our economies start to go downwards at full speed cause of the stupid reaction taken agains Russia.....
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He been watching the news report like CNN, CNBC, etc. He has a warped view of the war!!!
For a man spposedly of high intellect he is giving a very parochial view of the Ukraine-Russia war. Before giving his two cents worth he should have looked up the history of Ukraine and the kind of people making up its citizens. Historically they have been fighting wars after wars after wars, at times fight among themselves, and at times fighting on the side of others. In WW1 Ukrainians fought on both sides. During WW2 a lot of Ukrainians fought alongside Hitler's Army, which is why the neo'Nazis are a very powerful force in Ukraine today. They even have a military unit called the Azov Battalion comprising of neo-Nazis, ultranationalists, thugs and hooligans. Historically speaking, in the first place there was no such country as Ukraine. It was just a geological area prior to the formation of the USSR. As for Crimea it was never a part of Ukraine. Crimea was previously part of Russia. In 1954 the Soviet president, Nikita Kruschev, a Ukrainian, passed a law putting Crimea under the authority of Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is not a new occurrence. The hostility between them had been there over the centuries. Under the USSR umbrella there was some semblance of peace but once the USSR was dissolved past resentment and conflict was re-ignited. And the Biden administration stoked the fire because the US wanted to make Russia as the enemy of the West. NATO was formed out of the fear of USSR having hegemony ambitions in Europe and it started the Cold War when USSR formed the Warsaw Pact in reply. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union there was no more any communist threat to Europe and NATO should have been dissolved. But the west needs an enemy because without one the military industrial complex will go bankrupt when no country wants to buy weapons. On his last day in office Eisenhower told the American people to beware of the military industrial complex but his warning went unheeded because the oligarchs who control the complex already controlled almost all the media and the vehicles of power. The American people have been played by the power behind the oligarchs of the military industrial complex who had lined their pockets using Russia as a bogeyman.
I agree with Lewis Haw, although I respect Kishore. Europe and the US are not totally in agreement. France for one is just playing the face game.
It is still early to make any conclusions.
On damage to Russia... .
What about... Now that Russia is demanding payment of gas in Russian Ruble who will be in trouble? All the West's sanction will end up harming the West themselves. They don't have Ruble.
The results are not in yet. That's for sure. Kishore's analysis is too simple, he has yet to see the Russian response.
Sir, for how long did USA fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, Somalia or Libya? Russia has only been in Ukrain less than two months. Hungary is distancing itself from being a pawn if NATO. Germany, having caused two WW and dependant on Russian energy, shud be the last to offer arms to Ukrain
No trade then war mite start or cold war mite start
Ukraine forces were amassed on Donbas border. The game of Russia is to incapacitate amassed forces, rest is will fall apart somewhat easily.
This time your analysis might not be entirely correct.
Do you think Proff. Ukraine is represented for G20 Bali s #Biden stated. Prof you are the best if academic leader for Golkar.
this time he got it totally wrong, he had bought into the Western narratives and lies completely, he will come to regret this analysis in the near future
it looks like Singapore is under huge pressure from the US this time, can any Singaporean explain why?
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I think my Quebec point of view is I want peace for everybody. I believe that HUMAN life is the most important. Poutin is invading and killing and may be win but the humanity will loose. Love and peace sir and respect for your video.
Putin to me is what the world needs. Someone who can stand up to the West. War and body bags are synonymous with the US. They have waged war for 230 years of its 245 years of existence. Its Military Industrial Complex, as warned by the late President Eisenhower, is not abating over the decades. War is business and war is necessary to maintain the power of the US dollar and military for the survival of the US and its hegemonic world order. However no one is held responsible for it. No Western media has questioned the atrocities committed by the West. Why is the US not a member of the UN human right council? Why? What about the human lives of the Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis, Palestinian, Vietnamese? Are they not HUMAN? Why is the world not condemning the US and the West?
Humanity has been thrown out of the window decades ago by the US and its Western allies and the world is duped to think that the US and the West are doing it for democracy, freedom of speech and human rights by the ever powerful Western media who dominated the world in a single narrative that the West is good and those who opposed it, are evil. These said values are now weaponized by the West as an excuse to wage war, to impose sanctions, to stage color revolutions, coups, regime changes and in some cases assassinations to any individuals, companies and companies who do not kowtow to the West (namely US, UK, CAN, AUS, NZ and EU).
All this façade to "save" the world from authoritative powers and to embrace "democratic" western world order has to be stopped by the world community.
Only God knows what is going on and has a clear picture of the whole situation as its has access to everything and everyone thinking, Putin, Biden etc. and will determine how it will proceed. What is the TURNING POINT? WHEN AND HOW?
Notice that in this whole Ukraine War situation, only Joe Biden is smiling happily... !!
Joe Biden is smiling happily bcoz... finally USA is now selling oil and weapons to the Europeans... for many years to come... even after the war is ended. War means Money is coming to the American Empire.
I am not pro-Russia nor am I a Russian shill. But I am generally quite logical and look at numbers.
For one thing--the Ruble has NOT crashed. It is 1usd to 95 rubles now. RUSSIA has requested that gas transactions to unfriendly countries in Europe be made in RUBLES starting April 1, 2022. That has brought the ruble back up again.
As for EUROPE---is it THAT united? How can they be united when it is quite obvious that the US is pushing to prolong the WAR at the expense of the EUROPEAN ECONOMY which is going to see inflation SKYROCKET? That's not very logical, is it? And why did Macron come out to disagree with what Biden said in Poland? Germany is starting to fret. Hungary does not want to have a part of this.
One has to differentiate between theatrics and optics in front of the camera and WHAT is REALLY going on in the board room behind the scenes.
So my reading of this is---because Singapore was UNDER DURESS and COMPELLED to GO ALONG with SANCTIONS against RUSSIA--K. Mahbhubani also has to sing along with that narrative. It may NOT be what he REALLY thinks deep in his heart.
That is bullseye shot man... !!
But allow me to confess. At the same time, I hate listening to time wasting BS.
Now, this time ..i do not agree ...
Yes ,rusia is underestimating ukraine ..and also the way that rusia conducted the war is out of date ...land forces are less equiped by drones to anty javeline.....rusia drone is appear only latter stage but massive casualties have occured .....
The battle for Ukraine - with ex-UN nuclear weapon inspector, Scott Ritter.
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☝️A long interview. Ritter provides a detailed expert analysis.
Worth listening. Very Informative. 👌
I disagree.
Putin & Xi, d more I observe them, these two r v v intelligent leaders of exceptional calibre.
So far, I think all is going to plan. We await something from these two…
Maybe you can give them a helping hand. 😉 Are you intelligent enough?
Russia is not invading Ukraine. It is a special military operation to demilitarize i.e. destroy weapons that are used to kill Ukrainians (more than 14 000) in the Donbass region.
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Agreed. Russian soldiers are just taking a holiday in Ukraine and learning to speak Ukrainian. 😀 There is no invasion or any military operation.
Kishore is always a wise and honorst man to listen to.
He won't get free Dinners & other perks in west when ever he goes there if he doesn't praise west ! The same way he does it for China too !
But not this time.
@@viswanathbangalore9640 This time round he has to praise the west for one reason or another or else his book will not sell
@@janalampert9194 Let future events decide whether he is right or wrong. Fortunately for us, it won't take long.
Are y all aware in this situation, the Singapore govt is pro West. I believe Kishore's hands ( in this case, mouth) is tied . He usually has his facts and logic well placed
Can't agree with Kishore for his views on the power of the West and EU combined. Kishore knows China well enough and is highly respected. But the war in Ukraine is not his forte. Russia will prevail if the war prolongs much longer. Hope not!
This poor man always seems, even with backhanded surprise, very excited at the decline of the so called “west.” Ok good luck
The Chinese saying America is like a dead chicken kicking the lid of the rice pot
Russia has the largest oil n gas and wheat grain fertilizer industry..in other words russia will survive with oil and food but the west will suffocate n economy collapse during freezing winter
Kishore's viewpoints are basically pointless since he is pro Chinese and walking the way the Chinese would like him to be .
Russia went soft on ukraine...thy dont fight like americans sitting on a plane n carpet bomb n killing million civilians...
90% ukrainian army military plane tanks ships all destroyed on day 1 of war...
The rubble has bcm the petrogas ruble..more powerfull currency 😇
he may no a lot about Asia and china but clearly not much about russia and the effects of this crisis.russia is clearly not losing. there strategy is different from shock and awe. and there main focus is the east.russia has not imploded economically and they not only have huge natural resources like gas oil and gold and can feed itself.irs us the west who's economies are starting to unravel just one month into sanctions. it's also brought india china and Russia closer. sorry professor but on this your in the no nothing camp
So ucranians won the war? Congratulations! But in the charts it looks like russian army ocupation is growing not shrinking... so perhaps ucranian strategy was to be ocupied 🦧