India's Sovereignty in a Changing World Order

About this episode

The episode discusses India's sovereignty and vulnerabilities in a changing global order with a focus on technological and military aspects.

In this critical panel discussion, Rajiv Malhotra, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, and Sankrant Sanu examine the shifting global order through the lens of hard power and technological Swaraj. Rajiv Malhotra argues that India is currently caught in a state of internal colonization due to a fundamental lack of indigenous R&D and intellectual property. He warns that without a robust military-industrial complex, India remains vulnerable to a new form of digital colonization led by the US-China duopoly.The conversation moves beyond mere narrative warfare to address the "root cause" of India's dependency: the failure of the left-liberal ecosystem and short-term Jugaad thinking to invest in foundational technologies like AI and semiconductors. The speakers challenge the current industrial policy, noting that while India has "lakhs of engineers," they are often reduced to modern-day sepoys serving foreign predator civilizations through global capability centers that own the IP developed by Indian brains.Who Is Raising Your Children? - https://whoisraisingyourchildren.com/Battle For Consciousness Theory - http://battleforconsciousnesstheory.comSnakes in the Ganga…

People in this episode

Host: Rajiv Malhotra

Guests: Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Sankrant Sanu

Topics covered

• India's sovereignty
• global order
• internal colonization
• military-industrial complex
• digital colonization
• indigenous R&D
• industrial policy

Keywords

• sovereignty
• global order
• colonization
• R&D
• military
• digital
• technology
• AI
• semiconductors
• industrial policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US-China, Infinity Foundation

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