In an exclusive interview with India Today's Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, Colonel Douglas MacGregor, former senior advisor to the Secretary of Defense under President Trump, said that Iran is in driver's seat while Trump faces humiliation in the ongoing West Asia war.
He said, "Strategically, I think Iran is in the driver's seat, and the only hope left for President Trump, who faces a very real probability of humiliation at home and humiliation around the world." He predicted a massive offensive after the five-day ceasefire ends, involving airstrikes and attempts to seize Persian Gulf islands like Kharg.MacGregor dismisses the island seizure strategy as 'World War II thinking' unsuitable for 21st-century warfare dominated by precision strikes and surveillance.
Amid escalating tensions and an unfolding war in West Asia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to make a first official visit to India. The visit is slated to take place from May 23 to May 26.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a five-nation tour, will be arriving in Italy shortly on the last leg of his tour. The tour, which included visits to the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy, signifies a shift in India's foreign policy towards strengthening technology and supply chain security.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Norway, a joint diplomatic press statement in Oslo saw Norwegian journalist Helle Ling question the Prime Minister on India's human rights record and press freedom.
Twisha Sharma, the 31-year-old Noida woman found hanging at her Bhopal home while two months pregnant, is now at the centre of explosive court claims.
