Essay on the topic 'Intelligence is an important aspect of
statecraft.'
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Well, this brings me to an old saying: "Knowledge is Power."
Not always true, but knowledge is one of the prime factors in politics. A good series to refer to to find out more would be Game of Thrones (I love that series!). Also, if you take other references, Chanakya is one of many great Indian politicians who united Indian rulers and kingdoms under his King, Chandragupta, ancient politics was most likely similar.
If not during, while establishing British rule, Britishers used cunning to turn Indian rulers against themselves. Then they would just have to come in after the fighting is done, clean up the mess and take over the kingdoms. After they gained power within the sub continent, they madeSubsidiary Alliances with various other kingdoms, where the Kings recognized the military power of the British and yielded to them. The Kings would officially govern their kingdom, but would give some soldiers, pay a revenue to the British and help them feed their existing army. Needless to say, British soldiers had a huge appetite.
During British rule, the Jhansi rebellion caused them great grief, and this was then subdued by using exceptional diplomatic skills and politics... So, you may want to refer to that.
Compared to the old days, Indian politics have become a bit more complicated. Back then, common people did not have the power to question, and so, keeping an eye on the enemies was easier. Now that we dohave the power to question political decisions, politics become more complicated.
Congress has ruled for over 60 years, so obviously, they have had more political power than any other party. But the congress hasn't exactly been able to do everything they wanted to do either. In a democracy, what is power? The support of the people, obviously, and to maintain the support of the people, what do you need to do? Help them, the whole 'Hearts and Minds campaign'. So, the Congress had an amount of power, but to keep it, they hadto help the people, or at least seem to help the people. So, they created fake projects, anything that seems to uplift the people from their general misery. Their plan, however, was simply to put in government money into a project, and then keep taking out some money from it, and mark those extracts as some expenses which were actually unnecessary. These are called scams when they get out, but there would still be no problem if the government kept these to themselves. But there is an opposition, made of BJP members, and when these got out... Suffice to say BJP won a few elections.
So, politics is quite complicated. And intelligence is also quite important in politics, even nowadays. Especiallynowadays.
Not always true, but knowledge is one of the prime factors in politics. A good series to refer to to find out more would be Game of Thrones (I love that series!). Also, if you take other references, Chanakya is one of many great Indian politicians who united Indian rulers and kingdoms under his King, Chandragupta, ancient politics was most likely similar.
If not during, while establishing British rule, Britishers used cunning to turn Indian rulers against themselves. Then they would just have to come in after the fighting is done, clean up the mess and take over the kingdoms. After they gained power within the sub continent, they madeSubsidiary Alliances with various other kingdoms, where the Kings recognized the military power of the British and yielded to them. The Kings would officially govern their kingdom, but would give some soldiers, pay a revenue to the British and help them feed their existing army. Needless to say, British soldiers had a huge appetite.
During British rule, the Jhansi rebellion caused them great grief, and this was then subdued by using exceptional diplomatic skills and politics... So, you may want to refer to that.
Compared to the old days, Indian politics have become a bit more complicated. Back then, common people did not have the power to question, and so, keeping an eye on the enemies was easier. Now that we dohave the power to question political decisions, politics become more complicated.
Congress has ruled for over 60 years, so obviously, they have had more political power than any other party. But the congress hasn't exactly been able to do everything they wanted to do either. In a democracy, what is power? The support of the people, obviously, and to maintain the support of the people, what do you need to do? Help them, the whole 'Hearts and Minds campaign'. So, the Congress had an amount of power, but to keep it, they hadto help the people, or at least seem to help the people. So, they created fake projects, anything that seems to uplift the people from their general misery. Their plan, however, was simply to put in government money into a project, and then keep taking out some money from it, and mark those extracts as some expenses which were actually unnecessary. These are called scams when they get out, but there would still be no problem if the government kept these to themselves. But there is an opposition, made of BJP members, and when these got out... Suffice to say BJP won a few elections.
So, politics is quite complicated. And intelligence is also quite important in politics, even nowadays. Especiallynowadays.
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Not always true, but knowledge is one of the prime factors in politics. A good series to refer to to find out more would be Game of Thrones (I love that series!). Also, if you take other references, Chanakya is one of many great Indian politicians who united Indian rulers and kingdoms under his King, Chandragupta, ancient politics was most likely similar.
If not during, while establishing British rule, Britishers used cunning to turn Indian rulers against themselves. Then they would just have to come in after the fighting is done, clean up the mess and take over the kingdoms. After they gained power within the sub continent, they made Subsidiary Alliances with various other kingdoms, where the Kings recognized the military power of the British and yielded to them. The Kings would officially govern their kingdom, but would give some soldiers, pay a revenue to the British and help them feed their existing army. Needless to say, British soldiers had a huge appetite.
During British rule, the Jhansi rebellion caused them great grief, and this was then subdued by using exceptional diplomatic skills and politics... So, you may want to refer to that.
Compared to the old days, Indian politics have become a bit more complicated. Back then, common people did not have the power to question, and so, keeping an eye on the enemies was easier. Now that we do have the power to question political decisions, politics become more complicated.
Congress has ruled for over 60 years, so obviously, they have had more political power than any other party. But the congress hasn't exactly been able to do everything they wanted to do either. In a democracy, what is power? The support of the people, obviously, and to maintain the support of the people, what do you need to do? Help them, the whole 'Hearts and Minds campaign'. So, the Congress had an amount of power, but to keep it, they had to help the people, or at least seem to help the people. So, they created fake projects, anything that seems to uplift the people from their general misery. Their plan, however, was simply to put in government money into a project, and then keep taking out some money from it, and mark those extracts as some expenses which were actually unnecessary. These are called scams when they get out, but there would still be no problem if the government kept these to themselves. But there is an opposition, made of BJP members, and when these got out... Suffice to say BJP won a few elections.
So, politics is quite complicated. And intelligence is also quite important in politics, even nowadays. Especially nowadays.
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Not always true, but knowledge is one of the prime factors in politics. A good series to refer to to find out more would be Game of Thrones (I love that series!). Also, if you take other references, Chanakya is one of many great Indian politicians who united Indian rulers and kingdoms under his King, Chandragupta, ancient politics was most likely similar.
If not during, while establishing British rule, Britishers used cunning to turn Indian rulers against themselves. Then they would just have to come in after the fighting is done, clean up the mess and take over the kingdoms. After they gained power within the sub continent, they made Subsidiary Alliances with various other kingdoms, where the Kings recognized the military power of the British and yielded to them. The Kings would officially govern their kingdom, but would give some soldiers, pay a revenue to the British and help them feed their existing army. Needless to say, British soldiers had a huge appetite.
During British rule, the Jhansi rebellion caused them great grief, and this was then subdued by using exceptional diplomatic skills and politics... So, you may want to refer to that.
Compared to the old days, Indian politics have become a bit more complicated. Back then, common people did not have the power to question, and so, keeping an eye on the enemies was easier. Now that we do have the power to question political decisions, politics become more complicated.
Congress has ruled for over 60 years, so obviously, they have had more political power than any other party. But the congress hasn't exactly been able to do everything they wanted to do either. In a democracy, what is power? The support of the people, obviously, and to maintain the support of the people, what do you need to do? Help them, the whole 'Hearts and Minds campaign'. So, the Congress had an amount of power, but to keep it, they had to help the people, or at least seem to help the people. So, they created fake projects, anything that seems to uplift the people from their general misery. Their plan, however, was simply to put in government money into a project, and then keep taking out some money from it, and mark those extracts as some expenses which were actually unnecessary. These are called scams when they get out, but there would still be no problem if the government kept these to themselves. But there is an opposition, made of BJP members, and when these got out... Suffice to say BJP won a few elections.
So, politics is quite complicated. And intelligence is also quite important in politics, even nowadays. Especially nowadays.
HOPE IT HELPS
PLZ MRK AS BRAINLIST
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