Commentary
Let’s start with relevant facts. Mumbai is India’s largest city (20 million residents), its major financial center (India’s central bank is located there) and the capital of the state of Maharashtra, a financial powerhouse unto itself.
Mumbai's skyline is seen during the first day of a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coranavirus in India, on March 25, 2020. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images
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Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
