NEW DELHI TIMES R.N.I. No 53449/91 DL-SW-01/4124/17-19 (Monday/Tuesday same week) (Published Every Monday) New Delhi Page 16 Rs. 7.00 2 - 8 December 2019 Vol - 29 No. 44 Email : [email protected] Founder : Dr. Govind Narain Srivastava ISSN -2349-1221 T Importance of BRICS Satellite Imagery and in an uncertain world its increasing role The 11th BRICS Summit, 2019, was held According to sciencedirect.com, Satellite in Brasilia, Brazil for the third time on Imagery is the main observational data November 14, signifying the coming of age of source for diagnosis and early forecast of an organization that brings together emerging synoptic development over the ocean, where economies playing a vital role in a globalized convection can produce bad weather with world. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, high impact on the marine activities. 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Macron’s comments similar political values of democracy and [email protected] just a month before NATO’s December 4 freedom but differ greatly on other values. summit in London shocked all. he relations between the US and NATO The United States promotes unilateralism T is fast deteriorating. After decades of and protectionism, and Europe seeks At the July summit in Brussels, Trump had bonhomie, Europe in general and the NATO multilateralism that paves way for differences portrayed NATO as being in crisis. Turkey countries, in particular, appear at logger to remain over global governance issues like defied the NATO allies to launch a military heads with the US over sharing of NATO climate change. The Chinese menace forced incursion into Syria in October. Macron military expenses. the US to shift strategic focus to the Asia- decried NATO’s inability to react to Turkey’s Pacific region. That eroded the NATO’s Ahead of a summit of NATO leaders in London “crazy” offensive and criticised Europe’s strategic salience for America. next week, Macron held discussions with NATO acting like a junior ally in the Middle East. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Paris. Trump’s decision to withdraw troops At a joint press conference, Macron remarked- NATO firmed up the Western alliance and from Syria has grossly eroded American “NATO is an organization of collective its back on the European project,” he said. anchored the Trans-Atlantic ties in post- credibility. Macron rightly doubts whether defense. Against what, against who is it Macron’s caustic comment rubbed European Cold War days. Both could have drifted apart NATO can guarantee the security of the EU defending itself? Who is our common leaders the wrong way and aggravated the otherwise. NATO still guards Europe against members. Macron spoke of the long-term enemy? What are our common topics? This trans-Atlantic rift further. Russia and its eastward expansion squeezed risks of 5G networks and the long-term question deserves clarifications.” latter’s strategic space. New non-traditional challenges a growing and more assertive The veracity of comments and its security threats like terrorism and refugee China presents to NATO. The Quadrilateral Macron also called for resuming dialogue straightforwardness was too overpowering crises necessitate NATO’s reform. While Security Dialogue (the Quad) involving the with Russia. Macron explicitly stated that to elicit are response from the European the EU wants NATO to respond to threat US, Japan, India and Australia is readying neither Russia nor China was the enemy leaders. German Chancellor Angela Merkel perception of bloc members, Washington the Asia-Pacific to face the China threat and of NATO. Rather, NATO’s energy and told a news conference in Berlin alongside wants NATO to respond to American global could evolve into an “Asian NATO”. resources should be directed at countering NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq. violent extremism. that Macron was overreacting and using In August, the United States Studies Centre “rather drastic words”. Stoltenberg reasoned Macron opined earlier that “Europe can at the University of Sydney released a report Earlier, in an interview with British weekly, that NATO had overcome differences in the no longer rely on the United States for claiming, “Chinese counter-intervention The Economist, French President Macron past, e.g. the 1956 Suez Crisis and the 2003 its security.” The divergences extend systems have undermined America’s ability said “What we are currently experiencing Iraq War. Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki to various domains: strategy, economy, to project power in the Indo-Pacific, raising is the brain death of NATO.” He bemoaned described comments as “irresponsible” values, global governance, and geopolitics. the risk that China could use limited force the lack of strategic coordination between while Russia hailed comments as “golden Macron’s criticism reflects his discontent to achieve a fait accompli victory before European allies and the United States and words” and “an exact definition of the current with America. The EU should be a strong, America can respond; and challenging US Turkey, with the NATO’s military, doubting state of NATO”. Criticism notwithstanding, independent strategic geopolitical power to security is guaranteed in the process.” whether the US-led NATO’s security maxim Macron’s honest comments revealed protect the bloc’s interests and acquire global that an attack on one ally is an attack on Europe’s lack of trust for the US and NATO status for the European military sovereignty, Chinese threat is there for all to see. It is real all, which underpinned transatlantic ties and emphasized the strategic need for a he feels. Trump has persistently pursued a and imminent, but sadly, NATO is falling since 1949, still exists. “America is turning strong European Union (EU). policy of nationalism and “Americas First”, apart at this critical juncture! Satellite Imagery and its increasing role information technology access (including ◆ By NDT Bureau smart phones), thereby limiting the control @NewDelhiTimes of what had been only a few central governments. It was recently noted that, [email protected] “data availability, data storage, and current transfer speeds put unprecedented compute A ccording to sciencedirect.com, Satellite power in the hands of the average person”. Imagery is the main observational data Globally, people will be able to collectively source for diagnosis and early forecast of wield the same power as a nation state synoptic development over the ocean, where in terms of information and intelligence convection can produce bad weather with creation. high impact on the marine activities. A session at the quadrennial International Satellite Imagery is of three types: Atomic Energy Association Sanctions 1) : This image is based Visible Imagery Symposium in November 2018, showcased upon principles of reflected sunlight and the important role that high-resolution therefore, these visible satellite images can commercial satellite imagery analysis plays be viewed only during the day; 2) Infrared in monitoring nuclear proliferation. Imagery: These images can be visible during both day and night. Since the satellite Open-source imagery analysis has enhanced relies on temperature to sense clouds and public understanding of nuclear proliferation not sunlight, the infrared image is available in territory where access has previously the whole day; 3) Water Vapour Imagery: Energy Agency (IAEA) views commercial proscribed nuclear activities”. been denied. Moreover, the presentations Water vapor satellite pictures indicate how satellite imagery as “a particularly valuable at the event highlighted the range of new much moisture is present in the upper open source of information”. In 2001, the According to a 2015 report titled, applications for high-resolution imagery atmosphere (approximately from 15,000 ft IAEA established an in-house Satellite “Commercial Satellite Imagery as an that are being developed by governmental to 30,000 ft). Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU) to provide an Evolving Open-Source Verification organisations and academic institutes. independent capability for “the exploitation Technology” published by the European High-resolution commercial satellite of satellite imagery which involves imagery Commission, commercial satellite imagery However, questions of ethics have also imagery is now playing a leading role in analysis, including correlation/fusion with has already been proven to be a timely, emerged regarding the use of commercial nuclear proliferation.