Day: August 17, 2016

Israel lays groundwork for possible settlement expansion southeast of Jerusalem

August 17, 2016 Middle East

Aug. 14, 2016 Yotam BergerThe land east of the settlement of Efrat would expand 'contiguity' of the Gush Etzion bloc to the outskirts of Bethlehem.Israel is conducting a land survey between the settle…

Pakistan’s Existential Vindication Over India

August 17, 2016 Opinion

As India and Pakistan both celebrate their 69th anniversary of independence, many voices in India continue to insist that their neighbor is allegedly an artificial state which has no right to even exi…

Putin deploys Russia’s most advanced air-defence missiles in Crimea as alarm grows war is imminent

August 17, 2016 Military

World powers urged Russia and Ukraine to refrain from ratcheting up a confrontation over Crimea as President Vladimir Putin bolstered the disputed peninsula’s military with some of his army’s most adv…

Escalation, Naval Deployments and Geopolitical Conflict in the South China Sea

August 17, 2016 Military

August 16, 2016Brian Kalman IntroductionOn July 12, 2016 the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled in favor of the Republic of the Philippines in its arbitration case against The Peoples R…

Australia becoming geopolitical flashpoint amid sharpening US-China rivalry

August 17, 2016 Opinion

A comment this week in the Financial Times entitled, “Why Australia’s luck may be running out,” is symptomatic of the growing attention being paid to Australia amid rising geo-political tensions in th…

Japanese Coast Guard video claims to show hundreds of Chinese ships near disputed Senkaku Islands

August 17, 2016 Asia

Hundreds of Chinese vessels sailing close to the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea have reportedly been captured on camera by Japan’s Coast Guard. The aerial footage indicates the high le…

US-backed forces give hundreds of ISIS fighters safe passage

August 17, 2016 Middle East

US Defense Firms Profit By Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter Of Yemen

August 17, 2016 North America

"13 yo Mohamed, IDP from #Saada, broke his leg walking thru a field of #Cluster submunition in #Safra #YemenCrisis" — Photos via Rasha Mohamed (@RashaMoh2) on Twitter. Original: https://twitter.com/Ra…