Amid Syrian Chaos, Iran’s Game Plan Emerges: a Path to the Mediterranean

Amid Syrian Chaos, Iran’s Game Plan Emerges: a Path to the Mediterranean

Not far from Mosul, a large military force is finalising plans for an advance that has been more than three decades in the making. The troops are Shia militiamen who have fought against the Islamic State, but they have not been given a direct role in the coming attack to free Iraq’s second city from…

Alarming Earthquake Hazard in Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region

Alarming Earthquake Hazard in Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region

A group of researchers from the University of Miami has discovered a new earthquake hazard in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in a study aimed at the major Chaman and Ghazaband faults in the region. The research showed the Ghazaband Fault holds a much higher potential for a high magnitude earthquake than previously…

Google and Monotype Unveil the Noto Project’s Unified Font for All Languages

Google and Monotype Unveil the Noto Project’s Unified Font for All Languages

Google’s bid to connect the world with its services is a multi-faceted effort that spans mobile services, search, maps, connectivity, devices and more. But today, it’s the company’s efforts in the world of fonts — perhaps one of the less celebrated, but still central, parts of that ambition — that is having its day in…

Pakistan’s the Place…To Pull the Pin on the China Collapse Grenade

Pakistan’s the Place…To Pull the Pin on the China Collapse Grenade

India-Pakistan relations look to be interesting in the next few years, especially if by “interesting” one means “potential for regional conflagration with toasty global elements”. If the PRC continues its rise at its current trajectory and under its current management, chances are that by 2050 the United States will be facing a China that is…