China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Is a Big Deal. So What Is the Role for Beijing’s Military?

China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Is a Big Deal. So What Is the Role for Beijing’s Military?

President-elect Donald Trump is set to make his mark on U.S. foreign policy. As a sign of the great anxiety that has taken hold across the Asia-Pacific, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has scurried across the Pacific to be the very first foreign leader to meet the president-elect. On the other “flank”, all signs point…

Zuckerberg Just Revealed Facebook’s 7-Point Plan to Censor “Fake News” and It’s Chilling

Zuckerberg Just Revealed Facebook’s 7-Point Plan to Censor “Fake News” and It’s Chilling

Until corporate media and the neoliberal establishment refused to acknowledge their direct role in the election of Donald Trump and threw a temper-tantrum about misinformation on social media to scapegoat blame, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg balked at the notion faulty reports circulating on social media had anything at all to do with the November 8th…

Hezbollah’s Mechanized Battalion in Syria

Hezbollah’s Mechanized Battalion in Syria

World’s most powerful non-state military is no longer an infantry force only On November 11th Hezbollah held a military parade in al-Qusayr — a Syrian town that is just across the border from the largely Shia northern Bekaa Valley and that was the scene of Hezbollah’s first major battle in the Syria, and its first major success. Hezbollah holding a parade as…

Where are Britain’s Armed Drones? Deployed in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan

Where are Britain’s Armed Drones? Deployed in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan

At the first stage of what is likely to be a lengthy appeals process, the Information Commissioner has upheld the Ministry of Defence’s refusal to reveal to Drone Wars UK the number of Britain’s armed drones currently deployed.  Despite the fact that the MoD are happy to give such details about other surveillance and attack aircraft taking…

Japanese Troops Deploy to South Sudan Risking First Overseas Conflict Since World War 2

Japanese Troops Deploy to South Sudan Risking First Overseas Conflict Since World War 2

The move risks pulling the troops into conflict for the first time in more than seven decades. The re-miliarization of Japan has been on my radar and caused me much concern in recent years. I’ve covered the topic on several occasions, with the most recent example published over the summer in the post, Japanese Government Shifts Further…