2017 Forecast: South Asia
January 5, 2017
Summary The joint US-Indian Hybrid War on CPEC will come to define the forthcoming years, but just as equally so might be India’s internal problems brought about by its poorly conceived and sloppily i…
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The Top Ten Under-Reported News Stories of 2016
January 5, 2017
What would George Orwell have made of 2016? Some of the biggest news stories of the year, promoted by pro-Establishment media, were either false, such as the claims made in December that a 'Holocaust'…
West Spins Again to Sabotage Syria Ceasefire
January 5, 2017
Having no shame for telling systematic lies about the strategic battle for Aleppo, the Western mainstream media are at it again – this time concerning renewed violence near the Syrian capital, Damascu…
Obama’s Administration Sold More Weapons than any Other Since World War II
January 5, 2017
President Barack Obama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, will leave office in a few weeks with the dubious honor of having sold more weapons than any other American president since World War II.…
Obama Sends U.S. Special Operations Forces to Russian Border
January 5, 2017
This week, reports confirmed that President Obama has sent U.S. Special Operations Troops to the Russian border to assist NATO allies against feared Russian aggression. NATO members along the border h…
Saudi Arabia Jails and Flogs Workers for Unpaid Wage Protest
January 5, 2017
Saudi Arabian media is reporting that 49 foreign construction workers protesting unpaid wages have been sentenced to prison and corporal punishment in the form of lashes. Some of the unnamed workers w…
Recep Erdogan And The Geopolitical Box Of Pandora
January 5, 2017
Famous French experts on Turkey, in analysis compared Recep Erdogan with Charles de Gaulle some 4-5 years ago. Incredible! Yes, that is how it was then! But certain events that took place led not only…
IBM Watson Replaces Insurance Claim Workers at Japanese Insurance Company
January 5, 2017
Most of the attention around automation focuses on how factory robots and self-driving cars may fundamentally change our workforce, potentially eliminating millions of jobs. But AI that can handle kno…