Day: September 5, 2017

Cause of Friction: Why Pakistan Has Chosen China Over the US

September 5, 2017

The cooperation between the US and Pakistan has recently been put to the test as Donald Trump accused Islamabad of supporting terrorists. In response, the Pakistani authorities canceled a planned visi…

Endless Regional Chaos: American Presence in Afghanistan Explained

September 5, 2017

Opinion

The geographic location of Afghanistan has always occupied a central role in many geopolitical studies. Donald Trump’s reasons for reinforcing US troops in the region are driven by the continuing US n…

Trump, North Korea and the Danger of World War

September 5, 2017

Opinion

The North Korean nuclear test yesterday, its sixth and most powerful, has once again exposed the extremely volatile and precarious state of global geopolitics and the great danger of a descent into a …

The Conflict in Syria was Always Israel’s War

September 5, 2017

Opinion

After years of fomenting the Syrian conflict from the shadows, the U.S. has recently seemed to back away from its push to militarily intervene in the embattled nation, instead choosing to focus its sa…

Brick by BRICS: The Roadmap for Cooperation in the Wider ‘Global East’ All Leads to One Belt–One Road

September 5, 2017

Opinion

As the 9th Annual BRICS summit commences in Xiamen, it is becoming increasingly clear that four major organisations which help to unite the countries of Asia and Eurasia, and also increasingly those b…

Make No Mistake, the Latest US Thuggery Is a Sign of Weakness, Not Strength

September 5, 2017

Opinion

For a while already the Russian diplomats have been openly saying that their American counterparts are недоговороспособны or “non-agreement capable”. This all began under Obama, when Kerry flew to mee…

How ‘Regime Change’ Wars Led to Korea Crisis

September 5, 2017

Opinion

It is a popular meme in the U.S. media to say that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “crazy” as he undertakes to develop a nuclear bomb and a missile capacity to deliver it, but he is actually workin…

Israel Arming Myanmar Amid Ongoing Rohingya Crackdown

September 5, 2017

Opinion

Israel has continued to sell weapons to Myanmar as thousands of Rohingya refugees flee the military's violent crackdown in the Rakhine state. The weapons sold to Myanmar include over 100 tanks, weapon…