China-Pakistan Economic Corridor vs. The Big Dig: How the US Gave Up on Megaprojects

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor vs. The Big Dig: How the US Gave Up on Megaprojects

In peacetime, one can always judge the confidence and creative genius of a superpower by how well it is able to design and pull off, so-called megaprojects. A megaproject is simply defined as “a very large, expensive, or ambitious business project”. It is these projects which can help to define regions and entire nations for…

Can India Offer its Neighbors an Alternative to China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’?

Can India Offer its Neighbors an Alternative to China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’?

As China continues to develop its ‘One Belt, One Road’ Initiative (OBOR), its main competitor in the region, India, is working on its own international infrastructure projects. These are aimed at strengthening India’s influence in the region and providing an alternative to OBOR, which India does not wish to be a part of. India is not…

U.S. Murders 100 Syrian Soldiers, Claims “Self-Defense” in Country America Invaded and Occupies

U.S. Murders 100 Syrian Soldiers, Claims “Self-Defense” in Country America Invaded and Occupies

In the latest instance of American war criminality, the United States launched an air attack against the Syrian military on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. This brazen aggression against the sovereign government of Syria has resulted in the death of at least one hundred “forces aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad” according to U.S. military officials….

U.S. May Have Arranged “Self Defense” Attack on Syrian Government Forces

U.S. May Have Arranged “Self Defense” Attack on Syrian Government Forces

Last night the illegal U.S. occupation force in north-east Syria attacked a group of Syrian government aligned troops and their Russian support. The incident happened north-east of Deir Ezzor city on the east side of the Euphrates. The U.S. claims that it killed some 100 Syrian soldiers that were allegedly attacking its proxy forces in…

Maldives Crisis: US-Indian Strategic Alliance Forming

Maldives Crisis: US-Indian Strategic Alliance Forming

Developments in Maldives have begun unfolding according to script. India, the United States and Britain are spearheading the demand that Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen comply with the order by his country’s Supreme Court to release his political opponents from prison and reinstate 12 former lawmakers as members of Parliament. The script has a striking resemblance…