Day: October 8, 2018

Pakistani Poker: Playing Saudi Arabia Against China

October 8, 2018

Desperate for funding to fend off a financial crisis fuelled in part by mounting debt to China, Pakistan is playing a complicated game of poker that could hand Saudi Arabia a strategic victory in its …

Pakistan Hits Back at Hybrid War Plots by Restricting Hostile International NGOs

October 8, 2018

Opinion

Pakistan is following the path first pioneered by Russia in cracking down against hostile International NGOs that pose a threat to national security. Pakistan took a page from the Russian playbook las…

Saudi Arabia’s Weakness Is Showing After a Week of Bad Publicity

October 8, 2018

Opinion

Over the past half century, critics have often predicted the fall of the House of Saud or emphasised the fragility of its rule. They were invariably proved wrong because the Saudi monarchy enjoyed lim…

Growing US Presence in South China Sea Threatens Accident That Sparks War

October 8, 2018

Opinion

On April 1, 2001, a United States spy plane on a regular reconnaissance mission over the South China Sea collided with a Chinese fighter jet, killing its pilot and leaving 24 American crew members, al…

Washington vs Beijing: US Proxies Emerge Ahead of Thai Elections

October 8, 2018

Opinion

At a time when the United States has intensified its confrontation with Russia based on claims that Moscow interfered in US and allied politics (i.e. the UK and prospective NATO members in Eastern Eur…

Sino-US Tensions: Pentagon Accuses China of Threatening America’s National Security

October 8, 2018

Opinion

Sino/US tensions risk boiling over into something much more serious than already. Washington considers China’s significant political, economic, trade, and military strength as a threat to US national …

The US’ Hypersonic Weapons Progress Proves That Spying Pays Off

October 8, 2018

Opinion

The US stole Russia’s hypersonic weapons secrets over the summer and is now on track to test these systems sooner than the rest of the world originally anticipated. President Putin’s announcement in M…

Study Buried for Four Years Shows Crime Lab DNA Testing Is Severely Flawed

October 8, 2018

Science

DNA is supposed to be the gold standard of evidence. Supposedly so distinct it would be impossible to convict the wrong person, yet DNA evidence has been given far more credit than it's earned. Part o…