Day: December 9, 2018

The Russia-Pakistan Railway Could Complement or Even Replace the North South Transport Corridor (NSTC)

December 9, 2018 Opinion

The establishment of a financial consortium and joint working group between the railway administrations of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan could one day lead to the creation …

The UAE will Help India “Multi-Align” Against China in Africa

December 9, 2018 Opinion

The announcement that the UAE and India signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly invest in Africa will see Dubai greatly assisting New Delhi in its grand strategy of “multi-aligning” against Ch…

Paris Is Burning

December 9, 2018 Opinion

France is under siege. Some 90,000 security forces are being deployed across France with particular attention to always combustible Paris and Marseilles. Armored vehicles are moving into the capital. …

Are the Gilets Jaunes Today’s Sans-Culottes?

December 9, 2018 Opinion

“Pour le peuple, il y a toujours la misère!” Anonymous Gilet Jaune From the Island of La Reunion to the Napoleonic symbol that is the Arc de Triomphe, through big and small towns, as well as the usual…

Macron Heralds the End of the Union

December 9, 2018 Opinion

The concept of the EU might have worked, but still only might have, if a neverending economic boom could have been manufactured to guide it on its way. But there was never going to be such a boom…

Nikki Haley to be Replaced by Blonde Version of Nikki Haley

December 9, 2018 Opinion

When UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced her upcoming resignation from the position, establishment loyalists spent the day awash with grief that the Trump administration was losing one of its remainin…

India and China Vie for Influence in the Indian Ocean

December 9, 2018 Opinion

Two recent changes in government – one in Maldives and the other in Sri Lanka – serve to illustrate the current political and economic battle for influence between India and China in an Indian Ocean t…

Is the GCC Dead?

December 9, 2018 Opinion

What can be expected from the annual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit being held on Dec. 9 in Saudi Arabia? Many are wondering if, or how, this month’s summit will differ from the last one h…