5 August 2019 Was A Defining Moment In Indo-Sino Relations

5 August 2019 Was A Defining Moment In Indo-Sino Relations

Most observers at the time regarded India’s de-facto annexation of Jammu & Kashmir on 5 August 2019 as being a defining moment for either India’s internal affairs or Indian-Pakistani relations, but in reality it was a defining one for Indo-Sino relations since it directly led to the recent Galwan Incident, the geopolitical reverberations of which…

China – Great Britain: the End of the “Golden Era”?

China – Great Britain: the End of the “Golden Era”?

The title of this article, to a certain extent answering its own question, reflects the author’s understanding of the current state of Sino-British relations which have been the focus of increased press coverage in both countries since the beginning of this year. In particular, the Chinese newspaper Global Times recently posed a similar (admittedly milder)…

Lithuania’s Alleged Involvement in 2014 Ukraine Maidan Coup

Lithuania’s Alleged Involvement in 2014 Ukraine Maidan Coup

New scandalous information about the 2014 Maidan coup d’état in Ukraine has emerged that implicates Lithuania’s important role in instigating the violent events. David Zhvania, a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, revealed on his YouTube channel that the seizure of power in Ukraine was financed in “several ways.” “One of the external sources was…

NATO’S Appalling Failure in Afghanistan has Fuelled a Drug Explosion Across Europe

NATO’S Appalling Failure in Afghanistan has Fuelled a Drug Explosion Across Europe

I recently spent 12 months in Kabul as an adviser on policing. After seventeen years of NATO’s mission to bring peace and security, it’s sad to say that the country’s probably in a worse state than ever. Our terrible failure in Afghanistan, with lives wasted despite billions spent, has produced only one winner: organised crime….

American Troops to Leave Germany: Is It Goodbye or Just Auf Wiedersehen?

American Troops to Leave Germany: Is It Goodbye or Just Auf Wiedersehen?

The continued presence of tens of thousands of American military personnel in Europe seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War is rarely questioned either by politicians or the mainstream media. Currently there is little recollection of how, after the war ended, soldiers from Britain, France, the U.S. and the Soviet Union occupied…