By MH Rajesh: A Chinese firm has planned to open a canal akin to the Panama Canal across Nicaragua connecting the Pacific and Atlantic. The $100bn canal will be funded […]
Maybe, it’s too early to write off the US and call the 21st Century an Asian Age
Veteran strategist Dr Anthony H. Cordesman writes that the tendency among some experts to presume the decline of the US and the rise of Asia as a given is too premature an assumption. In addition, the geopolitical guru avers that to assert America’s pivot to Asia (mainly the Far East) at the expense of its involvement in the Middle East is also unfounded.
India Needs to Take Serious Note of ISIS Cyber Attack on US CentCom Social Media Account
Sanjeev Relia writes that cyber security experts in India need to take a serious note of ISIS hacking into the US Army Central Command Twitter Page and militants posting videos on the YouTube site of Central Command
Kerry tells Pakistan to fight terrorist groups that threaten India, Afghanistan and the US
Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Afghan, Indian and US interests, US secretary of state John Kerry said on Tuesday as he voiced sympathy for the victims of the […]
Who was Behind Paris Attacks: Al-Qaeda, ISIS, or Worse ‘Lone Wolves’
Western intelligence officials are obsessed with tracking rival groups like ISIS and al Qaeda. They need to concentrate on tracking down the individual terrorists instead.
Saudi Arabia’s $750 Billion Gamble Drives Oil Below $54 per barrel
With oil prices falling on January 6, 2015 below $54 a barrel, the decision by Saudi Arabia not to cut oil production despite its record $38.6 billion deficit has bewildered oil markets. The Kingdom is said to have accumulated $750 billion in foreign currency reserves which it is reportedly willing to put on the line in its global campaign of not being the only swing state responsible for stabilizing oil prices.