A high-ranking delegation from Oman National Defence College (NDC), led by Brig Gen Awadh Bin Mohd Said Al-Mashaikhi and co-members Brig Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Yusuf Al-Fahdi, Lt Majid Abdullah […]
From Manic to Panic: Are We in for 2008-like Stock Market Selloff
As the gravy train of loose monetary policy is brought to an end the resilience of global economic recovery is being tested. Can the global economy sustain itself without the life support provided by central banks?
As ISIS Surrounds Baghdad, Iraq Pleads for Return of US Forces
It is reported that ISIS has come within a few miles of the Iraqi capital and has advanced as far as Abu Ghraib (a suburb of Baghdad known for its infamous […]
Kurds May Not Forget Turkish Betrayal in Kobane for Years
Contradictions in Turkey’s policy objectives in Syria, namely overthrowing the Assad regime, fighting the ISIS and rolling back Kurdish autonomy all at once has left it in a bind. The confusion is obvious on […]
China Tests New Missile-DF31-B
DF-31B is road mobile, Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of having multiple warheads
Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons-Is it Real or Just a Utopian Movement?
The question which arises is after so many decades, why is this concept as elusive as it was when it was coined?