"We have defeated ISIS* in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency." So closed the December 19th workday, throwing the foreign policy establishment in Washington and other capitals into disarray. A US withdrawal from Syria has enormous implications for the ongoing conflict and will certainly alter the balance of…

Two nuclear power nations are in an eyeball to eyeball for past one month since 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide terror attack in J & K region of India.India launched an air strike at several places inside Pakistani territory which killed 350 terrorists as per Government of India version while Pakistan says there was no causality but it was…

• The tensions between the people of the Kashmiri valley and the Indian armed forces have been growing for quite some time. Violent struggles and repression have been for too long a matter of daily life.• The resentment among Kashmiris and their supporters across the Line of Control has been also growing. The anger and the antagonism has increased…

Abhinanadan Varthman who brought down a Pakistani F-16 by an Indian MIG 21 during an excalated conflict between two nation post Pulwama killing of 40 CRPF personnels and subsequent Airstrike by Indian Airforce inside Pakistan which killed 350 terrorists as per Gov of India version, at the very moment when he was brought at Wagah Border by Pakistani…

India’s Prime Minister recently said that his fight is against Terrorism and Terrorists not against Kashmiris and Kashmir. To remind my readers I should add that India has been struggling and fighting with insurgency and terrorism problems in Kashmir region since its independence from British in 1947. Narendra Modi also said that his aggressive and…

When World was all set to believe that President Trump’s China Relation is on a good note and his meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un can force N.Korea to destroy its Nuclear weapon,President Turmp’s Spy Chief has come out with a different version in its annual worldwide report threat assessment.It got no attention in news media because…

In 2016 Russian president started speaking at the final session of the Valdai International Discussion Club’s 13th annual meeting in Sochi. More than 130 experts and political analysts from Russia and other countries are taking part in this year’s three-day meeting, titled ‘The Future in Progress: Shaping the World of Tomorrow’.
While Putin's…

To slice through the ice sharp argumentation of the information campaign against Mr. Putin, is to reach for a ray of light. The truth, veritas, in its uncompromising way is the most important asset today. The role of President Putin and the elected government of the Russian democratic state is paramount for the world.Source: news.webalta.ruPresident…

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy who was recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, regularly answers questions for Tehran Times. with Javad HeiranniaTehran Times, 25 February 2019Q. Top Trump administration officials have advocated for a plan to build dozens of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia…

On 19-20 December 2018 Pugwash held a workshop in Geneva, co-sponsored and hosted by the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP), on the topic of cyber security and warfare. The meeting gathered together 20 experts and practitioners for a broad set of discussions. An underlying theme was to understand how cyber-attacks might trigger or exacerbate…

We would like to draw your attention to a new book, The 2017 Nuclear Ban Treaty, on the recently negotiated UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This is the first scholarly book-length analysis of the treaty. It brings to bear a range of perspectives, including from international relations, international law, civil society…

Parag Khanna 5 Stars – Utterly brilliant insights and data, but publisher should have invested in graphics to match Parag Khanna is for me the single best observer and reporter on the substance of Asia which he takes great pains to point out is not just China (a third of Asia’s population) but includes particularly vast swaths of Russia, India…