By Sir Adam Thomson KCMG The weather is changing in Europe’s game of thrones. “Winter is coming”. As I take over at the European Leadership Network, the not-for-profit organisation dedicated to better security in greater Europe, Europe’s condition is more dangerous than at any time since the 1960s. Whether or not …
The Indian foreign policy establishment was not the only one to have got the polls wrong. By MK Bhadrakumar Political truths are like colours in the rainbow: they may be real, but they are seldom the whole truth. The whole truth is like light – colourless, and yet it’s all colours, …
The broad estuary of the Naf River separates Bangladesh and Burma. On both sides of the Naf, armed forces have massed of late. The countries aren’t at war — against each other at least. Rather, the soldiers are on the lookout for members of the Rohingya ethnic group. Burma wants …
By inviting in Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat hostile to “regime change” wars, President-elect Trump may be signaling a major break with Republican neocon orthodoxy and a big shake-up of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry Two weeks after Donald Trump’s shocking upset of Hillary …
This year’s election cycle broke quite a few records in terms of campaign spending, but perhaps the most disturbing trend is the rise in spending to elect state-level judges. The Brennan Center for Justice reports that spending by outside groups for state supreme court races reached an all-time high of …
While India continues to grow as both an economic and military power, New Delhi can be expected to exercise restraint in its international cooperation across these spheres. In this Q&A, Ian Hall, a professor of international relations at Griffith University, explains why India remains restrained in its international behavior. He …
It has attracted criticism, but the system was designed to hold the country together. The final irony in an election filled with irony is the refusal of some voters to accept President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. This group doesn’t simply include demonstrators but a movement of some size to persuade the electoral …
BY F.S. AIJAZUDDIN ON the morning of Nov 9, I became Christopher Columbus. I discovered a new America. Even though elections are held everywhere across the world, none will be remembered more than the recent contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the White House. An 18-month-long gauntlet ran …
Synopsis The apocalyptic vision of Muslim terrorists and extremists has come true with the victory of Donald Trump as the next US president. They jubilantly hail this as the “end of America!” Commentary DONALD TRUMP, whom the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has identified as the “perfect enemy”, will be the …
We investigate the race to save Iran’s water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions. It is hard to imagine life without access to sufficient quantities of fresh water, but in some parts of the world, particularly the Middle East, that is becoming more than a theoretically …