Syria, Al Qaeda, and cognitive dissonance for fans of intervention
Want Bashar al-Assad out of power in Syria? Al Qaeda's on your team.
By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / February 17, 2012
Syrians chant anti-Bashar al-Assad slogans during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan...
Chinas Fight For Supremacy And Indias Subtle Rise Analysis
Written by: World Security Network
December 4, 2011
By Annemarie Ulbrich
In recent years, there has been a battle for supremacy between the US and China, both states trying to strengthen their influence not only in economics...
Pakistani Nuclear Forces 2011
By Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris
The latest Nuclear Notebook on Pakistans nuclear forces is available on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists web site. Since our previous Notebook on Pakistan in 2009 there have been several important...
China objects to oil hunt, India says back off
Beijings bid to thwart oil and natural gas exploration in two Vietnamese blocks in the South China Sea by Indias ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has been rebuffed by New Delhi. Indias ministry of external affairs (MEA) said Chinas objections have...
We have suspected this for long. It is well known that most of the Islamist terrorist groups operating in South Asia including Ai Quaida have established bases and networks in BD. That the crime-mafia-terrorist syndicate of Dawood Ibrahim which operates in sync with many of these groups, has...
A very succinct and comprehensive analysis of the COIN operations in Pakistan bereft of all the customary religious/nationalistic embelishments. Please post your valuable comments. Regards.
The Counterinsurgency in Pakistan‏
From STRATFOR, 13 August 2009
By Kamran Bokhari and...
Guys this is an article I picked up from the Indian Express. The author seems to have taken pains to analyse the situation from an Indian perspective. I would request you to endorse your views. And yes, trollers and flamers please excuse.
By Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Posted: Friday , Aug...
Posting the text of a speech by Chi Haotian, Minster of Defense and vice-chairman of Chinas Central Military Commission. An accurate insight into China's imperialistic ambitions, racist credentials and expansionist designs from the 'Horse's mouth', shall we say.
Here it is The Epoch Times |...