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Nuclear Episodes and the Pokhran Legacy
L ike India nuclearized the Subcontinent in 1974, it has proliferated the Indian Ocean by building an open-ended triad of nuclear forces. Since...
Deep State Shows They Control National Security With Michael Flynn Resignation
T he Deep State does not ever want peace with Russia, or a respite in their interventionist wars overseas. They have thus far...
Considerations on the East Turkestan – Xinjiang issue
X injiang’s demographic and anthropic complexion is more complex than we tend to currently believe: according to China's 2000 census-taking, 40% of the...
The Iran Missile Imbroglio – Change or Chaos
I ran test-fired a missile and the U.S. government went ballistic. It put Iran 'on notice' -- a phrase meaning little but with...
The Importance of Maintaining The Balance of Power
N o one, or country, no matter how novel or inventive they are, has any right, or can be trusted, with absolute power...
La-La-Land of Central Asia: Kazakhstan and its “Astana Code of Conduct”
As defining terrorism in any particular case implies a political component, this very category becomes quite extensive - a subject to different readings and...
Why Peace Building Is Now Difficult in Kashmir
The turmoil since 1989 has established uncertainty and chaos as the new normal in the valley of Kashmir. Undoubtedly Kashmir that was so proudly...
No country for machos: What is there about machismo in Brazil and Latin America?
Campinas, Brazil. A man breaks into a house and kills in cold blood 12 people in New Year’s Eve – amongst them, his own...
Opportunity within Constraints: The OSCE and its Next Italian Presidency
The current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office is the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sebastian Kurz. The OSCE Chairmanship is held for one calendar year by...
Turkey’s State of Emergency Decrees: A Matter of Life and Death for Erdogan or for Turkish Democracy?
Turkey has been ruled by a declared State of Emergency since the July 2016 coup attempt, allowing President Erdogan to consolidate additional powers and...