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Illiberals and autocrats unite to craft a new world media order
Underlying global efforts
to counter fake news, psychological warfare and malicious manipulation of
public opinion is a far more fundamental battle: the global campaign by
civilisationalists, autocrats,...
Is Designating IRGC a Terrorist Organization a Right Decision?
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), otherwise known in Iran as the so-called
‘Islamic’ Revolutionary Guard Corps, is designated as a terrorist organization on
Monday (April 8, 2019)....
Ratcheting up tension: US designation of Revolutionary Guards risks escalation
The stakes in the Middle East couldn’t be higher.
Suspicion that the United States’ intent is to change
the regime in Tehran rather than its officially...
North Korea’s future international relations
Rumors are
rife in world diplomacy circles that the United States wanted to force the hand
in the recent talks with North Korea held in Hanoi...
USAID 58 years on: Perspective on Aid and Humanitarian Assistance in a Changing world
The year
2019 manifest a very significant milestone in the history of United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) on its 58th anniversary. Way back
in 196Os...
Japan’s quiet geo-economic rise
In the
turbulent world politics involving extensive international coverage, stable and
humdrum Japan does not have much of a presence. Yet, Japan is the world’s
largest creditor...
Squaring the circle: US challenges China on Xinjiang
A draft US resolution that would designate a Pakistani
militant as a global terrorist threatens to be China’s, and possibly Pakistan’s
showdown at the OK Corral....
The current situation of US Forces in Iraq and Syria
Despite some initial strategic and political doubts, the United
States has kept on maintaining and strengthening its military presence in
Syria, especially in the Eastern part...
Honor Among Thieves?
When Michael Cohen, fixer for Donald
Trump, payoff-artist and jailbird-to-be,
who starts 3-year prison sentence on May 6, branded his former boss a liar and
cheat who...
The Sino-US Trade War: Why China can’t win it
Does our
history only appear overheated, but is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it
directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore
cynical? Surely, our history...