The United States and Russia worked to weaken proposed international safeguards for lethal autonomous weapons during United Nations negotiations in Geneva this month, removing provisions that would have required greater reliability, ethical
Over the past few days, two statements have come to redefine the Middle East – though they were issued not by Israel or Hamas but by the belligerents in a conflict more
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It is uncertain if the liberation of Bangladesh as a free and independent country would have been possible within nine months without the support of then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who
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Sri Lanka is poised to receive revenue from the China-built Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport after three years, following the handover of its operations to a consortium of Indian and Russian companies. This
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On the heels of a new alliance announced this summer by Russia and North Korea for a pact pledging mutual defense, with the support of China, it is now shockingly being suggested
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The Japanese government is preparing to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine. The money, $3.3 billion, helps to underwrite a larger loan that was approved by G-7 leaders in June.
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Nicholas K. Gvosdev, an expert in Russian affairs and Professor of National Security at the U.S. Defense College, wrote an article questioning whether Russia is a U.S. adversary or merely a competitor.
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Nicholas K Gvosdev, an expert in Russian Affairs and Professor in National Security in the US Defense College wrote an article on whether Russia is an US adversary or just a “competitor.
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Earlier this year, George Friedman of Geo-Political Futures penned an article on the recent shake-up in Moscow, terming it “massive.” This shake-up saw the departure of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, replaced by
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to send arms to countries that could attack Ukraine’s allies (i.e. the West). Speaking at a press conference with foreign news organizations at Russia’s annual economic
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VIENNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India has given ‘Buddha’ to the world, not ‘Yuddha’ (war) which means it has always given peace and prosperity, and therefore the country is
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NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The name should have been changed long ago, when NATO shifted its focus and operations south and eastward. NATO is shifting once again, most seriously by expanding
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Hailed at the time as an historic change “burying” a Cold War rivalry, the NATO-Russia Founding Act of 1997 was privately characterized as a “forced step” by Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who
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Barrick Gold was established in 1986 as American Barrick Resources and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Khashoggi, Marcos’s intermediary in offloading the Japanese gold onto the market, was, in fact, the
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“The largest giveaway of a nation’s wealth in history. . .” —Mortimer Zuckerman, member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations, owner of US News & World Report, describing what took place in the
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Yury Borisov, head of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, has approved the schedule for the creation of a Russian orbital station by 2033, the corporation said in a press release Tuesday. The
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