World War Three is being waged in cyberspace
Oct 05, 2017 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
My introduction to advanced communication technology (i.e. the Internet and World Wide Web) came in 1999. Having grown up in the two-channel universe of the 1960s and 70s, I was agog at the power it represented. The...
China's leverage over 'Rocket Man' is key to avoiding nuclear war in East Asia
Sep 25, 2017 12:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un are playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship while also trading personal insults. Most recently, Trump blasted the Rocket Man in his inaugural speech to...
Global Geo-political Series: Key updates from across the world
Sep 25, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Commentary
Russia-U.S.- North Korea: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that he believes that the United States will not strike North Korea like they did in the case of Iraq as they surely know that North Korea possesses...
Will North Korea sell its nuclear technology?
Sep 25, 2017 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
Earlier this month CIA Director Mike Pompeo suggested the North Koreans have a long history of being proliferators and sharing their knowledge, their technology, their capacities around the world. My research has shown...
Europe is training military forces in weak states – and that's seriously risky
Sep 25, 2017 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Within hours of the death of Guineas president in 2008, four officers trained by the German military launched a coup détat. Led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who proudly wore the red beret and insignia of a German...
Global Geo-political Series: Speculation rises over another DPRK hydrogen bomb test
Sep 22, 2017 08:12 am UTC| Commentary
North Korea might one again defy global pressure and move ahead with another hydrogen bomb test and this time in the Pacific Ocean, which suggests that the hydrogen bomb might be fitted onto a missile and will once again...
Global Geo-political Series: Trump signs executive order to add more pressure on North Korea
Sep 22, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Commentary
The U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Thursday, adding more pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile testing and against anyone looking to bypass the resolutions adopted by...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India