FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT A STRATEGY
US Defense Secretary James Mattis made an alarming admission: “We are not winning in Afghanistan right now.”
WILL CHINESE NATIONALS BE SAFE IN PAKISTAN?
Pakistan is beefing up security around Chinese citizens streaming into the country to implement Beijing’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure spending.
HOW TO KEEP TRUMP BUSY ON THURSDAY
Trump's aides have been urging him to resist engaging, and they hope to keep him busy during the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey
RUSSIA AGAIN?
Is Russia behind Qatar's isolation by Saudi Arabia and the UAE? CNN reports the US is aiding Qatar in the investigation of the fake news report that some believe is the cause for the rift in the region.
WHY QATAR'S ISOLATION IS CAUSING OIL PRICES TO RISE
Qatar has been targeted multiple times in the past for its ties with Iran but never to this extent.
THE ISOLATION OF QATAR
In the region’s most serious diplomatic crisis in years, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have broken off...
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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