NATO prepares for “warfighting against nuclear-armed peer-competitors”
ahmed sabirBy Andre Damon At the conclusion of this week's NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, the members of NATO, including most European states as well as the United States and Canada,…
The world economy
By Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati The Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also, Japan exports far more than it imports. It has an annual trade surplus of over…
Reports of OPEC+ death are greatly exaggerated
By M. K. Bhadrakumar The fact that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states held a joint ministerial meeting with their Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Saudi…
We may finally understand the moments before the big bang
Physicists may have solved a decades-long mystery about how our universe came to be By Tim Childers There's a hole in the story of how our universe came to be.…
Nuclear-armed nations spent $82.4bn on weapons in 2021
Int’l Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons accuses nuclear-armed nations of 'obscene' spending and notes extensive industry lobbying The world's nine nuclear-armed countries spent $82.4bn upgrading their atomic weaponry in 2021,…
A Monroe doctrine for South Asia
By Saleem Akhtar Malik The concept of a Monroe Doctrine for South Asia does not imply that the US has the authority to act in the region. On the eve…
Huiyun Feng, Kai He and Xiaojun Li, How China Sees the World
Insights from China's International Relations Scholars (Singapore, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) By: Safia Malik China is emerging as a global power by focusing on geoeconomic and geostrategic issues to lead the…
A rogue 3-ton piece rocket debris just collided with the moon
By Elizabeth Howell A rogue rocket stage ended its seven-year space odyssey today (March 4), finally slamming into the moon. The event took place at 7:25 a.m. EST (1225 GMT)…
What happened before the Big Bang?
Has our universe cycled through numerous "big crunches" and "big bounces?” By Paul Sutter In the beginning, there was an infinitely dense, tiny ball of matter. Then, it all went…
Myths against Islam
By Shamoona Zia The reality of the countries who are involved in such inhumane acts is so acrimonious that on one side they claim to be modern, on contrary, consider…