Asia
USA – Iran: Gunboat Diplomacy Still Prevails
Again and again, U.S. politicians’ inhuman cries of fear and terror are emanating from the grim shores of the Potomac River. This time around, it was U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and John R. Bolton, the National Security Advisor to the American President, who launched...
Oman – Not Like the Rest of the Gulf
Everyone who visits this once ‘hermit Sultanate’ could easily testify: Oman is ‘different’ from the other countries of the Gulf Region. Its people are warm, talkative and proud. Despite the fact that Oman is poorer than Bahrain or Saudi Arabia, it actually feels richer, because there is...
Military and Technical Cooperation with Vietnam Remains out of Reach for France
It is well known that China, the United States, Russia, Japan, Australia, South Korea and Singapore are considered to be the most active players in the Asia-Pacific (APAC region. Other nations as, for instance, member-states of the European Union, are rarely mentioned in news...