Asia
China is deepening its foothold in Africa
No country has so rapidly and so successfully penetrated in Africa in the last two decades or so as China has. Not only has China managed to take over economic ‘supervision’ of Africa, but has now started to deploy its military in the region too. China may be Africa's...
Saudi Arabia: New King - Old Problems
The official coming to power of the Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has invoked numerous comments by experts, journalists, and politicians. Many a predicting, like with tea leaves, how Saudi policy will change now and what direction the new king will take...
Turkey, Terrorism, and the Global Proxy War
While the world’s attention has been fixed on France in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings, the subsequent manhunt, and the political fallout from the incident, a number of important news items have quietly been pushed off the front pages of the...