Asia
Iran's WMD: The Nonexistent Threat
The U.S. intelligence teams, in line with their previous estimates of Iranian capabilities, demonstrated that Iran is at least five years away from a viable nuclear weapon and even farther away from a delivery system even if such programs were fully funded, supported politically, and...
Japan and China: Relations Deteriorate
Long-standing conflicts in the Asia-Pacific Region, increased economic competition and an open course of a number of the Asia-Pacific Countries to strengthen their national armed forces are not lessening regional tensions. Recently, Tokyo sent an official protest to China...
Long-term thinking behind deadly Taliban restaurant attack
Twenty one civilians were killed after Taliban militants attacked a popular Lebanese restaurant in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul on January 19. The unprecedented magnitude of the tragedy, which included the deaths of an IMF official and four UN workers, prompted strong...
