Author: synergia
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Russia, NATO seek strategic advantage
Russia has increased its armed deployment amidst US -EU sanctions, demilitarization treaty withdrawals and the fifth anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea. The European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) is an Obama administration directive that seeks to address threats posed….
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Kabul’s expanding ‘green zone’
The ‘Green Zone’ in Kabul is the walled-off compound of embassies and newsrooms, which is set to expand dramatically. It already imposes extreme limitations on its sheltered residents and stokes resentment among Afghans living outside. Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in South and Central Asia. Afghanistan is bordered….
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India’s crackdown in Kashmir continues
Military roadblocks on Kashmir’s main highway are delaying ambulances carrying patients and leading to confrontations with motorists that occasionally turn physical, residents and medical staff say, as India’s crackdown on separatists in the region causes major disruption to daily life. Kashmir is the northernmost geographical…
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Saudi’s brutal campaign to stifle dissent
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is said to have ordered the surveillance, detention and torture of Saudi Arabian dissidents according to a classified report read by US officials. Human rights in Saudi Arabia are subject to Wahhabi law enforced under the absolute …..
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Xi Jinping heads to Europe
The Chinese President will make state visits to Europe from this week as he seeks to bolster trade relationships on the continent while trying to end a trade war with the U.S. Xi Jinping s a Chinese politician serving as general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), president of the People’s Republic of…
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Anti-Vaccination Movement
Vaccination skeptics have stated that the U.S Government is working with pharmaceutical companies in order to stop them. The government is also hiding the truth on how vaccinations kill hundreds of infants every year. Vaccinations are one of the most important measures of preventing the spread the communicable diseases ….
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Israel and Greece setting up radar in Crete
Israel and Greece have decided on building a Long Horizon Radar in Eastern Crete. The project will help the countries keep a check on marine activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. From the formation of Israel in 1948 until 1991, the Greek perceived the Israelis as an antagonistic country….
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Return of Neo – Ottamanism
Turkey is emerging as the leader of a new Middle East bloc with support from Russia and Iran. The Ottoman Empire historically known in Western Europe as Turkey was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. At the beginning of the 17th…
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US asserts Freedom of Navigation Rights
The US continues freedom of navigation missions in order to ensure China does not upset the status quo of the South China Sea. The flying of the nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is in response to increased Chinese military activity in the area. Customary international law is a primary source of such law, where, in principle, the…
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Siberians resist Chinese investment
A Siberian petition to hinder Chinese investment around Lake Baikal gathers momentum amidst greater engagement by Russia and China to form a geopolitical juggernaut. Official relations between China and Russia were initiated by border clashes in the 17thCentury. Since then…