Global Geo-political Series: Secretary Tillerson lays out Syria-vision ahead of Trump-Putin meet
Jul 06, 2017 07:18 am UTC| Commentary
Rex Tillerson, United States Secretary of State has laid out United States vision on Syria, ahead of the Trump=Putin meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 7th, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in...
Jul 06, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Commentary
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates met yesterday in Cairo Egypt to decide the fate of the diplomatic crisis in the Middle East involving Qatar. On June 5th this year, the...
Jul 05, 2017 10:37 am UTC| Commentary
Saudi Arabia-led Gulf countries which severed diplomatic ties with Qatar namely United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt would hold a meeting in Cairo to discuss further and future actions on the Qatar issue. The...
Global Geo-political Series: North Korea calls tested ICBM a gift to United States
Jul 05, 2017 07:58 am UTC| Commentary
On Tuesday, North Korea successfully test fired an unknown ballistic missile, which it claimed as its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that traveled almost 940 km before plunging into the Sea of Japan. The...
Global Geo-political Series: Mark your calendars on July 7th for Trump-Putin meeting
Jul 05, 2017 06:22 am UTC| Commentary
Kremlin has confirmed that the Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will hold a meeting on Friday, July 7th, on the first day of the G20 meeting, on the sidelines of that meeting. This is the...
Why travel bans and changes to human rights laws won't stop terrorist attacks
Jun 30, 2017 17:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The recent terrorist acts in Manchester, Brussels and London prompted British Prime Minister Theresa May to argue for a more punitive counter-terrorism approach. She mooted longer prison sentences, stronger deportation...
After Islamic State falls, we should expect aftershocks
Jun 30, 2017 17:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views
US-backed forces in Iraq and in Syria are in the process of rooting Islamic State (IS) fighters out of their strongholds in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. In the case of Mosul in Iraq, the removal of diehard IS...
The Alberta government is interfering in public sector bargaining on an unprecedented scale
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