Israel-Gaza conflict: an opportunity for Putin while the world is distracted
Oct 12, 2023 07:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Time is an ally of Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia needs to reduce its rate of battlefield deaths and remain militarily active in Ukraine for as long as possible. A great aid to Vladimir Putin would be a...
What is Hamas? Seven key questions answered
Oct 12, 2023 07:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the longest and most violent ongoing modern conflicts. It involves multiple causes, and includes various actors, one of which is Hamas, perpetrators of the brutal attack on Israel...
Oct 12, 2023 07:19 am UTC| Politics
Israel is widely recognized as having highly sophisticated intelligence capabilities, both in terms of its ability to collect information about potential threats within its own country and outside of it. And so as details...
China: why Beijing has decided this is the year to 'unify' with Taiwan
Oct 11, 2023 04:16 am UTC| Politics
The likelihood of China using military force to reunify Taiwan is growing. Some believe the Chinese government could use military action to distract its population from troubles at home after Chinas economic growth fell...
War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan
Oct 11, 2023 04:16 am UTC| Politics
U.S. defense strategists warn that China may use the distraction of the war in Ukraine to launch military action against Taiwan. They believe Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to gain control over the breakaway...
Oct 11, 2023 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
Saudi Arabias cabinet recently approved the decision to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). This could be a signal that Riyadh, with all its energy reserves, is choosing sides in the Ukraine war....
Oct 11, 2023 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
An encounter in which a Chinese naval ship cut across the path of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on June 3, 2023, has both Beijing and Washington pointing fingers at each other. It was the second near miss in the...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects