Despite a few setbacks, the IS, because of its flexibility and adeptness, is proving to be a formidable force, and the government forces and rebels will have to come on a common platform to beat this ...
<h2 size="16" align="left" margin="10"]Whatever choices Europe makes in combating radical Islam, prospects of peace are bleak
By George Friedman
The murder...
<h2 size="16" align="left" margin="10"]Our future will be shaped in many ways by what happened in the year gone by
By George Friedman
Tis the season to make lists...
The Han state’s geography is a key determinant in its expansionist policy, primarily aimed at creating buffers to protect the core
By Zhixing Zhang
Here begins our tale: The empire, long di...
Contrary to voters’ expectations, American Presidents don’t have a magic wand to solve each problem, and Obama, like his predecessors, is only wading through the muddy waters of real politics
By Ge...
Across the globe, these unrests have been agents of forward march of society and civilization in modern times
By Sim Tack
As student protests in Hong Kong continue, memories of the 1989 ...
Bright, young minds today are taking up law as a career. but choosing one specialization over another is a tough judgment they have to arrive at
By Jui Mukherjee
“Two roads diverged in a yellow...
British-Muslims want little to do with this terror outfit, revolted as they are by the barbarity of its merchants of death. this is a far cry from their anti-war mood in 2003
By Sajeda Momi...
Investigations by the United States department of labor have uncovered hundreds of cases in which oil and gas workers, many involved in dangerous jobs, are being cheated of earnings
By Naveena Sadasi...
While the UK escaped a split, with about 55 percent scots saying “no” to independence in a Scottish referendum, it has reopened the debate on national self-determination and raised questions about ter...