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Archives: Asia
Trump’s Mulligan in Afghanistan: Mercenaries
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Donald Trump loves to play golf. So far, he has teed off twice as many times as Barack Obama had…
“Fire & Fury” or “Shock and Awe”: it is always the start of a Quagmire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - If we weren't talking about two nuclear-armed states with unhinged leaders, the war of words between the US and North Korea would be…
Trump in a Firing Mood; is US Commander in Afghanistan Next?
Wochit News | (Video News Clip) | - - "U.S. officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's doubts about the war in Afghanistan has led to a delay in completing a…
The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of Djibouti. Beijing has a long way to…
Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling
TeleSur | - - The ruling comes after months of hearings over Nawaz Sharif's alleged corruption. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned on Friday after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him from…
India: With 370% increase in Solar, aims at Electricity for all by 2030
World Bank. | (Video Report) | - - "With a sweeping commitment to solar power, innovative solutions and energy efficiency initiatives to supply its people with 24x7 electricity by 2030, India is…
Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Candidate Trump in his dynamic public rallies repeatedly criticized the former U.S. president for not winning anymore. Trump also mentioned, “If I’m…
Don’t worry, Trump: Chinese firm provides U.S. coal miners w/ wind energy jobs
CGTN | (Video News Report) | - - "For years, coal and oil and gas have been Wyoming’s bedrock. 40% of U.S. coal is still produced in the state but the industry…
Novelist Arundhati Roy and her mission to inspire in the ‘Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
By Ali Kazimi | (The Conversation) | - - Anjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over a few weeks to introduce and host…
Do an Unstable President and a Reckless Prince threaten the World?
By Dilip Hiro | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The Middle East. Could there be a more perilous place on Earth, including North Korea? Not likely. The planet’s two leading nuclear armed…
Top 6 Things Trump didn’t know about Herat when he barred Girl robotics Scientists from US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US embassy in Kabul has denied a visa to 6 Afghan high school students from Herat to accompany their invention in robotics…
Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We walked in a single file. Not because it was tactically sound. It wasn’t -- at least according to standard infantry doctrine. Patrolling…
100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It
TeleSur | - - New clean schemes push the nation further forward as a leader in search for alternative technologies. Demonstrating that renewables are a viable option for the future, China’s Qinghai…
Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits ‘Not Winning’
TeleSur | - - The Trump adminstration plans to deploy 4,000 more troops, extending the nearly The official says troops will train Afghan soldiers, and fight Taliban and Islamic State group forces.…
Popular Protest against US-backed Government in Kabul: What is going On?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Two days after a deadly blast in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, why did thousands of residents and civil society activists participate in a…
The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought
World Bank | (Video Clip) - - "Due to its geographical position, Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Watch how communities in areas afflicted by recurring floods…
Apocalypse Soon: Does Trump Downgrade of Diplomacy in Koreas threaten us All?
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Defense Secretary James Mattis remarked recently that a war with North Korea would be “tragic on an unbelievable scale.” No kidding. “Tragic” doesn’t…
Could public anger over Kabul Bombing shake Afghan Government?
By Frud Bezhan. ( RFE/RL) | - - How did a sewage tank truck packed with explosives penetrate a heavily fortified area of the Afghan capital and carry out the deadliest attack…