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How Big A Threat Is Extremism In Southeast Asia?
How Big A Threat Is Extremism In Southeast Asia? By Ashley Westerman, www.npr.org View Original June 11th, 2017 A recent string of violent episodes in Southeast Asian countries sheds some light on the challenges facing this region as it grapples with extremism. In Indonesia last month, two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a Jakarta bus station. […]
Xi’s $500 Billion Push To Reshape The World In China’s Image
Xi’s $500 Billion Push To Reshape The World In China’s Image By Bloomberg News, www.stripes.com View Original May 12th, 2017 HONG KONG — China is one of the few countries in the world today with money to spend, and Xi Jinping is ready to write some checks. China’s president will host 28 world leaders in Beijing on […]
Chinese Shipping Giants Seek Control Of ‘Maritime Silk Road;’ Investing Billions In Foreign Ports To Give Priority To Chinese Vessels
Following Mahan’s playbook? RCP https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-shipping-giants-seek-control-of-maritime-silk-road-1491557405 Chinese Shipping Giants Seek Control of ‘Maritime Silk Road’ Companies Investing Billions In Ports To Give Priority To Chinese Vessels Chinese President Xi Jinping (L, front) and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa at a 2014 ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the inauguration of the Colombo Port City Project. PHOTO: LI TAO/ZUMA […]
Did North Korea’s Use Of VX Nerve Agent Violate International Law?
Did North Korea’s Use Of VX Nerve Agent Violate International Law? By Benjamin Haas, www.lawfareblog.com View Original March 17th, 2017 On February 13, Kim Jong-nam—the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un—was killed at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian investigators have determined that two women, who have since been charged with murder, used VX nerve agent—a chemical […]
North Korea’s Legendary Special Operations Assassins (Who Almost Started World War III)
Revealed: North Korea’s Legendary Special Operations Assassins (Who Almost Started World War III) By Adam Rawnsley, nationalinterest.org View Original March 15th, 2017 Thirty-one shadows crept up to the fence in the cold winter night, cut it and slipped through, walking into the American side of the demilitarized zone that buffers North and South Korea. It was January […]
North Korea Deploys VX As Weapon Of Mass Destruction And Panic
As one of my readers wrote: “The DPRK had never used CW for assassinations until the U.S. abandoned the Red Line on CW use in Syria.” RCP, fortunascorner.com ————————————————————— 03/15/2017 IISS: North Korea Deploys VX As Weapon Of Mass Destruction And Panic Why would North Korea choose to use VX, a banned nerve agent, […]
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