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Israel needs an exit strategy. Can US help?

11:09 19.10.2023

Israel needs an exit strategy. Can US help?

Israel needs an exit strategy, if past experiences in Lebanon and Gaza gave any lessons, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. One, the Biden Administration will be seen as backing Israel to the hilt by way of meeting its security needs but Washington will not be drawn …

FT: Republican chaos hampers US effort to send more aid to Israel and Ukraine

11:08 19.10.2023

FT: Republican chaos hampers US effort to send more aid to Israel and Ukraine

Republicans’ failure to select a new Speaker of the House risks complicating White House efforts to send billions of dollars in extra US military aid to Israel and Ukraine, as lawmakers brace for a third week of chaos on Capitol Hill, notes ‘The Financial Times’. Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s national …

When technology does not work as advertised: Some lessons from Ukraine and Gaza

11:07 19.10.2023

When technology does not work as advertised: Some lessons from Ukraine and Gaza

Along with the much-discussed intelligence failure in Israel, there is growing awareness that many of America's and Israel's high tech weapons fail to perform as advertised. The same goes for many European systems. We were told, for example, that both the Abrams tanks and the German Leopards were vastly superior …

Douglas Macgregor: Avoiding Armageddon

11:06 19.10.2023

Douglas Macgregor: Avoiding Armageddon

The U.S. must consider encouraging a ceasefire before stumbling into another complicated large-scale conflict, Douglas Macgregor (photo), Col. (ret.), a senior fellow with The American Conservative, the former advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration, a decorated combat veteran, and the author of five books, is absolutely …

Vladimir Putin: “The integration agenda in the broadest possible sense of the Word is an integral part of Russia’s national development strategy”

15:37 18.10.2023

Vladimir Putin: “The integration agenda in the broadest possible sense of the Word is an integral part of Russia’s national development strategy”

The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is being held in Beijing on October 17–18, ten years after the initiative was launched. Vladimir Putin address at the opening ceremony of Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation: “President Xi, my dear friend, Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, …

Chinese breakthrough: A 6G network for space

10:04 18.10.2023

Chinese breakthrough: A 6G network for space

Chinese scientists move a step closer to 6G network after space test of new satellite communication technology. The ‘spaceborne optical switching technology’ was tested in August when it was sent into orbit by China’s Y7 carrier rocket. The new communication technology is integral in the development of satellite internet and …

MWM: Could Hamas unintentionally play a central role in Ukraine’s defeat?

10:02 18.10.2023

MWM: Could Hamas unintentionally play a central role in Ukraine’s defeat?

Amid ongoing clashes between Israeli and Hamas forces, the paramilitary group’s ongoing offensive against Israeli forces appears increasingly likely to significantly impact not only global oil prices, but also the outcome of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War, notes ‘Military Watch Magazine’. Israel’s shortages of munitions, and prior moves by the United …

Situation in West Asia has entered a dangerous, unpredictable phase

10:02 18.10.2023

Situation in West Asia has entered a dangerous, unpredictable phase

The geopolitical consequences of the bloody clashes between Israel and Hamas risk to be serious, warns Kanwal Sibal, a former Indian Foreign Secretary, he was India’s Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia. Already the Ukraine conflict has been very disruptive at the international level. This conflict which is pitting …

America’s political turmoil hampers its capacity to lead through yet another Global Crisis

10:00 18.10.2023

America’s political turmoil hampers its capacity to lead through yet another Global Crisis

The turmoil in America’s politics – plagued by internal extremism, threats to democracy and the hyperpoliticization of foreign policy – means it will be an impossible task to bring the country together at a perilous moment, CNN comments. A weekend of terror in Israel has sharpened already grave questions about …

JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon warns of ‘most dangerous time’: “We are all climbing the wall of worry a bit”

12:21 17.10.2023

JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon warns of ‘most dangerous time’: “We are all climbing the wall of worry a bit”

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup said that consumers continued to borrow and spend, but their chiefs warned that geopolitical risks were intensifying, writes ‘The New York Times’. JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon sounded a major alarm about the global effects of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. “This …

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