Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com During a lively American-style presidential TV debate, major Afghan candidates for presidency staked out contrasting views on the nation’s future ties to the United States. The immediate issue facing the nation is whether the Afghan government should sign a security agreement with the United States after NATO troops’ […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com India joined five other countries in the world on Jan. 21 with the launch for sea trials of an indigenously designed, engineered and operated ballistic missile submarine, the INS Arihant. With the sea trials, India advanced toward its goal of building a nuclear deterrence capability known as the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The president of Afghanistan has once again refused to sign a security pact with the United States until Washington fulfills one condition: start peace talks with the Taliban to guarantee a post-NATO withdrawal peace for the country. Failing to do that, according to President Hamid Karzai’s unyielding stance, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com India’s longtime low profile in East Asia is ending. The world’s largest democracy is being vigorously courted by virtually all the countries in the volatile and dynamic region. In the past decade, Vietnam, the Philippines and Burma have moved significantly closer to India. But in the last two […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The Indian government has sent an official diplomatic note to the U.S. embassy demanding that the U.S. shut down all social clubs and all commercial activities including tax-free alcohol inside its large embassy compound in New Delhi by Jan. 16. This is apparently in retaliation against the arrest […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The Chechen rebel leader and terrorist who has claimed responsibility for several deadly suicide bombing in Russia has ordered his network to do whatever it takes to sabotage the upcoming Winter Olympics scheduled to open in February. Even though Doku Umarov and his organization have not claimed the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Six Arab states in the Gulf region led by Saudi Arabia have agreed to form a joint military command in order to achieve better strategic and operational coordination. The landmark agreement was reached on Dec.11 in Kuwait when member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council including Saudi Arabia, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com In the new National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] for 2014, members of the U.S. Congress have inserted a provision that would prevent Turkey from proceeding with its September 2013 decision to buy a complete missile defense system made by a Chinese state-owned company. The firm, China Precision Machinery […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s intelligence agency has arrested “a number of cyber activists with links to foreigners,” the Teheran Fars News Agency reported. “[The Iranian cyber activists] were working within a complicated security-media network,” an IRGC official charged. Iran is one of the most xenophobic countries in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Ukraine abruptly called off the long anticipated comprehensive trade deal with the European Union on Nov. 21 for “National Security reasons.” Meanwhile, Kiev expressed its desire to resume an “active dialogue” with its former foe Russia, whose president Vladimir Putin has been vehemently opposed to Ukraine’s move toward […]