Putin’s regime may be near end, but what then?

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now enters its seventh month with no apparent end in sight. Yet the conflict was supposed to be a lightning war, President Vladimir Putin’s version of Desert Storm, short, sharp, and decisive. Thanks to the seemingly limitless support the United States and its NATO partners have rendered to Ukraine’s defenders, the […]

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Dangerous time for Russia-installed officials in Ukraine

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Moscow has long used proxy leaders to provide a facade of independent legitimacy for the territory it controls and it did so after occupying territory in the east of Ukraine in 2014. Many of the personnel in the militaries of the breakaway Russian-backed states of Donetsk and Luhansk are Ukrainian. The leader of the provisional […]

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Europe scrambling under Russia’s hypersonic threat

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German and Spanish missile manufacturers jointly aim to develop a hypersonic missile interceptor, a move that will seek to modernize wider Europe’s missile defenses against emerging new Russian threats. The European Hypersonic Defense Interceptor (EU HYDEF) project will cover the concept phase to develop a so-called endo-atmospheric interceptor, which will aim to cover threats from […]

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Veteran Russiagater eyed as Biden’s next chief of staff

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It has for months been an open secret in Washington that Biden White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain will likely be departing come the November midterm elections.  The conventional wisdom holds that one of the members of President Joe Biden’s inner circle will take the reins from Klain. That could mean anyone from longtime […]

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The unfulfilled promises of independent Pakistan

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Pakistan just last month celebrated 75 years of independence. But the past few decades have been a mixed bag for the general populace, who are still waiting for the promise of Pakistan. Pakistan has performed relatively well as a rentier economy under both civilian and military rule. But living on others’ money without producing enough […]

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How technology is transforming philanthropy

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With technology shaping and even determining our future life, technological empowerment creates more possibilities for every industry: in China, people making bank transfers with just a few clicks on the mobile screen, kids sitting at home listening to online classes, pandemic-prevention officials checking case numbers on websites or apps. All aspects of our lives are […]

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The Fed fights inflation, courts recession

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A recession is “ whenever your neighbor loses his job, ” President Harry Truman famously said. “ It’ s a melancholy when you lose your own. ” To some politicians, a recession is really a political football. Whenever recession talk is within the air, the most important thing to thOse politicians is not how the national economy may fare. It’ s i9000 whether they […]

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Marcos tour signals new foreign policy direction

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr concluded his first foreign visit in style, meeting counterparts from key Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia and Singapore. Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, the Filipino president chose neighboring countries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as his first foreign destination in an expression of solidarity as […]

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Weighing the risks of a Zaporizhzhia nuclear meltdown

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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has called on Russia and Ukraine to set up a “safety and security protection zone” around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar. The plea, made on September 6, 2022, by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), comes amid mounting concern that the facility – […]

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With killers in charge, Iraq faces more chaos and woe

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In 2003, Abdul-Majid al-Khoei, leader of a liberal branch of Shia Islam, returned to Baghdad from exile in London with the aim of introducing a moderate and modern branch of his religion. As the son of an imam who had died in prison under Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, he had a friendly following in his […]

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