Time to take Kim Jong Un’s nuclear threats seriously

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As the West frets over the possibility of Vladimir Putin turning to nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there is a risk that similar threats posed by another pariah leader are not being treated as seriously – those of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. The isolationist East Asian nation has conducted seven nuclear-capable missile blasts over the […]Continue Reading

Xi must walk his talk of reform and transformation  

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General Secretary Xi Jinping had a good first term in office capped by a splendid 19th Party Congress in October 2017. At that congress, Xi was declared the “core” of the party’s all-important Central Committee, his “thought” (Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era) enshrined in the Constitution, his term […]Continue Reading

Russia eyes Iranian missiles to replenish spent stocks

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Russia may soon acquire ballistic missiles from Iran to replenish its dwindling stockpile, sustain strikes on critical Ukrainian targets and initiate a strategic bombing campaign to wear down Ukrainian resistance. The Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources, Iran is preparing to send a first shipment of Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missiles to Russia with […]Continue Reading

Revisiting Sri Lanka’s abrupt shift to organic farming

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Tracing the origins of the disastrous agricultural policy that was one of the factors that led to Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ouster as president and downfall of the Sri Lankan economy, we can see his dynamism being displayed when he promised a “revolution” in fertilizer use in his election manifesto. But the fact is that this was […]Continue Reading