(Taken from 'The Atlantic' with only aim to warn the world about the deadliest disease on Earth)     What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published…

Many have started saying that its return of 1980s Punjab Extremism Crisis fueled up by Inter services Intelligence as per Government of India's version. Many believe its another extended chapter of ISIS and Al Qaida's extended wings like one fraction of Jaish-E-Mohammad. Jaish has two wings and Pathankot Attacks may be a handy act of those who…

Russia's budget deficit could reach 1.5 trillion rubles (US$21.7 billion) in 2016 with an oil price baseline of US$40 a barrel, Deputy Finance Minister Maxim Oreshkin was quoted by Interfax as saying. But now, the oil price has fallen to its lowest level since 2004, with Brent Crude at US$36.05 a barrel as of December 21.
 
Amidst…

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The huge gaps between General Breedlove's allegations and the facts provided by the German intelligence service (Bundesnachrichtendienst), lead one to wonder why he continues to make such…

 “I am profoundly convinced that we are facing an organized [Muslim] invasion and not a spontaneous movement of refugees,” said Czech President Milos Zeman in his 2015 Christmas message to the Czech people. “Sometimes I feel like Cassandra who warns against pulling a Trojan horse into the city, and I am deeply convinced that…

“He is a bright and talented person…” said President Putin at his press conference, December 17, “…the absolute leader of the presidential race.”  Putin’s early “vote” for U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Trump after the last GOP debate was stunning.  Why the endorsement and why…

For the past two years the government of Worker's Party president Dilma V. Rousseff has targeted Russian capital in an effort to help modernize its deteriorating rail transportation infrastrcture, putting on offer “concessions” in Brazil's vaunted Logistics Investment Program (PIL).  The rail component of the PIL has become fashionable…

I do not want to call Max Booth, foreign policy adviser of Marco Rubio, a fool, but clearly, Booth, a prolific writer, doesn’t understand the meaning of the word "fascist."  Moreover, he offends people like me who were born in a protectorate dismembered and occupied by fascist Germany.

 

The definition of a…

Stage lights have been switched off, the treaty has been signed and the last delegation has just left Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. The agreement has been called historical. And now it’s time to wonder: what’s next? Whether governments will be willing to commit on this treaty or not, it will be clear in a few years.    …

Author: Agnese Boscolo Meneguolo, Research Intern at RIAC, Graduate Student of the Joint Program of Luigi Bocconi University and MGIMO University In a world characterised by a growing energy demand and by the simultaneous need to decarbonise the overall energy system, which is struggling for a sustainable, affordable and secure energy supply…

A prelude to the discussion herein, is the understanding of liberal democracy for those who don’t understand what liberal and illiberal democracy means. Adopting the definition of Berend (2015), “liberal democracy is understood as a political system marked not only by free and fair elections, but also by the rule of law, the separation of…

Against all anomalies in the contemporary period, there have been conscious attempts of African leaders to wake up to their challenges. Before now, African continent is seen and perceived by some people who are not Africans as a place where nothing “good” thrives. It should be borne in mind that a lot of factors contributed towards the…