Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was trolled over Social Media Twitter by a targeted group of fellow countrymen who were unhappy on alleged humiliation of an interfaith couple by a Passport Officer in capital of India's Northern State,Uttar Pradesh. Media reports across India suggests that a Hindu wife along with her Muslim husband went…

This is one of those rare books where I am compelled to start reading at the index and then read each endnote with great care, before beginning to read the main volume. It is an important book that makes an important contribution, but most readers – those lacking an-depth appreciation for both the limits of secrecy and the potential of all human and…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently met with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi. When she arrived, he awaited her with a bouquet of white roses. At the combined press conference after their meeting, the two leaders spook words of rapprochement and cooperation. This stood in stark contrast with the animosity of recent years. Is Germany trying to…

President Putin made an official state visit to China to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional economic and security organization that includes China and Russia along with other South and Central Asian countries. Its head of states meeting took place in the coastal city of Qingdao. Before the summit, Putin…

Well into its seventh year, the Syrian conflict is settling into a stalemate. Daesh is losing its final territories, the Syrian government is reasserting its authority, and both Kurdish and Syrian opposition are solidifying their gains in the north and south of the country thanks to support from various state actors including the US, Turkey, and other…

"The recent President Putin's visit to China was absolutely successful and fruitful. It has given an impetus for the further development of Sino-Russian relations," said the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesman Geng Shuang in the regular press conference on June 11, 2018. This was Putin's 19th visit to China, which was also his first…

On June 17, 2018 Macedonia and Greeced signed a historical agreement that settled 27 years of Name Dispute. Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras agreed on a new name for the Republic of Macedonia (internationaly recognized as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia): the Republic of North Macedonia. The…

Yesterday Indian Socio-Political Circle was shocked to learn that World's Most Famous and Largest Secret Agency has termed India's two outfits as 'Religious Militant Outfits' .Being born in a town which is home to activities of both outfits and due to my Journalistic instinct I some how felt to understand if CIA's linguists are correct in terming both…

An interview with Philip Ingram, veteran of the UK Army Intelligence Corps Mr. Ingram, could you please tell our readers about yourself and your background? Philip Ingram: I am a former British Army Officer, a Colonel, who started his career in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers but transferred to and spent most of his career in the…

James R. Clapper, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence (Viking, 2018), 432 pages, $17.99, ISBN-13: 978-0525558644. There was a time when I thought James Clapper was one of the top five flag officers among the sixty-five or so that I had worked with over 40 years. I’ve known Clapper since 1994 and it is with distress that I…

By Dr. Salam AL RabadiInternational relations is casting a spotlight on the thorny topics and problems dealing with human life and his future in the fields of security, politics, economy, knowledge and culture, that reflect the reality of global variables associated with a range of strategic themes in political science. Accordingly, it becomes clear…

Tradition and development in West Africa: A critical look at some contemporary issues in Ghana and Nigeria Abstract This study examines underdevelopment of West Africa through a qualitative methodological approach. In explaining the challenges pitting the economies of West African states, modernization and dependency theories for analysis was adopted…