Geopolitical

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  The Jaffna Election Peace Prevails??

  Issue 18

  Jaffna, one of the world’s most troubled hotspots, sits right at the foot of India, in northeast Sri Lanka. It was the center of the horrific Sri Lankan civil war, which raged for 27 long years before the Tamil terrorist organisation LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) was defeated and its leader, Prabhakaran, killed in 2009. The Northern province...

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  Angela Merkel Back On The Throne

  Issue 18

  Yes, “The Chancellor” is back; and her return to power was more convincing a victory than any of her previous wins. On Monday, Angela Merkel (our first ever Leader to Know) won her third term as Chancellor of Germany, returning after 8 years in office from 2005 – 2013, and set for 4 more – that is one seriously...

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  Africa’s Peaceful City Gets A Rude Terror Shock

  Issue 18

  Last week, Nairobi, Kenya witnessed one of the worst terrorist attacks in the last couple of years – surprising in one of Africa’s most peaceful cities, with no history of terrorism. It can perhaps be explained by the very odd fact that the militants had nothing to do with Kenya – the attack was claimed by Somali terror group...

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  US & Iran – Taking The First Step

  Issue 18

  What happened this week promises to end one of the worst enmities in the modern world – the hatred between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America. It may only be a ‘diplomatic’ development, but the revival of diplomatic dialogue between 2 sworn enemies for the first time since 1979 is very, very historic. And...

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  Syria: The Spring That Never Came

  Issue 25

  In Syria, however, there is no cause for confusion: it’s a living hell. The horrific civil war that began in 2011 continued ceaselessly this year, and most unfortunately, promises to continue ceaselessly next year too. Most shocking and horrifying of all is that number: 100,000. 100,000 dead and at least 2 million displaced – the others are either wounded,...

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  Syria: Chemical Warfare & American Intervention

  Issue 15

  A short (-ish) briefing on the major developments in Syria in the last couple of weeks – starting with the real shocker – Assad’s lunatic chemical massacre on 21st August; one attack that killed almost 1500 Syrians. The entire explosion of media coverage and political focus on Syria was a result of this horrifically brutal and callous chemical attack...

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  The $100bn BRICS Fund

  Issue 15

  Significant economically and politically, the 5 BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have decided to set up a $100bn reserve fund to fight possible financial crises. This comes on the back of India’s Rupee crisis and Russia’s fallout with the US over Syria and Snowden – and that is why it’s so significant. It...

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  Riots, Rampage And The Return of The Tyrant

  Issue 14

  I know you’re kind of bored of Egypt – but its important– so I’ll keep it short. 1,000 people dead in the last week in clashes and riots between pro-Brotherhood and anti-Brotherhood supporters as Egypt slides further into the vortex of civil war. As The Economist explains brilliantly, Egypt is usually divided into 3 political groups – theIslamist extremists,...

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  Massacre in Cairo : The Battle For Egypt Begins

  Issue 13

  Whether the Muslim Brotherhood’s forceful removal from power (see Issue 7) was a people’s revolution or a military coup, there is no longer any doubt about its nature, and the future it has laid out for troubled Egypt. For, on Thursday, the military showed their true colours in a horrific massacre in Cairo that left almost 150 dead, according...

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  The Global Terror Alert: Something Big is Coming

  Issue 12

  In the last 2 weeks, both the Interpol (intergovernmental police) and the US government have issued a global terror alert, after intercepting communications indicating a possible 9/11 type attack somewhere. It is true that this may be the usual post-9/11 paranoia, or a ploy to distract the media from the NSA program (Issue 6), but the fact that the...

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