Like the Soviet Union; Communist China will end up on the ash heap of history: Nikki Haley

Like the Soviet Union; Communist China will end up on the ash heap of history: Nikki Haley

Indian-origin Republican leader Nikki Haley on Wednesday asserted that like the erstwhile Soviet Union, Communist China will also end up on the “ash heap of history,” as she issued a stern warning to Beijing in her first public appearance as a White House hopeful. Haley, 51, is the two-term Governor of South Carolina and the … Read more

Space Race 2.0: Russia trumps the US again, shoots feature film in orbit

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The project is backed by Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, the state-run Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio. (Roscosmos via AP) A new space race is upon us and, like 60 years ago, the Russians have once again one-upped bitter rivals the United States. The Soviet Union became the first nation state … Read more

Britain’s MI5 spy chief Ken McCallum says: Beware of Russian and Chinese agents

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Britain’s top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to steal technology, sow discord and attack infrastructure. The 9/11 attacks on the United States almost 20 years ago made tackling terrorism the biggest priority for … Read more

View: The ‘Great Game 3.0’ and the political crisis of Kyrgyzstan

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Dr. Nalin Kumar Mohapatra What appears in Kyrgyzstan is a reflection of the fact that a “Great Game 3.0” is unfolding in Eurasia, in which the lead actor is China and not the West unlike earlier times. The present political situation in Kyrgyzstan has to be looked from a broader geopolitical prism. It appears that … Read more