Is war inevitable in the South China Sea?
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Since the recent ruling by The Hague in favor of the Philippines and against China over the South China Sea, Southeast Asia has been engulfed on how to respond. They dithered. They haggled. They were plunged into despair.
It was a graphic demonstration ...
The Real Secret of the South China Sea
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
The South China Sea is and will continue to be the ultimate geopolitical flashpoint of the young 21st century – way ahead of the Middle East or Russia’s western borderlands. No less than the future of Asia – as well as the East-West ...
Between a rock and a hard (South China) place
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, backed by the UN, essentially ruled that there is no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to vast sections of the South China Sea included in the ‘nine-dash line’.
Here it is, ...
Indian Forces Kill Kashmiri Leader, Setting off a New Wave of Violence
- Vijay Prashad
"The colonel, dictating, turns around. My lost friend Vir! Srinagar is his city, too, he wouldn’t have ordered its burning. It’s not him. Someone else with a smile just as kind, the face of a man who in dreams saves nations. Or ...
The Pearl River Delta showcases the Chinese Dream
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
As President Putin, post-Brexit, rushed to discuss all matters pertaining to Eurasia integration with President Xi Jinping in Beijing, I embarked on a connected, parallel southern China journey.
From my base in Hong Kong, I set out on a Pearl River ...
Orissa 1866: How British let one million Indians die in famine
- Dinyar Patel दिंयर फिरोज पटेल
It has been a difficult summer for India.
Drought and a searing heat wave have affected an astonishing 330 million people across the country.
But this summer also marks the 150th anniversary of a far more terrible and catastrophic climatic event: ...
The roots of terrorism
- Sultan Mehmood سلطان محمود
A CURSORY analysis of the START Global Terrorism Database reveals that over the past decade, Pakistan has had the highest number of terrorism-related deaths in the world.
Chart of the 16818 incidents recorded in 2014
In fact, the death toll exceeds ...
After the bloodshed in Pakistan: How Lahore responded to tragedy
- Luavut Zahid
Lahore has beauty. Lahore has life.
On Sunday, around 72 people were killed and another 300 were injured as a suicide blast ripped through Gulshan-i-Iqbal park. The heart of Lahore and its children were under assault.
The park was crowded ...
The rape of East Timor: "Sounds like fun"
- John Pilger
Secret documents found in the Australian National Archives provide a glimpse of how one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century was executed and covered up. They also help us understand how and for whom the world is run.
The documents refer ...
Chinese government prepares to sack millions of workers
- Peter Symonds - John Ward
In the lead-up to the National People’s Congress (NPC) starting on Saturday, the Chinese government has announced massive layoffs in state-owned enterprises in coal and steel. Further sackings in other basic industries are being foreshadowed ...
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