John J. Xenakis - Page 23

Contents: Vietnam deploys rocket launchers in South China Sea to confront China; Japan-China relations ‘deteriorate significantly’ after repeated Chinese provocations

Contents: Pakistan again in shock after bloody terrorist attack in Quetta; The debate in Pakistan: Good terrorists vs Bad terrorists; Violence and unrest increase in India’s Kashmir

Contents: People of Aleppo burn tires to create a smoky ‘no-fly zone’; Syrian regime apparently suffers major setback in Aleppo

Contents: India’s Narendra Modi finally hits out at Cow Protectors (‘Gau Rakshaks’); Generational history of cow protection in India and Hinduism

Contents: Bank of England uses ‘sledgehammer’ stimulus to fight Brexit slowdown; China overtaking both Russia and US in influence in Central Asia

Contents: Iran furious at Palestinian meeting with Iran opposition group; Maryam Rajavi: Leader of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO); Negative interest rates creating increased anxiety

Contents: Migrant Indian workers in Saudi Arabia face starvation; India and Saudi Arabia move to warm relations with each other

Contents: Philippines president Duterte cancels ‘ceasefire’ with Communist Party; Generational history of the Philippines and the CPP-NPA; FBI investigates alleged Russian hacking of Democrats’ servers

Contents: Portugal and Spain will not be fined for breaching deficit rules; Italy’s Monte Paschi bank gets 5 billion euro bailout from other banks; Earnings fall, but central bank liquidity floods markets, pushing up stocks

Contents: Syria’s Al-Nusra splits with al-Qaeda, becoming Jabhat Fateh al-Sham; Al-Nusra may have learned lessons from failures of ISIS and al-Qaeda in Iraq

Contents: China and Russia vociferously hostile to South Korea’s THAAD deployment; South Korea’s fears of an attack from North Korea; Problems, issues and capabilities surrounding the Thaad system

Contents: Arab League in chaos as it fails to address Arab existential threats; ASEAN in chaos as it fails to address South China Sea threats; France’s François Hollande declares war on ISIS after terror attack kills priest; Turkey fears that Gulen will flee the United States

Contents: ISIS takes credit for terror attack in Ansbach, southern Germany; Germans in a state of shock after four violent attacks in one week; Knife-wielding massacre near Tokyo Japan kills 19; Germany’s Der Spiegel asks: Is this the Apocalypse Now?

Contents: Migrants trapped in Serbia march toward border with Hungary; The refugee problem continues, despite EU-Turkey deal

Contents: ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Shia Hazaras in Kabul Afghanistan; Kabul attack targeted Afghanistan’s repressed Hazara minority

Contents: Christian pastor leads ‘#ThisFlag’ demonstrations against Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe war veterans suddenly turn on Robert Mugabe

Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan gives himself dictatorial powers; Turkey moves away from the West

Contents: Tensions rising between Pakistan and India over Kashmir issue; Mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attack leads Pakistan protests against India

Contents: Thousands in South Sudan flee to Uganda to escape violence; The African Union proposes an all-African peacekeeping force for South Sudan; Uganda’s president opposes arms embargo on South Sudan

Contents: China makes more delusional claims about the South China Sea; China continues to operate within the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ); China’s military deploys bombers and closes part of the South China Sea

Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan gives four-finger ‘R4BIA’ salute, in signal to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood; Bahrain tensions rise as Sunni government cracks down on Shias; Bahrain accuses another top Shia cleric for money laundering

Contents: Attempted army coup in Turkey collapses within hours; Extradition of Fethullah Gulen may be linked to reopening Incirlik air base

Contents: Implications of the attempted coup in Turkey; Turkey coup; Protests and violence continue across Indian-governed Kashmir; Nice France terror attack provokes desperate search for solutions

Contents: UK residential real estate market hit hard by Brexit; The UK housing bubble may finally be collapsing; UK commercial real estate market hard hit by ‘Brexit clauses’

Contents: Police clashes in India-governed Kashmir kill 36 and leaves thousands injured; Jammu-Kashmir violence follows a typical generational timeline after civil war

Contents: UN Court issues harsh ruling condemning China and affirming the Philippines; Tribunal ruling eviscerates China’s ‘Nine-Dash Line’ claims’ China reacts angrily to the Tribunal ruling

Contents: Increasingly angry China rams Vietnamese boat as tribunal ruling expected; Japan’s election opens the way to repeal ‘pacifism’ constitution clause; US will send 560 more troops to Iraq

Contents: Fears that renewed South Sudan tribal fighting could spiral into larger war; Generational history of South Sudan and Dinka-Nuer clashes

Contents: Violence resurges in Central African Republic’s crisis civil war; In Darfur Sudan, genocidal violence continues after 13 years of civil war; European Union will pay Sudan’s militias to block migration to Europe

Contents: Japan’s elections put constitution’s pacifism clause into question; Nato deploying a ‘tripwire’ of 4,000 soldiers along Russia’s border

Contents: Hard issues prevent full reconciliation between Turkey and Russia; Turkey’s reconciliation with Egypt appears to be unlikely

Contents: South China Sea tension set to escalate after July 12 arbitration ruling; Obama flip-flops again on Afghanistan

Contents: Attack on Islam’s holy site in Medina caps end-of-Ramadan jihadist carnage; Bond yields continue to plummet globally into negative territory after Brexit

Contents: Italy bank crisis more dangerous to EU than Brexit; EU Banking Union rules were a reaction to Greece’s financial crisis

Contents: Iraq declares 3 days of national mourning after massive Baghdad bombing; Iraq orders police to stop using bogus ‘bomb detectors’; Former ambassador Jim Moriarty describes the dancing people of Bangladesh