Mutiny in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s two-month old democratic government may fall to a military coup as a result of a border guard mutiny this past week that killed an estimated 148 people.
Pakistan’s nuclear wild card
The intensifying conflict in Pakistan's Swat valley has once again called the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons into question. If present instability spills out of Swat and becomes widespread, an American military operation to secure Pakistan’s nuclear assets may be forthcoming, albeit very unlikely to succeed.
Annual report on Chinese military power
The Department of Defense has submitted an annual report on the military power of the People’s Republic of China to Congress. The progress outlined within the report suggests that China is well on the road to becoming a de facto regional military power in East Asia.
China striking hard in Tibet
Chinese authorities are keeping a watchful eye on Tibet, wary of a repeat of last year’s demonstrations and riots. The recently initiated “Strike Hard” campaign adds to the pool of evidence that Beijing has no interest in engaging with the Dalai Lama to reach a negotiated solution to the Tibet problem.
India Jihadi Groups Splinter as Rivalries Intensify
The rivalry between Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and Lashkar-e-Taiba is intensifying on the Indian subcontinent.
Thai colour revolution
Unlike typical CIA organized colour revolutions, the waves of counter-protests in Thailand appear to have genuinely split the loyalties of the Thai citizenry in two, threatening a collapse of Thailand’s political system.
China’s global resource shopping spree
Plummeting global equity markets have left cash-rich Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE) poised and ready for a foreign resource shopping spree.
Madagascar’s isolation
A recent military-backed coup in Madagascar, an island nation off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, has left the country internationally isolated.
Partitioning Darfur
Western powers, through the International Criminal Court (ICC), have succeeded in preventing a nascent peace initiative between Darfurian rebels and the central Sudanese government – a prelude to the eventual partition of the country.
Double assassination in Guinea-Bissau
Last week, the President and military chief of Guinea-Bissau were assassinated within hours of each other. The double-assassination leaves a power vacuum in the impoverished west African nation, which Latin American drug cartels threaten to replace with a narco-state.