A growing number of Russian analysts, in Russia and abroad, have taken to calling Vladimir Putin’s regime “fascist.” And they don’t use the term casually or as a form of opprobrium. They mean that Putin’s Russia genuinely resembles Mussolini’s Italy or Hitler’s Germany. One of the most recent examples was Mikhail Iampolski. According to the Russian-born…
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Meet the co-founder and chief executive of Grab: Mr Anthony Tan
Ordered some GrabFood during the circuit breaker? Called for a GrabCar to avoid crowded buses and trains? You helped enrich super app Grab and its co-founder and chief executive, Mr Anthony Tan, who has seen his net worth rise to US$790 million, according to Forbes. Mr Tan, 39 years old, the son of Malaysia car…
Meet the chairman and co-founder of Moderna, Dr Noubar Afeyan.
Meet Dr Noubar Afeyan. Billionaire linked to a vaccine, Dr Noubar Afeyan is the chairman and co-founder of Moderna.
China is ready to project military power in the South China Sea sooner rather than later
China’s maritime transformation is already making waves. Still, however, China’s course and its implications—including at sea—remain highly uncertain… The past decade and a half has seen China undergo a modernization of its military, including the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). This naval modernization, which includes the addition of two aircraft carriers, coupled with China’s seemingly…
Regional geopolitics: Kashmir geopolitical perspective
India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in 1947 because of the differing nationalist ideologies that they subscribe to. The conflict over Kashmir between Pakistan and India was waged in three wars. Both countries felt that the territory belonged to them completely. But people in Kashmir are hoping that life starts returning to normal. Ever since…
What’s happening in Myanmar? Behind a civil war, the Myanmar’s Natural Gas and Oil Pipelines…
Myanmar has begun developing its natural gas production and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity to take advantage of its large natural gas reserves, but consequences are others…. Myanmar’s natural gas production surged 100 percent in 2000, reaching a peak of about 13.5 billion cubic meters in 2007. But even though Myanmar reportedly boasts the…
The war between China and US has already started. Top Oil and Gas Companies In The World (2021 Updated List)
The biggest sector in the world in terms of dollar value, the oil and gas sector is a global powerhouse using hundreds of thousands of workers worldwide and generating hundreds of billions of dollars globally each year. The below-listed oil and gas companies are so vital that they often contribute a significant amount towards national GDP….
Taliban and Turkmenistan are moving to revive TAPI gas pipeline (UPDATED).
TAPI has long been hailed as a monumentally important project – but it’s unclear whether it will ever be built.
That Signal Central Asia is at Regional Risk of War – Georges Friedman and Saleem Ali.
The entire US strategy for Afghanistan was each president keeping the war going so the next president had to bite the bullet. After 20 years, the bullet was bitten. The end looked the only way it could, chaos hard-wired into the system. We all believe we could have done better. – George Friedman
Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution
As COVID-19 spread, BioNTech cofounders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci had one goal: to make a safe, effective vaccine faster than ever before. In this illuminating conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, the immunologists (and married couple) share the fascinating story of how their decades of mRNA research powered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — and…
Does the Afghan disaster originally from Trump’s administration? Facts…
• The U.S. envoy chosen by President Donald Trump, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly confirmed that he requested and secured the release of senior Taliban official Abdul Ghani Baradar from prison in Pakistan ahead of negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan. • Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, was among the U.S. officials who met…
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