2014-09-19 By Atle Mesoy The civil wars raging in Syria and Iraq have created a new situation for global security. One of the most critical challenges is the effect of foreign fighters involved in the war who have been fighting in support of the Islamic State (ISIS). The foreign fighters…

2014-09-18 by Kenneth Maxwell Today, the 18th September 2014, Scotland votes in a referendum on Independence. The public opinion polls agree on only one thing: The outcome is too close to call.  The "No" to independence camp is slightly in the lead. But between 6% to 10% say they are still undecided. A turnout…

2014-09-11 By Team India Strategic New Delhi. September has come this year with some delayed rainfall and a tidal wave of diplomatic engagements for the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi. Within a month, Modi would have blitzed through summits with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, Australia PM Tony Abbott and US…

2014-09-10 By Julien Canin The deteriorating situation facing millions of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East was focused of a bipartisan and ecumenical conference which started yesterday in Washington DC. The three-day event (September 9-11) sponsored by In Defense of Christians (IDC), a non-profit organization, featurex speakers from…

2014-09-09 By Julien Canin With a fluid and dynamic situation in Iraq and Syria, and under the pressure of ISIS successes, the international community has woken up to the need to help the Kurds survive and prevail in the fight with ISIS. And with the Kurds clearly willing to include…

2014-09-04 By Kenneth Maxwell President Obama was in Estonia yesterday (September 3) where he met with the nervous presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister, in late March, made a plea to NATO: Put 10,000 troops in Poland permanently. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, rejected the idea…

2014-09-07 In this exclusive interview conducted by our partner India Strategic with Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, the COS provides an overview on how he sees the evolution of Indian Air Power in the joint context. By Gulshan Luthra and Air Marshal…

2014-09-06  The rise of the PRC is certainly an important event and process in the 21st century. But it can be forgotten that the PRC has virtually no developed allies, unless one wants to consider Putin capable of such a description. What this means is that the constant set of…