Asia News Explosion strikes Israeli ship in Mideast raises tension February 28, 2021 0 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (28/2 - 25). An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing out of the Middle... Read more
Asia News Moving Israel to CENTCOM: Another Step Into the Light February 2, 2021 0 Washington (2/2-44.44). On January 15, the Pentagon reported a change in the Unified Command Plan shifting Israel from... Read more
Commentary How Israel’s Likud Party played the long game toward annexation of the West Bank January 11, 2021 0 Washington (11/1- 28.57). Israel’s leaders know that they will face strong criticism from powerful voices if they proceed... Read more
Diplomacy After Israel-Gulf Deals, Palestinians May Have to Take Different Path October 12, 2020 0 When future historians seek to sum up the final chapter of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's era, they will surely... Read more
ASEAN Hong Kong, a virus named after a beer, neo-Marxist in Ninja black garb & How we missed the Elephant in the Room? May 21, 2020 0 Cambridge, Massachusetts (21/5). Delivering my speech today in this forum, after all ten years ago when first posed the... Read more
Asia News 2019: A Year of Lost Opportunities in Countering Militancy December 31, 2019 0 The security picture in Southeast and South Asia concerning violent extremism and insurgency was in flux in 2019. Most... Read more
Afghanistan Fake News the Modern Version of False Prophecy? February 13, 2017 0 The revelation that fake news deceived voters in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election generated real outrage in... Read more
Afghanistan Indonesia: Solutions to Counter Violent Extremism October 4, 2016 0 Countering violent extremism is high on the agenda of a four-day international forum, which will be attended by politicians, scholars,... Read more
Bilateral Putin May Have Triggered an Attempted Coup in Armenia March 1, 2021 0 Moscow (27/2). Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that his nation’s military had attempted a... Read more