Geo Politics

THE CHINESE DESIGNS IN ENCIRCLING INDIA

THE US is secretly upgrading special stealth bomber hangars on the British island protectorate of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to military sources.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy is expected to pull into her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk on Wednesday afternoon after a six month cruise.

By: Wendell Minnick

ADDRESS OF FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES, SIR JAMES R. MANCHAM, DELIVERED ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH 2007, AT THE WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA.

By: Robert D. Kaplan

THE ultimate strategic effect of the Iraq war has been to hasten the arrival of the Asian Century.

THE U.S. secretary of state has said it is time for a Palestinian state to be founded, and that the U.S. will put its full weight behind such efforts.

Condoleezza Rice said reaching a two-state solution was a priority for her and U.S. President George Bush.

By: Vivek Raghuvanshi – New Delhi

UNDER a long-term agreement signed here on October 9th, Singapore will send its high-tech armed forces to India for training.

An Indian Defense Ministry official said the pact will provide Singapore, which lacks space for large-scale military exercises, with facilities to hold exercises in India.

MOSCOW: The chief of Russia’s space forces said recently that the nation would have to retaliate if others deployed weapons in space – a stern warning to the United States.

While Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin did not name any specific country, he was clearly referring to U.S. plans for space-based weapons, which the Kremlin has vociferously opposed.

BEIJING (PTI) – China has said that U.S. and India should address concerns of the international community on their bilateral civilian nuclear energy cooperation deal.