News: 9th March 2015: "The 'Dying Russian Nation' Is Not Unique" (Source : Forbes)Among elite pundits, it is received wisdom that Russia is a "dying nation." Everyone knows that Russia, ruled by a bloody and incompetent gang of thieves, is in a demographic "death spiral" which will inevitably send it into the abyss. Furthermore, elite pundits "know" that the only way this decline can be arrested is if Russia embarks…

News: On March 5, 2015, Pakistani Senator proudly announced that for the first time in Pakistan, the two-day ‘Think Tanks Forum of the Islamic Countries' would be held on March 7-8, in Islamabad, under the joint auspices of Pakistan-China Institute (PCI), the Turkish Asian Centre for Strategic Studies (TASAM), the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), a German think tank, and Pakistan's Senate Committee on Defence. Senator Mushahid Hussain is the Chairman…

News: Istanbul MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who came together with HDP members and Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan, announced that Abdullah Öcalan calls the PKK on the issue of deciding the lay down of armed struggle to join the extraordinary meeting in the months of spring. And Akdoğan stated, "we regard this announcement as important." (Source: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/28328151.asp) Comment: On Monday the 28th of February, government officials and HDP delegation made…

News: The Chief Minister of West Bengal, India, Mamata Banerjee has visited Bangladesh on February 19, 2015 on a three-day courtesy trip at the invitation of the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral relations between Bangladesh and West Bengal. At a press briefing the day before, Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed their hope to settle the long pending Teesta River water sharing pact and ratification of the land boundary…