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Poll Reveals Half of US Respondents See Utility in Torture
Poll reveals that employing torture against enemies may not be as taboo as previously thought The Case Against Torture | Op-Docs | The New York Times from New York Times Half of American respondents polled in a global survey by the United Nations revealed that they believed an enemy fighter could be tortured to extract […]
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North Korea and the Opportunity for a Chinese-Led Solution
- February 3, 2013
- Asia
- Beijing
- China
- Chinese-led solution
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Diaoyu Islands
- DPRK
- East Asia
- Japan
- Kim Jong-Un
- Kim regime
- Korea
- Missile Test
- North Korea
- Nuclear Program
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Pyongyang
- Red Dynasty
- rocket launch
- rocket test
- Senkaku Island
- Shinzo Abe
- South Korea
- UN sanctions
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC resolution
- Xi Jinping
Often the People’s Republic of China takes a lenient stance towards its ally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is why it was surprising that China signed a UNSC resolution condemning North Korea’s missile tests and authorizing the imposition of further sanctions on the regime in Pyongyang. China’s willingness to rein in its […]
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Beijing and Washington Announce ‘Strong Consensus’ About North Korea
- January 26, 2013
- Asia
- Beijing
- Chinese Economic Bubble
- December 2012 rocket tests
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- DPRK
- East Asia
- Glyn Davies
- Korea
- Korean Peninsula
- National Defense Commission
- North Korea
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Russia
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- special envoy for policy on North Korea
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC Resolution 2087
- US
- Washington
Pyongyang may have alienated its strongest regional ally with its announcement of further nuclear tests, specifically directed at its avowed enemy the United States. An announcement by Glyn Davies, Washington’s special envoy for policy on North Korea, declared that a ‘strong consensus’ was reached with his PRC counterparts. In a meeting Friday, January 25 […]
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State Media in the People’s Republic of China Warns DPRK Over Planned Nuclear Test
- January 25, 2013
- 2011
- Asia
- Beijing
- China
- Chinese aid to North Korea
- East Asia
- Hong Lei
- International Relations
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- North Korea
- nuclear tests
- Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons Development
- nuclear weapons proliferation
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- PRC Foreign Ministry
- ROK
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- UN
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC resolution
- USA
In a change of tone, official state media outlets in the PRC are criticizing North Korea’s latest round of bellicose posturing, threatening aid cuts if the DPRK proceeds with yet another nuclear test. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s main ally, China, has criticized the regime through official media outlets after North Korea threatened the United […]
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North Korea Announces New Round of Nuclear and Rocket Tests, Targets the United States
- January 24, 2013
- 2011
- 2012
- 2016
- Asia
- China
- Dear Leader
- DPRK
- East Asia
- February
- Juche
- juche state
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- Korea
- missile tests
- National Defense Commission
- NK
- North Korea
- nuclear proliferation
- nuclear tests
- Nuclear Weapons
- Park Chung-hee
- Park Geun-hye
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Pyongyang
- Republic of Korea
- rocket tests
- ROK
- South Korea
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- UNSC
- uranium
In Pyongyang’s most challenging declaration yet, the world’s most isolated state announced that it would continue its provocative nuclear tests and missile tests with its target being the DPRK’s avowed enemy, the United States. Ever since the death of Dear Leader Kim Jong–il in 2011, the regime in Pyongyang was consumed with establishing his […]
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French Forces Harry Islamist Militants in Mali
- January 14, 2013
- Africa
- Amadou Toumani Toure
- counter-terrorism
- Europe
- Francois Hollande
- French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian
- French President
- Islam
- Islamist militants
- Libya
- Mali
- March 22 coup
- military intervention
- Mirage fighter jets
- Muammar Gaddafi
- President Amadou Toumani Toure
- President Toure
- UK
- UN
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC
- US
France deployed Mirage fighter jets to bomb Islamist militants in Mali in an action authorized by the United Nations (UN) and backed up by a coalition of African nations. France is also receiving logistical support from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom(UK). French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: There were (airstrikes) last night, there are now and there will […]
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The Civil War in Syria
The growing violence in Syria to topple the Bashar al-Assad regime has international spectators increasingly concerned over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the state. Who exactly is fighting against the Bashar al-Assad regime, and for what are they fighting? Why does the international regime stand-back while so many Syrians are killed in some of the […]
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Has the Arab Spring Cemented A Russian-Chinese Global Alliance?
Foreign Policy’s article “The Axis of No,” by Dmitri Trenin, argues that the events of the Arab Spring and the toppling of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East has contributed to a tightening of relations between the Chinese and Russians who have positioned themselves in opposition to United Nations’ backed maneuvers to aid the collapse […]
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Russian Warships Moved to Mediterranean to Deny Area to Foreign Intervention Against al-Assad Regime.
Syria’s unrest continues and now Russia has involved itself in the preservation of the al-Assad regime by announcing it is moving warships into Syrian territorial waters to prevent any intervention in Syria’s domestic situation by foreign powers like NATO or Turkey. During the overthrow of Qaddafi, NATO warships and planes provided great assistance to the […]
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