China comes to Kurds’ aid with affordable weapons to fight ISIS
The Iraqi Kurds, the only effective “boots on the ground,” in an epic fight against the Islamic extremist Islamic State for Iraq and Levant (ISIL), are being supplied from (more…)
Moscow-Pyongyang-Seoul transshipping route gets its first test run
The awkward arrangement of transporting Russian coal through the extended trans-Siberian railway into North Korea and then loading it onto a Chinese barge to transship to South Korea got (more…)
Putin’s ‘strategic’ deal with Turkey’s Erdogan could weaken NATO
Beleaguered Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkey on Dec. 1 for a carefully planned and hyped state visit. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
In first, China’s military opens procurement to private sector
China’s communist government has monopolized the defense industry since its inception in 1949. However, that may be changing due to innate problems of state monopoly. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Russia to sell its first S-400 air defense system to China
The on-and-off reported talks on Russia’s sales of the most advanced Russian design air defense system S400 Triumph are again resurfacing in Moscow and Beijing. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
NORAD tracks Russia’s Object 2014-28E as possible satellite killer
Six months ago, Russia launched a mysterious space device called the Object 2014-28E but no one knew exactly what it was and what it was supposed to do until (more…)
China, Russia to conduct joint naval exercise in the Mediterranean
In a move that will greatly enhance China’s global naval reach, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia has invited China to conduct a joint naval exercise in (more…)
North Korea-Russia relations warming up as China observes
After bilateral relations cooled following the end of the Cold War, Pyongyang and Moscow are once again eyeing an embrace, based on a new set of priorities and mutual (more…)
Tit-for-tat diplomat expulsions by Russia and West recalls Cold War
A diplomatic war between Moscow and the West has flared up, the old fashioned Cold War way. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)