The Mystery of India’s Assassination Plots
Why would New Delhi risk so much for so little? Read More Here
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In South Africa, A Scandal Threatens Ramaphosa’s Presidency
An independent panel’s findings have thrown the embattled leader’s political future into jeopardy. Read More Here
Can Macron Stem The Tide Of Islamism In France?
Just over a week ago, Emanuel Macron said he wanted to end ‘Islamic separatism’ in France because a minority of the country’s estimated six million Muslims risk forming a ‘counter-society’. On Friday, we saw yet another example of this when a history teacher was decapitated in the street on his way home in a Paris suburb. Read […]
The Pandemic Has Triggered Dramatic Shifts In The Global Criminal Underworld
To say that COVID-19 changes everything is already a cliché. But it’s also true. The pandemic is deepening tension between China and the United States, accelerating the digitalisation of commerce, and shining a bright light on the inequalities that divide our societies. It is also triggering dramatic knock-on effects in the criminal underworld. Read Here […]
How Carlos Ghosn Reveals The Limits Of Modern Global Corporate Culture
We know the modern corporation may be multinational. But is it possible for a person to be truly a part of multiple cultures, with favoritism for none? The strange case of Carlos Ghosn—which spans the globe from Paris to Tokyo to Nashville to Lebanon and back again—reveals that the limits may be more rigid than previously […]
Philippines Emerges As A Hateful Dark Web hub
Criminal syndicates involved in drug dealing, sex trafficking, fake identification cards and even explosives sales are all active on the Philippines’ Dark Web, according to law enforcement authorities. Filipino agents are now working with US and South Korean authorities to stem the drug trade on the Dark Web. But it’s not clear until now that […]
Xi Jinping’s Anti-Graft Drive Has Caught So Many Officials That Beijing’s Elite Prison Is Running Out Of Cells
It looks like being a particularly grim Lunar New Year in the “tigers’ cage” this week. The notorious Qincheng maximum security prison houses many disgraced senior Communist Party officials – including fallen security chief Zhou Yongkang, former Chongqing boss Bo Xilai, ex-presidential aide Ling Jihua and Guo Boxiong, who was once a top general. Read […]
America Can’t Win The Drug War In Afghanistan
Indeed, the drug trade is a crucial part of Afghanistan’s economy, both in regions that the Afghan government controls and in Taliban-dominated regions. The Kabul government estimates that at least three million farmers make their living from that crop. In a desperately poor country, such income is often the difference between a decent lifestyle and destitution. U.S. […]
Global Police Spring a Trap On Thousands Of Dark Web Users
When Alphabay, the world’s largest dark web bazaar, went offline two weeks ago, it threw the darknet into chaos as its buyers and sellers scrambled to find new venues. What those dark web users didn’t—and couldn’t—know: That chaos was planned. Read Here – Wired
Mysterious Circumstances Surrounding Russian Murders, Deaths
When Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s top United Nations envoy, collapsed suddenly from an apparent heart failure recently, it triggered widespread and predictable murmuring about possible foul play. With so many sudden and mysterious deaths at the upper levels of the Russosphere during the Putin years, chiefly among his opponents, it’s no surprise that rumours abound even […]
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