Raja Pervez Ashraf elected as new prime minister of Pakistan

June 22, 2012 (TSR) - Pakistan's National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament in the country, on Friday elected Raja Pervez Ashraf,a candidate from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party,...

Warning: Oil embargo against Iran may hurt UK insurers

June 18, 2012 (TSR) - The oil embargo against Iran which comes into force on July 1 may be a blow to the UK insurance sector. As soon as the oil...

Denmark looks forward to historic first visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao

June 13, 2012 (TSR) - Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming state visit to Denmark, the first by a Chinese president, signals fresh opportunities to deepen bilateral relations. Hu's visit from June...

West seems sending soothing signals to Syria by excluding military action

May 22, 2012 (TSR) - Recent world assurances that there would be no military intervention in Syria, coupled with consensual statements by UN officials and observers about the performance of...

From G8 to NATO: ‘Russia and China may be on the same side’

May 19, 2012 (TSR) - With Putin opting not to attend the ongoing G8 summit at Camp David and Obama passing on an upcoming APEC summit in Vladivostok, much has...

China’s Rise, America’s Fall: Which Superpower is More Threatened by Its “extractive elites”?

by Ron Keeva Unz April 25, 2012 (TSR) - The rise of China surely ranks among the most important world developments of the last 100 years. With America still trapped in its...

Kofi Annan: The United Nations “Peacekeeper” Handpicked by the CIA

April 3, 2012 (TSR) - Although Kofi Annan’s track record at the UN is an indisputable success in terms of management and efficiency, he has been sharply criticized for his...

Redefining the U.S.-Canada Border: The End of Canada as a Sovereign Nation?

March 14, 2012 (TSR) - Through a series of bilateral meetings, U.S. and Canadian officials are busy working out the details of the perimeter security action plan. This includes a...

Geopolitics and The Russian Elections: Putin Wins…

March 9, 2012 (TSR) - Pre-election polls predicted around a 60% majority. Final results show Putin won 63.6% of the vote. He got a clear third term mandate. In 2004,...

Essay on China: Rise, Fall and Re-Emergence as a Global Power; The Lessons of...

March 7, 2012 (TSR) - The study of world power has been blighted by Eurocentric historians who have distorted and ignored the dominant role China played in the world economy...

All Eyes on China at G20: Promote Growth Through Win-Win Cooperation through Chinese Perspective

Nov. 4, 2011 (TSR) - Whether the world likes it or not, our global economic situation will be increasingly dominated and defined by the (almost by default) de-facto G-2,...