Scientists Warn Geoengineering Could Start World War III
Solar geoengineering would involve spraying chemicals and/or heavy metals into the air that would block some of the sunlight.
19 June 2019 - 07:00
Suspected Attack on Oil Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz Triggers Heightened Conflict Risk
The 21 crew of the vessel abandoned ship after the incident on board which resulted in damage to the ship’s hull starboard side.
13 June 2019 - 09:49
China as a Superpower: Erico Tavares Interviews Toshi Yoshihara
Dr. Toshi Yoshihara is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining CSBA, he held the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies and was an affiliate member of the China Maritime Studies Institute at the Naval War College, where he taught strategy for ten years. He is the co-author of Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty-first Century andChinese Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: The Turn to Mahan. He is also co-editor of Strategy in the Second…
8 June 2019 - 14:19
Brexit and the US-UK Defence Relationship
This is the transcript of Lecture at the Heritage Foundation, “Brexit and the US-UK Defense Relationship” given by Professor Gwythian Prins on 1 May 2019. A summary is on the Briefings for Brexit blog page. Ted, colleagues at Heritage, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. I am honoured and grateful for the hospitality of your platform this afternoon so that I can share with you some insights into the least well discussed and yet in many ways the most dangerous aspect of the strategies by which Mrs May and her close advisers have failed to execute the instruction that I and 17.4 million fellow…
4 June 2019 - 09:08
US House of Representatives Threatens Turkey with $5 Billion in Sanctions
"A US House of Representatives resolution enjoying bipartisan support will make Turkey liable to US sanctions should it proceed with its attempt to purchase the S-400 missile defence system."
20 May 2019 - 17:01
First Overseas Deployment of RAF’s F-35B Lightning Fighter Jets Scheduled
"The enormous cost of the F-35 fighter jet programme, which at over $1.3 trillion is currently “the world’s largest defence programme” has led to criticism from some quarters."
9 May 2019 - 07:00