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Is Three A Crowd?

As the media circus surrounding military action in Kashmir abates, the fanfare surrounding India’s election result grows. Among the media commentary are the predictable pieces concerning how the conflict will shape the ballot box, fuelling the BJP’s (Bharatiya Janata Party) drive to shore up flagging support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, one aspect of

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Play Up, Play Up, And Play The Great Game

The drones of today can be applied to many purposes. Surveillance footage of a suspected terrorist hideout? Certainly. Delivery of online shopping purchases? If you like. Finding out whether the big game formation will be 4-4-2 again? Hang about… At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, headlines were briefly made when the French national team

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China: Mutiny On The Buses

It was supposed to be yet another sign of China’s new industrialised dawn, but has ended in acrimony and embarrassment for all concerned. The Beijing Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), or ‘straddling bus’, a bold plan to allow public transport to run over cars, thus reducing travel time and congestion, has this week been revealed as

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Putin and Xi Jinping are the ones looking presidential

Regardless of whether one believes President Trump gained power via Russian ‘collusion’ or somehow managed to influence the British public’s decision to vote for Brexit, etc, one thing is absolutely certain in today’s post-truth world. While the cracks of disunity emerge between the so-called allied countries to reveal the true playing field in the world

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