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Exercise Fortune Guard 22 : US hosts the Proliferation Security Initiative

Exercise Fortune Guard: US Hosts Proliferation Security Initiative

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 11, 20220

The US has hosted the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), named Exercise Fortune Guard 22 from August 8-12, 2022, in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is a part of the PSI’s Asia-Pacific exercise Rotation series. There are 21 countries which have participated in this counter-proliferation activities. What is PSI? PSI is a voluntary multilateral effort initiated by the then U.S. President George W. Bush in May 2003. It was formulated to strengthen the nonproliferation architecture. The PSI is designed to prohibit and increase coordination between states to disrupt trade in weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials. Bush administration recognized in the 2002 National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation, that there was a need to ...

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Ayman al-Zawahiri: Who Was He And Why US Assassinated Him?

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 6, 20220

This weekend, a US drone strike in Afghanistan killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, who helped Osama bin Laden plan September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and helped al-Qaida survive and flourish in the years afterwards. On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden revealed that al-Zawahiri had been killed in Yemen, a landmark counterterrorism victory barely 11 months after American soldiers departed the nation. Take a look at the al-Qaida chief, who eluded US arrest for 21 years after 9/11's suicide aeroplane strikes, which fundamentally altered US foreign policy. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, many Americans may not recall al-name, Zawahiri's but he remains a familiar face to them even after two decades: a slightly smirking guy with spectacles who was often photographed with Osama bin Laden...

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Battle Against Terrorism: Execution Of Al-Zawahiri Is Another Victory For US

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 5, 20220

Eleven years after Osama bin Laden was killed, the United States has announced that it has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the man who was supposed to take over as the head of al-Qaeda if bin Laden were to die. The attempts that the Taliban rule has been making to acquire legitimacy in other nations are going to suffer as a direct consequence of Zawahiri's death in Kabul. Even more concerning is the fact that, in spite of the accords reached in Doha, it continues to serve as a safe haven for Al Qaeda. Since the brazen attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, terrorists may have lost ground, but they continue to be a source of worry due to their spooky presence and offshoots in other countries, as well as their relentless recruiting attempts among younger people. It will be in...

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Russia-America Special Relationship: Who Is Merchant Of Death?

Isha PoddarAugust 4, 20220

The life of Viktor Bout, a jailed Russian arms dealer in the United States linked to a possible swap for two US citizens detained by Moscow, sometimes reads as a far-fetched espionage thriller goes. Before his 2008 arrest on multiple arms smuggling charges, 55-year-old Bout, who was called a 'merchant of death and a 'ban buster' for his abilities related to arms smuggling, was one of the world's most wanted men. Bout had become the world's most notorious arms dealer for nearly two decades. He was selling weapons to rogue states, rebel groups and assassin warlords in Africa, Asia and South American films on the life of Bout. Such was the Bout's notoriety that a 2005 Hollywood film, Lord of War, was produced on his life, starring Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov, an arms dealer based on t

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Ukraine War Is Reconstructing Armenia-Azerbaijan Dispute; US-Russia Unsure How To React

Isha PoddarJune 30, 20220

The world's eyes on Ukraine, the standoff between Armenia and Azerbaijan is moving quickly, and Russia and the United States are unsure how to react. A 2020 Russian-brokered ceasefire concluded that the second Karabakh war had preferred neither full stability nor protection to the area. Even earlier to the Ukraine war, Moscow's pacifists have suffered to do their jobs. But a new peace operation between Baku and Yerevan may become visible anyway with a new broker—the European Union—progressively active. These dynamic modifications over the previous two months highlight how Russia's war is preparing for Ukraine's shaking up the Eurasian terrain. The dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan began in the late Soviet period when citizens of the ethnically Armenian autonomous area of Nagorno-Ka...

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Remembering 14-Year-Old George Stinney Jr And His Unfair Trial

MalvikaJune 28, 20220

The US is not witnessing bizarre and irksome legal decisions for the first time. June 16 marks the death anniversary of George Stinney Jr, a 14-year-old who was executed brutally for a crime he did not commit. In 1944, this African-American teenager was electrocuted and executed in an electric chair. The conviction of George Stinney jr still should haunt us of hasty unjust trials and unfair judgments. He was arrested and awarded the death penalty on suspicion of the murder of two girls, Betty June and Mary Emma. It took the court (South Carolina) seventy years to clear his name and declare that he received an “unfair trial”. This case is cited as more of a mystery peddled with a lot of whatabouteries rather than a lapse in the jurisdiction. The whole trial procedure was just discri...

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US Supreme Court Rolls Back Abortion Rights: What Could Be Its Wide-Ranging Consequence?

Snehashish RoyJune 25, 20220

The Supreme Court in the United States has overturned the Americans' constitutional right to get an abortion in a ruling and upheld the abortion ban implemented in one of the States, Mississippi, after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The ruling cited the US constitution and said it does not guarantee abortion rights directly or through another rights. The ruling by the apex court in the country has laid out a precedent for grave consequences in days to come that may not be visible today. Although the court's decision isn't barring abortion across the US, it is, however, opening windows for arguments over the legality of abortion in state legislatures. Impediments to come following recent ruling Unlike earlier, States will now look for opportunities to prohibit or regulate abortion base...