All is not well in Pakistan, and specifically not well with their un-well President. Pakistani President Asif Zardari is currently recovering from a probable mild heart attack…but he is doing in in Dubai! His health, along with something called “Memo-gate” have put Zardari in a particularly precarious position for a possible military coup by Pakistan’s most powerful person, General Ashfaq Kayani. Possible coup alert! Are the generlas going to return to power in this troubled state? Let’s stay tuned!
Keywords: president, general, military, coup, Dubai, Memogate, Pakistan
On December 5, 2011 Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San Suu Kyi had a Skype interview with Virginia Tech geography Professor John Boyer and his 3000 student World Regions class.
Multiple high-profile al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders have recently been taken by the newest of new in death-dealing technologies: the drone! But what are these drone things? How long have they been around? Who is using them, and where? And why are they exploding in numbers and usage in the modern era? The Avenger tries to touch upon all of these questions while also hinting at how the use of these unmanned, remote-controlled aircraft are revolutionizing how war itself is conducted, their repercussions on the definition of sovereignty, as well as the changes to war geography they are causing in this bold new era of the robot warriors. As Plaid Yoda would say: Begun, the Drone Wars have!
So China is on the rise in the world, and China is specifically on the move on the water: assertively and aggressively pushing out its power and influence into the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean in general. Can their power now ever be checked? Is Chinese world domination around the corner? Ah! Mommy! I’m scared! NOT! There appears to be a political /military/ideological team slowly former that certainly will not stop China, but may serve nicely to check its growth and contain its more aggressive policies. The potential Pacific China-checking team? The Asian Axis of Democracy! Let the Avenger clue you in!
Keywords: Asia, Asian Axis of Democracy, China, US, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam
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