New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) “By relying on Pakistan to mediate the most acute national security concerns, US President Donald Trump essentially does the equivalent of hiring a child molester to teach in a kindergarten,” Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in The Sunday Guardian about Islamabad’s mediation in the West Asia conflict.In a post on social media platform X on April 9, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had described Israel as “evil”…
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Washington, April 5 (IANS) Chinese firms are using artificial intelligence and open-source data to track US military movements during the Iran war, raising fresh concerns in Washington about emerging battlefield surveillance risks, a media report said.A growing number of Chinese private companies are marketing intelligence tools that claim to “expose” the movements of US forces, even as Beijing publicly distances itself from the conflict, according to The Washington Post .The firms are combi…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) As India rises, Prime Minister Narendra Modi must create a regional and security doctrine commensurate with India’s economic infrastructure and role in the world. PM Modi – already India’s third longest-serving Prime Minister – has likely contributed more to infrastructure development of India than all his predecessors together and navigated the country through several challenges, a report has highlighted. Writing in The Sunday Guardian, Michael Rubin, Director of Po…
Washington, March 5 (IANS) US lawmakers, foreign leaders, and experts have warned that China is expanding its influence in Europe. They said Beijing uses investment, pressure, and covert tactics, and urged closer US-Europe coordination on technology, supply chains, and security.At a hearing on “China’s increasing infiltration in Europe” on Wednesday (local time), Congressman Jake Ellzey said Europe must focus on more than Russia. He said the region also faces “the threat of Russia’s wa…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) A congressional hearing has been called next week to examine what organisers describe as China’s expanding reach into Europe’s economic sectors, public institutions, and research fields, and the risks it poses to US strategic interests and the NATO alliance.The hearing, titled “Responding to China’s Infiltration and Coercion in Europe”, scheduled for March 4, has been convened by the independent Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as t…
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) A US congressional briefing on Bangladesh warned that the country is heading toward a “political cliff,” with democratic institutions under strain and religious minorities facing growing threats ahead of national elections scheduled for February 12.Speaking at the briefing organized by HinduAction and CoHNA at the Rayburn House Office Building, Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said how a country treats its religious minorities is …
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) Bangladesh’s upcoming national elections will not be free or fair, a senior American scholar said warning that the exclusion of major political parties has already stripped the process of democratic legitimacy.“There’s absolutely not gonna be free and fair elections in Bangladesh,” Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute think-tank, told IANS when asked about the credibility of the vote.Rubin said genuine elections require open competi…