While it may be said that the "caliphate" is in ruins, it doesn't mean that ISIS does not exist anymore.   Experts say that the conviction of the ISIS to strike on Western countries would be intensified by the destruction of their physical assets and strongholds in Iraq and Syria and this...

The establishment can breathe a sigh of relief, looking back at the political events in Europe in 2017. Yet, it's too early to celebrate the victory just now. Europe has been freed from a number of supposedly "worst-case scenarios", including the presidency of Marine Le Pen, Merkel’s failure,...

Hate speech, stereotypes and propaganda have been bolstered in Asia by the spread misinformation and disinformation be it the Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis or the Philippine drug war or the Indonesian elections.   Within the region, "fake news is closely linked to domestic politics and in...

Imagine that a New Year's miracle happened and you have $ one million dollars in your pocket. Where would you like to buy a home? And where would you be able to buy the largest space? A research of consulting agency Knight Frank helps to answer these questions. The agency has analyzed the markets...

Turkey has decided to recruit 8.000 women gendarmes for combat positions who would also be delegated boarder control duties in the Turkish army. Turkey has suffered from both internal and regional conflicts.   Holding the defense of the country on its Southern borders with Syria and Iraq and...

The International Monetary Fund conducted a study in October 2017 and identified countries with the highest GDP per capita. Many of the countries that are among the richest in the world have oil and gas reserves on their territory, which has a positive effect on the development of their economies....

On Thursday, the citizens of Catalonia will go to the polls, which are considered the last test of moods in the region. Now, results of the polls show that the rivalry between the parties in favor of secession and the parties advocating for the preservation of unity is too close. A variant with a...

The United States has officially blamed North Korea to be behind the WannaCry computer worm attach that impacted and crippled more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries. This acknowledgement was publicly made by the Trump administration on Monday evening.   “The [WannaCry] attack was...

Greek lawmakers adopted the country's budget for 2018 by a majority vote. The budget will be the last in the conditions of the rescue program, because of which the country had to live in austerity for eight years. "We leave behind a period that no one wants to remember," Prime Minister Alexis...