https://www.scmp.com/rss/325645/feed B. Z. Khasru, is editor of The Capital Express in New York and author of Myths and Facts Bangladesh Liberation War and The Bangladesh Military Coup and the CIA Link en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Atomic bombs are proving to be blessings for small nations that face enemies with far superior conventional and nuclear forces. This is especially true of North Korea, which expects to reap nuclear peace dividends, as fiery rhetoric gives way to cool heads. Over the past 20 years, nuclear weapons have prevented at least three potentially big wars: between India and Pakistan, between Russia and Nato, and between the US and North Korea – as well as China by extension. Nuclear bombs have also... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2127985/how-north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-are-helping-prevent-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2127985/how-north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-are-helping-prevent-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:01:12 +0000 By telling Japan and South Korea to protect themselves from North Korea by buying billions of dollars of American military equipment, US President Donald Trump signalled his intent to further fuel the escalating arms race in Asia and profit from it. On a broader scale, Trump plans to lift restrictions on US arms exports through an executive order before the end of the year, a move that could intensify existing conflicts and spark new ones worldwide. Trump’s idea will help the United States in... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119077/whats-behind-donald-trumps-arms-sales-pitch-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119077/whats-behind-donald-trumps-arms-sales-pitch-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Nov 2017 03:14:59 +0000 By seeking to establish their dominance over South Asia, India and China are constraining the economic prospects of smaller neighbours. Their contest for the upper hand is also exacting a human toll on Muslim minorities in Myanmar and Hindus in Sri Lanka. More than 600,000 ethnic Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh since August. Beijing and New Delhi dismiss their persecution as part of Myanmar’s internal affairs, given that both wish to be in the good books of the strategically important,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2117674/how-chinas-rivalry-india-rippling-across-south-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2117674/how-chinas-rivalry-india-rippling-across-south-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Oct 2017 04:31:32 +0000