Category: Opinion

Ritsuryo System in Ancient Japan

The centuries-old idea known in Japanese as odo omin or odo oshin which means the sovereign’s land, the sovereign’s people formed the basis for the Ritsuryo system in ancient Japan. It was introduced into Japan from China during 603-967 AD....

The Afghan lesson

Anyone who ever tried to invade Afghanistan was inevitably defeated. The multiethnic mountainous country has become a grave for the British, the Russians, and now for the Americans and their European allies. To make...

The Political Dynamics of Defence Acquisitions

The arms race and defence acquisition is a pattern of competitive procurement of military capabilities between two or more countries involving bureaucratic management and defence organizations turning their money into maximum military capacity. This...