Marking the 60th anniversary of the inaugural, Belgrade conference of the Non-aligned Movement (NaM) (Aug-Sep 1961), the International Institute for Middle East and Balkans Studies (IFIMES) conducts series of research papers and reports. Hence, the…
Category: Iraq
The US empire is in terminal decline, and heading for a dystopian future. Yet no-one – not the generals, the politicians or the fawning MSM – will be held accountable for all the military follies…
We need to be honest about this global pandemic which has a not-so hidden agenda to lead civilization back into the dark ages. It is easy to see what is happening around us with the…
I am not a practitioner, in the usual sense of the word, of a religion or an esoteric current. On the other hand, I have read a lot, studied, reflected, curious about everything, open to…
The Taliban is laying down the law with President Joe Biden’s administration, reportedly warning that any attempt by Washington to destabilize Afghanistan’s new government would be “good for no one.” “We clearly told them…
The majority of the articles, essays and interviews selected for this two-part e-book were written in Afghanistan and in Iraq and/or before and after multiple visits to both countries. The 21st century, geopolitically, so far has…
The People of the Lie Primo Levi, Italian author of If this is a man (1947) — “a pillar of Holocaust literature” according to Wikipedia —, wrote a short fictional story titled “un testamento”, consisting of the last recommendation…
Mark Zuckerberg is facing some major financial consequences, according to Forbes, losing billions of dollars, as well as his No.5-richest man rank as users continue to be shut out of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp….
A former Facebook data scientist, responsible for censoring “dangerous” and “misleading” information during the 2020 US election, has all but accused the social media giant of facilitating the January 6 “insurrection.” In the 60 Minutes interview with…
Perth in Australia will be a forward base for nuclear-powered and nuclear weapon-carrying American subs, Pepe Escobar writes. Pax Americana was always a minor character in a zombie apocalypse flick. Pax Americana is actually The…