No country in the world has suffered so much and for so long at the hands of two super powers in the last thirty years than Afghanistan. One after the other they invaded Afghanistan wreaking…
Category: Regions
Bedouin adage claims “I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers” A well-known proverb states that the enemy of your enemy is your friend; yet,…
On July 4 NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivered an address entitled “NATO – delivering security in the 21st century” at the Chatham House in London that should lay to rest forever any doubts…
While the United States, Israel and their European allies are pulling out all the stops to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, the upcoming meeting of the heads of state of the Non-Aligned Movement in…
The 2004 assassination of Yasser Arafat was part of a broader military and intelligence agenda to destroy the Palestinian Authority. What recent news reports fail to mention is that the extra-judicial assassination had been ordered…
Hidden Rare Earth Elements War Heats Up: Europe considers “pursuing dispute settlement” against producers rare earth elements (“REEs”) or rare earth metals are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the…
Strait History: Iran’s Options George Santayana wisely said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Oblivious to history and its lessons, the United States and its Western allies are repeating their…
The Power of Propaganda We begin here with a quote from Noam Chomsky: “A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would…
The leading world think tanks have already offered views on the way a possible Syria – Turkey clash may develop and implications to ensue. The new changes of balance in the larger Middle East make…
US threatens Russia, China for not supporting campaign of terror in Syria. The US’ increasingly unhinged rhetoric reached a new level of absurdity this week as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Western…