The West’s attempts to destroy the Iranian economy through heightened sanctions—including most imports, oil exports and use of banks for trade operations—is having its affect. According to Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke, Iran is…
Tag: Great Games
Review of Ard ard (Surface-to-surface): The story of a graffiti revolution Sheif Abdel-Megid Egyptian Association for Books 2011 ISBN 978-977-207-102-9 Graffiti — the art of the masses, by the masses, for the masses — has…
All the meticulous plotting to avoid Ukraine’s Orange Revolution resulted in — Russia’s very own coloured one. But Russia is not Ukraine… Russia’s electoral scene has been transformed in the past two months, without a…
BDS activities are moving into a new critical stage, with apostasy, Internet hacking, regattas, and an ever more aggressive Israel and its acolytes upping the perilous ante, reports Eric Walberg The Third Annual BDS Conference…
Yes, it really is another Vietnam, and just as in 1972, presidential elections will make no difference, Scarcely a word is heard about foreign affairs amid US election talk, despite the many fires around the…
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can…
2011 is already history and will remain a historical turning point in international affairs, enthuses Eric Walberg A Tunisian fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire in a public square in a small town…