We’ve reached half-time in what has been a very eventful year. It’s revealing to compare the stories that have made the headlines in the western
Day: July 6, 2017
Pakistan Army to the GCC: No Longer Your Gun for Hire
Less than a year into his role, Pakistan’s new army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, sets a fresh course for the country’s defence diplomacy in
Putin, Xi Message to Trump: US Unipolar World is Over
The US’ strategy has been to isolate Russia internationally. Evidently, it is Washington that is becoming more isolated on the global stage. This week in
Narendra Modi’s Version of Non-Alignment is Fooling No One and is Bad for India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks he is exploiting opportunities but increasingly it is the non-opportunities that are exploiting him and his country. The Cold
The Plummeting of U.S. Standing in the World
The Pew Research Center released last week the results of one of its periodic surveys of global views of the United States and its leadership
In Cairo, the Pot Boils
On the anniversary of the military coup which brought Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to power, Egyptians are bursting with anger at his regime. Here are three
Escalation of the Propaganda War — A Rerun of the Zinoviev Letter
On 27 June the London Daily Telegraph newspaper, a sad remnant of its former admirable self, carried a piece captioned «Britain’s new £3bn warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, set to
The Useful Idiots Who Undermine Dissent on Syria
There has been much disingenuous criticism of those, like me, who question why the western corporate media have studiously ignored the latest investigation by renowned
