The Strange Case of Imran Awan: Only Fraud or Something More?

The Strange Case of Imran Awan: Only Fraud or Something More?

On July 25, Pakistani-American IT specialist Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles Airport for bank fraud while he was allegedly fleeing to Pakistan. The reports predictably produced some press coverage before the story died. Yet the speed at which the news vanished has prompted some observers to suggest that there might actually be something more…

Trump’s Knowledge of Lebanese Situation Is Non-Existent

Trump’s Knowledge of Lebanese Situation Is Non-Existent

US President Donald Trump, hobbled by a two-minute attention span, demonstrated his utter lack of knowledge about the political situation in Lebanon during a recent visit to the White House of Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri. During a press conference outside the White House, Trump opened his remarks by stating to an astonished Hariri and…

The Empire Strikes Back: With Destructive and Dishonest Neocolonialism

The Empire Strikes Back: With Destructive and Dishonest Neocolonialism

This month sees some significant anniversaries in the struggle against old-style colonialism. The trouble is that colonialism didn’t go away after countries in the developing world formally achieved their independence from Europe’s ‘Great Powers.’ It was replaced by a new form which proved to be more destructive and immeasurably more dishonest than what went before….