Making History: China and Russia are Transforming Enemies into Friends

October 19, 2017

In the previous articles, the military and economic means by which the United States initially aimed for global hegemony were addressed, detailing how the US became the (declining) superpower it is to…

US Army is Preparing for Decades of Hybrid Wars

October 19, 2017

Opinion

Released on Monday, the US Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, drafted a new strategy for how US ground forces will operate, fight, and campaign successfully across multiple domains—space…

Will the Kirkuk Campaign Lead to Regime Change in Kurdistan?

October 19, 2017

Opinion

The Iraqi federal government commenced a military intervention in the Kurdish-occupied oil-rich city of Kirkuk. This area has long been disputed between the Iraqi central authorities and the Kurdish R…

The Thwarted Dreams of Kurdistan

October 19, 2017

Opinion

It was in 1916, in the midst of World War I, that Britain and France (pitted against the Germans, Austrians and Ottoman Turks) made their infamous Sykes-Picot agreement. In grand imperial style, they …

America’s Predictable Betrayal of the Iran Deal

October 19, 2017

Opinion

America’s withdrawal from the “Iran deal” doesn’t prove that Iran is a threat to world peace and stability – instead – it proves that America cannot be trusted. In a recent public statement, US Pres…

Antisemitism Weaponised

October 19, 2017

Opinion

Palestine with its wonderful rolling landscapes and venerable old olive trees, – some of them planted by Mary’s own hands, by the Virgin, Mother of Jesus Christ, the Palestinian peasant woman who owne…

Seizing Kirkuk

October 19, 2017

Opinion

Elite Iraqi security forces have captured the Kurdish government headquarters buildings in the centre of Kirkuk with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordering the Iraqi flag to be raised over …

Facespook! Social Media Giant Becomes Arm of US Intel

October 19, 2017

Opinion

Facebook, the world’s top social media platform, is reportedly seeking to hire hundreds of employees with US national security clearance licenses. Purportedly with the aim of weeding out “fake news” a…