Pakistan’s ASGA Strategy for the Afro-Pacific

November 23, 2017

Reconceptualizing the Indian Ocean as an African one can help to craft creative strategies for maximizing Pakistan’s strategic significance in the emerging Multipolar World Order through a reinvigorat…

The Irresistible Rise of MbS… and His Possible Downfall

November 23, 2017

Opinion

In a two-part analysis of the recent and ongoing revolutionary developments in Saudi Arabia instigated and executed by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Asia Times editor Uwe Parpart and roving …

Putin/Assad Meeting Cements the End of U.S. Dominance in the Middle East

November 23, 2017

Opinion

I’m not a terribly religious man. But, I’d like to believe there is a special corner in Hell reserved for those that fomented the Syrian Civil War. From its beginnings in Libya with gun-funneling thr…

Washington’s Wars

November 23, 2017

Opinion

The New York Times reported on October 22 that the United States has “just over 240,000 active-duty and reserve troops in at least 172 countries and territories,” which is a staggering total. But in a…

The Goofy Billionaire Overnight Saudi Prince is Going After Iran

November 23, 2017

Opinion

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri, who announced his surprise resignation in Riyadh, has recently announced his intention to return to Beirut. In fact it was the Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin …

Unserious Nation

November 23, 2017

Opinion

How stands John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill” this Thanksgiving? How stands the country that was to be “a light unto the nations”? To those who look to cable TV for news, the answer must at the least …

Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan: Dead on Arrival?

November 23, 2017

Opinion

From almost the first day of his presidency, US President Donald Trump bragged that he would solve the Israel-Palestine conflict. Among his claims was that he could do what no US president had done. H…

Israel’s Ploy Selling a Syrian Nuke Strike

November 23, 2017

Opinion

In September 2007, Israeli warplanes bombed a building in eastern Syria that the Israelis claimed held a covert nuclear reactor that had been built with North Korean assistance. Seven months later, th…