Day: November 26, 2017

Sudan is Indispensable to China’s Silk Road Vision for Africa

November 26, 2017 Opinion

The news that China will build a railway from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan to the Chadian capital of N’Djamena proves just how serious Beijing is about pioneering a transcontinental Sahelian-Saharan…

Dear America – You Are Delusional, and Failing at Everything You Undertake

November 26, 2017 Opinion

Back in the days when I was still trying to do the corporate thing, I regularly found myself in a bit of a tight spot simply by failing to keep my mouth shut. I seem to carry some sort of gene that ma…

US Expands Military Offensive in Somalia

November 26, 2017 Opinion

Since the beginning of the year, the US has rapidly expanded its forces and significantly ramped up its military offensive in Somalia, conducting at least 28 air strikes in 2017. By comparison, 13 suc…

The Charge of the Light Brigade – Britain Goes Full Circle on Russophobia

November 26, 2017 Opinion

The classic British anti-war film The Charge of the Light Brigade will be fifty years old next year. Who would have thought the crude Russophobia of the 1850s, which Tony Richardson expertly satirized…

The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade

November 26, 2017 Opinion

Our aim is to “starve the whole population — men, women, and children, old and young, wounded and sound — into submission,” said First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. He was speaking of Germa…

US Enemy List: Prospects and Perspectives

November 26, 2017 Opinion

Introduction For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of ‘enemy countries’ to confront, attack, weaken and overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow ‘enemy countries’ operated at various levels o…

Donald Trump’s Asia Adventure

November 26, 2017 Opinion

American President Donald Trump recently returned to the White House after an extensive overseas tour of Asian nations. The major issue of the trip was the continuing tensions over North Korea's nucle…

The Huge Implications of Russia’s Northern Sea Route

November 26, 2017 Opinion

In terms of dealing with some of the world’s harshest weather conditions no country comes close compared with Russia. Now Russia has made it a highest priority to develop a Northern Sea Route along th…