Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Assures Pakistan…While in India

February 16, 2018

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has addressed an audience of Islamic scholars in the Indian city of Hyderabad, during a wide ranging speech touching on pan-eastern resistance to western neo-imperialis…

Political Сrisis in the Maldives

February 16, 2018

Opinion

It seems as if the political temperature in the Indian Ocean region is not going to ‘settle down’, as we predicted a week ago, but has already started to rise. That is demonstrated by the worsening si…

China’s ‘New Silk Roads’ Reach Latin America

February 16, 2018

Opinion

A sharp, geoeconomic shift took place last month in Santiago, Chile at the second ministerial meeting of a forum grouping China and the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. The …

Gaddafi Returns Libya to Trilateral Power

February 16, 2018

Opinion

The events in Syria on the eve of the Congress of National Dialogue in Sochi, the war against Russia on the diplomatic front, the operation of the Turkish Army in Kurdish Afrin and the cleaning up of …

ISIS Is Almost Gone But the Fighting Continues: Who’s Still in Syria?

February 16, 2018

Opinion

The battle against Islamic State in Syria may be nearing its end, but the conflict in this war-torn country seems far from over. Competing factions and old rivalries have created a complicated, uncert…

When Former Spies Turn into TV ‘Experts’

February 16, 2018

Opinion

Once upon a time in the United States there was a general perception that organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were both apolitical an…

Israel a Leading Tax Haven

February 16, 2018

Opinion

Countless trillions of dollars are stashed in scores of tax havens worldwide – black holes of hidden wealth, much of it ill-gotten. Largely tax-free, they’re controlled by Wall Street and other powerf…

Poland’s on My Mind

February 16, 2018

Opinion

A controversy surrounds the new Polish law just signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda that criminalizes Holocaust denial and Holocaust trivialization but also extends the prohibition to anyone who a…