Day: June 22, 2018

China Is Centralizing Its Levers of Control Over the Congo

June 22, 2018 Opinion

The creation of a business association of Chinese mining companies in the Congo should be interpreted as Beijing centralizing its levers of control over the country through the establishment of a powe…

All Against Erdogan: Turkey Will Keep Its Course Towards Russia and Syria In Any Situation

June 22, 2018 Opinion

Turkey is approaching elections. If President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins, he will get a government system revolving around him, on which he focused his entire career. If he loses, there are other optio…

The Entire Western World Lives in Cognitive Dissonance

June 22, 2018 Opinion

In this column I am going to use three of the current top news stories to illustrate the disconnect that is everywhere in the Western mind. Let us begin with the family separation issue. The separatio…

Hong Kong’s Paradoxical “Independence” Movement

June 22, 2018 Opinion

Prominent Hong Kong opposition leader Edward Leung was sentenced to 6 years in prison for assaulting police and his role in leading riots in 2016. The Guardian in its article “Hong Kong jails independ…

‘As Crimes Pile Up, They Become Invisible’: Western Complicity in Saudi Arabia’s Dirty War in Yemen

June 22, 2018 Opinion

The complicity of Western governments in the ocean of suffering being wrought in Yemen exposes them as agents of Saudi brutality. After three years of relentless conflict, it has been estimated that o…

What Is Donald Trump’s Position?

June 22, 2018 Opinion

During the US Presidential electoral campaign, we demonstrated that the rivalry between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump did not concern their style so much as their culture . The outsider challenged …

Breaking In a President

June 22, 2018 Opinion

I recall how a friend of mine who once served as a senior Pentagon intelligence briefer described what he called “breaking in” a new president. Today, incoming presidents receive some intelligence bri…

All Disquiet on Western Front

June 22, 2018 Opinion

The US-led NATO military alliance earlier this month committed to a major escalation in force buildup on Russia's western flank. The development underscores Russia's long-held concern that the 29-memb…