On 17 September 2018, France, Israël and the United Kingdom carried out a joint operation against Syrian targets. During the brief moments of combat, a
Day: September 27, 2018
The Idlib Ceasefire Deal Proves How Far Putin Has Come Out on Top
A ceasefire seldom gets a good press. If it succeeds in ending violence or defusing a crisis, the media swiftly becomes bored and loses interest.
Destroying Yemen as Humanely as Possible
What a relief to learn that even though Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are bombing the crap out of Yemen, they are doing
Russia’s S-300 Play in Syria Is Creating Geopolitical Waves
Russia says it will supply Syria with a version of the S-300 air and missile-defense system, despite objections from Washington and Tel Aviv. The Kremlin
When Is Terrorism not Terrorism? Western Media Coverage of Iran Parade Attack
After a terror attack over the weekend killed 25 — more than half of whom were civilians — during a military parade in the Iranian
‘Fort Trump’ Offer Given Serious Consideration: Poland to Host US Military Base
Actually, there is nothing new about Polish President Andrzej Duda urging President Donald Trump during a joint news conference on Sept. 18 to deploy more American troops
Battling It Out at the UN: Potholes Overshadow US-Iran Confrontation
It’s easy to dismiss Iranian denunciations of the United States and its Middle Eastern allies as part of the Islamic republic’s long-standing rhetoric. The rhetoric
Time to Wake Up: the Neoliberal Order is Dying
In my recent essay, I argued that power in our societies resides in structure, ideology and narratives – supporting what we might loosely term our
