While China’s Xianjing Remains Stable, it is in India Where Muslims Are Being Systematically Attacked

November 6, 2018

From a diverse history to a sectarian crisis The modern borders of India do not precisely correspond to those of any one of the many sovereign entities that arose in south Asia over the millennia. In…

Let’s Have a War with Russia!

November 6, 2018

Opinion

The United States seems to be contemplating war with Russia, Iran, China, or all three. Washington pushes NATO ever closer to Russia, leaves the nuclear-missile treaty and tries to destroy both countr…

The Unraveling of the Netanyahu Project for the Middle East

November 6, 2018

Opinion

Nahum Barnea, a leading Israeli commentator, writing in Yedioth Ahronoth in May (in Hebrew), set out, unambiguously, the ‘deal’ behind Trump’s Middle East policy: In the wake of the US exit from JCPOA…

Entering the Second Nuclear Age?

November 6, 2018

Opinion

It was only an announcement, but think of it as the beginning of a journey into hell. Last week, President Donald Trump made public his decision to abrogate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treat…

Russia Can Help Secure Saudi Interests Within the US-Run Yemeni Peace Process

November 6, 2018

Opinion

The US proposed that a UN-brokered Yemeni peace process begin by December. This suggestion caught some observers by surprise who hadn’t counted on the US contradicting its Saudi ally after Riyadh’s al…

The Indo-Japanese Partnership Is “Balancing” Between the US & China

November 6, 2018

Opinion

The Indian Prime Minister had very productive visit to Japan, which came at a sensitive time where both Asian Great Powers are trying to delicately “balance” between the US and China. The two leaders …

Treaties and Other Agreements US Consistently Breaches

November 6, 2018

Opinion

Trump’s JCPOA and INF pullouts are the latest examples of why the US under Republicans and undemocratic Dems can never be trusted. Both right wings of the US one-party state want everything their own …

Russia’s Alternative to SWIFT Already Has Market Majority in Russia

November 6, 2018

Opinion

During the ruble crisis of 2014/15 Russia announced in the wake of U.S. and European sanctions over reunifying with Crimea that it would begin building a domestic electronic financial transfer system,…