In early November, Egypt hosted the largest international war games that the region has seen to date, codenamed Arab Shield 1. This military exercise brought together military personnel and observers from a total of eight Arab countries. There’s no doubt that Arab Shield 1 marked a milestone on the road to the establishment of the…
We face a world of multiple wars some leading to direct global conflagrations and others that begin as regional conflicts but quickly spread to big power confrontations. We will proceed to identify ‘great power’ confrontations and then proceed to discuss the stages of ‘proxy’ wars with world war consequences. In our times the US is…
The Wall Street Journalreports on the Trump administration’s plans for U.S. policy in Africa: President Trump plans to reshape America’s policy in Africa by challenging the continent’s leaders to make a strategic choice to align themselves with America instead of Russia or China. As he has done in other parts of the globe, Mr. Trump…
The number of people killed by the violence in Yemen has for the first time risen above 3,000 dead in a single month, bringing the total number of fatalities to over 60,000 since the start of 2016. The figure is six times greater than the out-of-date figure of 10,000 dead often cited in the media…
NATO has expressed its ‘regret’ that Kosovo has decided to upgrade its Security Force into an army, but the move is just the next, logical step on the road to full statehood, which western powers have encouraged. It’s got a flag. It’s got its own FIFA-recognised football team. It’s in negotiations to join the Eurovision…
The Western media in chorus upholds France’s President Macron against the Yellow Vests Movement, which it describes as “Climate Deniers”. The New York Times casually describes the fuel tax hike as a carefully formulated economic policy to fight global climate change. It’s a lie. Hikes in the fuel tax applied Worldwide in more than 120…
