Day: January 1, 2019

India’s BJP Is a Neoliberal Party Masquerading as a Protectionist One

January 1, 2019 Opinion

The BJP stunningly lost five regional elections earlier this month in a development that proves that people are no longer as distracted by the neoliberal party’s identity politics as they once were an…

Burying the Axe of War: the Arabs Will Recognise Assad, and Arab Investment Will Help Rebuild Syria

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir made a historical visit to Syria, the first for an Arab leader since war was imposed on Syria in 2011. El-Bashir landed onboard a Russian airplane at Damascus airport…

Why Does the US Scare the world with the Third World War

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Robert Farley, a professor at the United States Army College of War, called the South China Sea, Ukraine, the Persian Gulf, and the Korean Peninsula the most likely locations in 2019 of World War III …

Will 2019 Change the World Just Like 1979 Did?

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Five geopolitically seismic events forever changed the world back in 1979, and it’s worth reminding everyone about them 40 years after the fact. 2019 will mark exactly four decades since one of the mo…

The Elusive Middle East Peace

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Subtle news sources coming on the grapevine allude to impending Middle East fresh peace talks. The end of the “War on Syria” will bring serious and realistic opportunities for Russian-sponsored peace …

The Looting of Aleppo: ‘We’re Living in Medieval Times’

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Compare and contrast these two scenes: in Berlin, a team of highly qualified Syrian architects under the auspices of the Museum of Islamic Art carefully builds a digital archive of Aleppo’s historic m…

Weaponizing Humanitarian Aid

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Long ago, US foreign aid programs honored the principle that humanitarian aid should be treated separately from economic and military assistance to governments. Public Law 480 (popularized as “Food fo…

This Lie Called Democracy

January 1, 2019 Opinion

Well, another year stumbles out the door and a new one is pushed in. This procedure is emulated by the consistency of this lie we call democracy. Everybody participates in it. The politicians who need…