Day: February 3, 2019

The Post-American Multipolar Blueprint for Afghanistan

February 3, 2019 Opinion

Afghanistan has the unique opportunity to function as the irreplaceably vital component of the Golden Ring of Multipolar Great Powers after the US’ possible withdrawal by the end of 2020, but it can o…

Modi's India Doubles Down on Hindu Nationalism

February 3, 2019 Opinion

During his 2014 campaign, Narendra Modi promised jobs, development, and growth. Hopeful Indians handed the BJP India’s first single-party parliamentary majority in three decades and a mandate for refo…

An Invasion of Venezuela Isn’t That Far-Fetched of a Scenario

February 3, 2019 Opinion

While Guaido and his self-declared “government”(-in-waiting) are downplaying the prospects of a military invasion to topple Maduro, the reality is that such a scenario really isn’t all that far-fetche…

Lords of the Land: Why Israel's Victory Won't Last

February 3, 2019 Opinion

If Benjamin Netanyahu ever needs rest and recuperation from the travails of being Israel’s longest serving prime minister, if there is a shed in which he can hide from any one of the five police …

Back to the Dear Old Cold Waar

February 3, 2019 Opinion

President Donald Trump and the neocon sofa samurais who surround him seem determined to pick a fight with China or Russia, or both at the same time. Later this month, the US and China are due to try t…

Zimbabwe’s Anti-Riot Internet Shutdown Tactic Might Become Commonplace

February 3, 2019 Opinion

Zimbabwe’s high court ruled earlier this week that the government’s anti-riot internet shutdown was illegal because only the President – and not the Minister of State for Security – has the authority …

Italy Put France in Its Place for Paris’ Neocolonial Practices in Africa

February 3, 2019 Opinion

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, who also leads the populist coalition government’s left-wing Five Star Movement, hit at one of the structural roots of large-scale illegal African migratio…

The CIA Then and Now: Old Wine in New Bottles

February 3, 2019 Opinion

“And as the flames climbed high into the nightTo light the sacrificial riteI saw Satan laughing with delightThe day the music died” – Don McLean, “American Pie” The Nazis had a name for their propagan…