Month: April 2019

Did Russia & China Get the US to Accelerate Its Diplomatic Drawdown in Afghanistan?

April 30, 2019 Opinion

Reuters quoted “deep state” sources as reporting that the US will accelerate its diplomatic drawdown in Afghanistan, with this breaking news coming on the same day as its representatives met with thei…

Clash of Civilizations 2.0 Sponsored by Prince and Bannon

April 30, 2019 Opinion

Bannon, Prince, and other far-rightists are now attempting to impose on their followers and fellow-travelers the same sort of “groupthink” Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels applied to Germany. …

Clouds Gather Above the Middle East: War or No War?

April 30, 2019 Opinion

In recent years, Israel has proved capable of reading between the lines to assess accurately the politico-military situation in the Middle East, exploiting timely opportunities to hit targets of its e…

Arab Power Struggles: “The King Is Dead, Long Live the King”

April 30, 2019 Opinion

Political transition in the Middle East and North Africa operates so far on the principle of ‘The King is dead, long live the King.’ Libya’s battle for Tripoli alongside ongoing mass anti-government d…

Interpreting President Putin’s Speech at the 2019 BRI Forum

April 30, 2019 Opinion

President Putin left nothing to doubt when he proudly proclaimed that Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union regional integration organization that it leads are strategically merging with China and it…

Will New Netanyahu Coalition and Kushner’s “Deal” Bring Destruction to Jerusalem’s Golden Dome?

April 30, 2019 Opinion

There is a story about the Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab, the Muslim leader who conquered Jerusalem in 637 C.E. It is said that upon entering the city he asked to see the site of the temple built by Kin…

Genetically Modified Babies. The Genetic Editing of Human Life

April 30, 2019 Opinion

Last November, He Jiankui, a Chinese biology Associate Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST)in Shenzhen (Guangdong Province) announced that he and his team had cre…

Book Review: Shadow Wars – The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

April 30, 2019 Books

Written in response to the ‘Arab Spring’ initiated in Tunisia in 2011, Shadow Wars – The Secret Struggle for the Middle East, is a powerful indictment of the western neoliberal economic/political orde…