At the core of this piece is an exploration of the different ways in which both real and manufactured crises are managed by three large
Month: June 2019
The West’s Trumped-Up Hatred of Iran Serves The Zionist Dream of a Greater Israel Dominating the Middle East
There’s no doubt about it. We’re at the height of the Silly Season. First we have Boris ‘I-am-a-passionate-Zionist’ Johnson, the hot favourite to become the
Trump’s Underwhelming Deal for Palestine and the Gulf Monarchies’ Complicated Ties with Israel
The U.S.-backed two-day “Peace to Prosperity” summit in Bahrain on Tuesday and Wednesday was designed to advance the Trump administration’s vision for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli
Childish Diplomacy: Donald Trump’s New Play Against Iran
Diplomacy has been seen historically as a practitioner’s art, nurtured in schools of learning, tested and tried in the boardrooms of mild mannered summitry. Klemens
Trump Imposes New Sanctions Amid Continuing War Threat Against Iran
President Donald Trump and his treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, unveiled Monday what the US administration had touted as new “harsh” and “hard-hitting” economic sanctions against
No US War on Iran for Now — but Mike Pompeo and John Bolton Still Really, Really Want One
After a week of high drama in which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated the Trump administration was preparing for war with Iran, President Trump
Absolute Proof that Trump Is Stupid
On June 26th, U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox Business News that, as the Washington Post immediately headlined it, “War with Iran Would Not Involve
Violent Voyeurism: Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise
