Day: July 20, 2019

Reopening of Pakistan’s Airspace: A Bad Omen for India? Implications for Iran and Afghanistan

July 20, 2019 Opinion

The reopening of Pakistani airspace to civil aviation was timed to coincide with PM Khan’s upcoming trip to the US, which is an extremely bad omen for India because it suggests that the resumption of …

Western Intellectuals Freak Over ‘Frankenstein’ China

July 20, 2019 Opinion

Western economists and intellectuals obsessed with demonization of China are never shy of shortcuts glaringly exposing their ignorance. The latest outburst posits that “we” – as in Western intellectua…

Turkey Heading for a Cold War with the EU Over Offshore Cyprus Gas?

July 20, 2019 Opinion

Just as Turkey braces itself for possible sanctions from the United States over its purchase of S-400 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia, news has broken that it is facing another set of sanctions, on…

Pandering to Christian Zionism: Trump Outreach on Display in Washington

July 20, 2019 Opinion

In Washington on the weekend after the Fourth of July, Israel was praised and Iran was condemned in the strongest terms, with a bit of a call to arms thrown in to prepare the nation for an inevitable …

The Pentagon’s New Nuclear Doctrine is Scary as Hell

July 20, 2019 Opinion

The Pentagon is actively contemplating the use of nuclear weapons to win wars that need not be fought in the first place. As expected, opposition to the US nuclear doctrine is almost non-existent in t…

Russia’s Bolivia Gambit Is a Bold Economic Move

July 20, 2019 Opinion

Bolivian President Evo Morales visited Moscow last week and announced that his country is interested in stepping up lithium cooperation with Russia, which if successful and taken to its fullest extent…

An Idiot’s Guide to Destroying Your Country in Six Easy Steps

July 20, 2019 Opinion

The United States of America seems to have a suicide wish as it wanders aimlessly down a continually narrowing path that can only lead to national ruin. Is this a premeditated act of self-annihilation…

Demonocracy: The Great Human Scourge!

July 20, 2019 Books

Review: Christophe Buffin de Chosal, The End of Democracy, Translated by Ryan P. Plummer. Printed in the U.S.A.: Tumblar House, 2017. Introduction One cannot speak too highly of Christophe Buffin de C…