Day: October 3, 2019

The “Kashmir 2 Khalistan” Campaign Is the Solution to India’s Separatist Issues

October 3, 2019

The recent merging of the peaceful campaigns for self-determination referenda in Kashmir and Khalistan presents the only realistic solution to India’s separatist issues there, and the international co…

Displaced by a US Invasion? Don’t Imagine You’ll Be Welcomed to Breathe Free

October 3, 2019

Opinion

In Afghanistan on 22 September at least 40 civilians attending a wedding party were killed in a raid conducted by Afghan soldiers and supported by US airstrikes. Four days earlier a US drone attack ki…

The Ethical Dilemma Behind Trump’s Fateful Ukrainegate Decision

October 3, 2019

Opinion

Should Trump have pursued justice even though the outcome could have politically helped him, or should he have neglected his legal responsibilities to do so because of the same? *** The Ukrainegate sc…

70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China Shows Beijing’s Communism may be the Most Viable

October 3, 2019

Opinion

While mistakes of the Soviet Union put it in the museum, China’s capacity to adapt and reinvent itself could soon make it the most important country in the world. Last weekend, I addressed a 70th anni…

Yemen Is Now Saudi Arabia’s “Vietnam War”

October 3, 2019

Opinion

Something does not appear right in Saudi Arabia. Although the Wahhabi Kingdom has a technological, demographical and economical advantage over Yemen, it has completely failed to break the Yemeni resis…

New Weapons and the New Tactics Which They Make Possible: Three Examples

October 3, 2019

Opinion

There are probably hundreds of books out there about the so-called “Revolution in Military Affairs”, some of them pretty good, most of them very bad, and a few very good ones (especially this one). Fo…

Twitter Executive for Middle East is British Army ‘Psyops’ Soldier

October 3, 2019

Opinion

The senior Twitter executive with editorial responsibility for the Middle East is also a part-time officer in the British Army’s psychological warfare unit, Middle East Eye has established. Gordon Mac…

Why Israel is Struggling to Find a Way Out of its Political Deadlock

October 3, 2019

Opinion

It would be a grave mistake to assume that the continuing political deadlock in Israel – with neither incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival Benny Gantz seemingly able to cobbl…