Deconstructing Islamophobia

November 10, 2019

Introduction: a short survey of the cuckoo’s nest My initial idea was to begin with a definition of “Islamophobia” but after looking around for various definitions, I decided to use my own, very primi…

Lebanon: Hariri Positioning Himself for a Comeback to Remove ‘New’ Hezbollah President?

November 10, 2019

Opinion

Into its third week and the stand-off between protestors and the elite in Lebanon is still holding strong as thousands of Lebanese are calling for a radical overhaul of a system which collapsed under …

Let’s Invade Mexico!

November 10, 2019

Opinion

I suppose that by now everyone has heard of Trump’s offer to send the American military to “wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth,” which he asserts can be done “quickly…

We Are On a Path of War Again

November 10, 2019

Opinion

Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the symbols of the Cold War, Europe remains divided because it chose confrontation over a common future, Willy Wimmer, Germany’s former State Se…

After Baghdadi: Will Islamic State Fighters Seek Return to al-Qaeda?

November 10, 2019

Opinion

The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the appointment of a virtually unknown successor could see some fugitive Islamic State group fighters seeking a return to the ranks of al-Qaeda-aligned group…

New Chapter in Greek-Russian Relations?

November 10, 2019

Opinion

The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on November 6 amidst a string of events that have complicated relations between the two coun…

USAID “Pimping” Big Pharma in Africa

November 10, 2019

Opinion

USAID has just awarded $160 million to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for a cooperative agreement to regulate the pharmaceutical landscape in Africa. U.S. taxpayers are now funding a U.S. State …

Why Germany Attacked the Soviet Union

November 10, 2019

History

As dawn was breaking on Sunday morning, June 22, 1941, military forces of Germany, Finland and Romania suddenly struck against the Soviet Union along a broad front stretching hundreds of miles from th…