Day: November 16, 2019

The Worst-Case Scenario in Lebanon: Civil War

November 16, 2019

In Lebanon, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned that the ongoing anti-government protests might lead to “chaos, collapse and civil war ”. What is the scenario for a c…

Qatar and Saudi Arabia: Is a Thaw in the Gulf Cold War in Sight?

November 16, 2019

Opinion

The announcement that the football teams of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain will take part in the Gulf Cup (Khaliji 24) in Qatar at the end of the month has come as a surprise to many. All three cou…

The Geostrategic Consequences of the Hybrid War on Bolivia

November 16, 2019

Opinion

The successful regime change operation that was just carried out in Bolivia throughout the course of the country's ongoing US-backed Hybrid War could have some game-changing geostrategic consequences …

Top Bolivia Coup Plotters Were Trained at US Army’s School of the Americas

November 16, 2019

Opinion

The United States played a key role in the military coup in Bolivia, and in a direct way that has scarcely been acknowledged in accounts of the events that forced the country’s elected president, Evo …

Narrative Managers in Overdrive After Death of White Helmets Founder

November 16, 2019

Opinion

James Le Mesurier, the founder of the White Helmets, has died. He was found to have plummeted from a height to the street outside his home, and authorities are reportedly calling it a suicide. Le Mesu…

Greece as the Centrepiece of China’s BRI in the Eastern Mediterranean

November 16, 2019

Opinion

A 2018 Pew Survey found that 89% of Greeks found their culture to be superior to others, by far the highest amount of people in Europe where it reached as low as 26% in Sweden, 23% in Estonia and Belg…

Understanding the Deep State’s Propaganda

November 16, 2019

Opinion

Propaganda is essential to the Deep State’s operation. The Deep State is the small number of people who control the organizations that donate the majority of the funds which finance the political care…

‘War on Wall Street’? Billionaires Declare Themselves a Persecuted Minority

November 16, 2019

Opinion

Billionaires are scrambling to ward off the specter of populist anger – from wealth taxes to increased regulation – looming over an age of unprecedented inequality. Perhaps they should have thought of…