Day: December 6, 2019

The ‘Israel Model’: The Fragile Paradise of Kashmir Faces An Existential Threat

December 6, 2019 Opinion

On 23 November, India’s consul general in New York, Sandeep Chakravorty celebrated the achievements of the state of Israel in establishing political and cultural hegemony in historic Palestine, a…

Hong Kong — Pure Western Insanity

December 6, 2019 Opinion

The impunity with which the US aggresses Hong Kong is insane. Equally or more insane is western media coverage of what is going on in Hong Kong. Not one word on how the incredible “pro-democracy” vote…

At China-Kazakh Border: New Silk Roads in Action

December 6, 2019 Opinion

We are cruising on a pristine, 380 km-long four-lane superhighway from Almaty to Khorgos – finished in 2016 for $1.25 billion, 85% of the cost covered by a World Bank loan. And then, suddenly, riding …

NATO Will Remain Brain Dead & Divided Until 2021 at the Earliest

December 6, 2019 Opinion

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is both brain dead and divided as it holds latest annual meeting in London, with nothing but uncertainty surrounding its future and many questioning whether it c…

Germany is the Rotten Heart of Europe

December 6, 2019 Opinion

The crisis in Europe will come from Germany. Germany has entered a period of political crisis that, as yet, has not exploded. But the pyre is built, the torches lit and all that remains is dragging Ch…

Why Donald Trump Can’t Pull U.S. Forces Out of Afghanistan

December 6, 2019 Opinion

"Trump might well come to view staying the course in Afghanistan as the least bad option from a political standpoint—at least when compared to a peace deal with the Taliban. It would be a tragedy, of …

End of the Line: Understanding Israeli Politics

December 6, 2019 Opinion

Israel’s inability to assemble a government is not easy to understand. America has been in deadlock since the 1970s, but that’s hardly surprising since (a) it’s not a democracy but a dysfunctional eig…

NATO at 70: Sclerotic & Bureaucratic Zombie should be Pensioned Off

December 6, 2019 Opinion

Seventy is normally considered a ripe old age at which people should be enjoying retirement. The NATO alliance, which meets to celebrate its anniversary in London, should have been pensioned off long …