There is more to the divide in the Muslim world than the schism between the Sunni and Shiite sects. This was recently proven by the apparent
Day: January 16, 2020
The Not-So-Great ‘Great Game’
The romance of ‘The Great Game” lingers. Abandoned as a pointless draw a century ago, its power to evoke stirring images endures. The fabled lands
Russia’s Unsuccessful Libyan Peace Summit Was A Good Start
Russia’s Libyan peace summit in Moscow didn’t succeed with its stated objective of getting the warring parties to agree to a ceasefire agreement after they
NATO Flounders in the Middle East
Never reluctant to poke its nose into regions where it has no commitments or relevance, the Nato military alliance is stumbling round in Iraq, the
The West Is Run by Barbarians
How much longer are we accepting the tyrannical dictate of the American rulers? It gets worse by the day – and it looks like the
The Iranian Aftermath
Trump was panting heavily, like Darth Vader on the Death Star. The mike was too close to his mouth. His laboured speech and strange look
The End of American Empire Won’t Be Pretty
Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality, and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White House, so isn’t
Victimhood and the Nigerian Civil War
The concatenation of violence in Nigeria from 1966 to 1970, a train of events which involved communal fighting, army mutinies and a civil war, is
