Day: January 21, 2020

Afro-Eurasia Would Be a Timely Alternative to the Indo-Pacific

January 21, 2020

Russia's repeated rejection of the US' 'Indo-Pacific' concept that Foreign Minister Lavrov claims is a ruse for "containing China" highlights just how urgently it is that a more inclusive and non-host…

Morocco’s King and Algeria’s Generals: The Standoff Continues

January 21, 2020

Opinion

A few days after the death of Algeria’s army chief of staff, Ahmed Gaid Salah, one of his proteges, Major General Said Chengriha, 74, was put in charge of the transition at the top of the People’s Nat…

Battle of the Ages to Stop Eurasian Integration

January 21, 2020

Opinion

The Raging Twenties started with a bang with the targeted assassination of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani. Yet a bigger bang awaits us throughout the decade: the myriad declinations of the New Great G…

‘Mendacity & Lies’: After 19 Years America Admits to Itself That It NEVER could have Won War in Afghanistan

January 21, 2020

Opinion

John F. Sopko, the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction, testified before Congress this week that America’s Afghan War was plagued by “mendacity and lies.” But all honesty in the world cou…

What’s the Point of NATO If You Are Not Prepared to Use It Against Iran?

January 21, 2020

Opinion

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance commits all members to participate in the defense of any single member that is attacked. An attack on one is an attack on all. Forge…

Egypt and the Destruction of Civil Liberties in America

January 21, 2020

Opinion

There are lots of things wrong with the conviction and incarceration of 54-year-old Mustafa Kassem, who died last week in Egypt. Kassen was an American citizen who drove a taxi in New York City. He ha…

“The American Love Affair with the Automobile”: The Unspoken History of the Electric Car

January 21, 2020

History

A study of gasoline-powered automobiles reveals one of the greatest corporate frauds and resulting environmental disasters to ever have been inflicted on human society. There are three distinct but in…

Scientists Call For Ban on Human Gene Editing

January 21, 2020

Opinion

Japan has banned gene-edited human embryos and international scientists are increasing the call to ban the highly uncertain and risky practice of gene-editing of human DNA. The growing opposition come…