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Middle East is on the Scales of US Politics

November 25, 2020

At a time when the tarnished Donald Trump knocks the thresholds of various kinds of courts in the vain hope of regaining his former glory, many heads of state, politicians and experts begin to serious…

Saudi Rushes to Improve Its Image in Advance of G20 and Biden

November 25, 2020

Opinion

Saudi Arabia has taken multiple steps to polish its tarnished image in advance of this weekend’s hosting of the virtual summit of the G20 that groups the world’s foremost economies and in anticipation…

The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza

November 25, 2020

Opinion

“Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.” So thundered Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, …

After Australian Report It’s Time for Serious US War Crimes Probes

November 25, 2020

Opinion

Australia had to reveal heinous crimes its troops committed in Afghanistan, even after it prosecuted a whistleblower and raided a TV station. It’s time for the U.S. to launch serious investigations of…

A World Being Made for War

November 25, 2020

Opinion

War: what is it good for? Apparently, in Washington’s world of think tanks, the answer is: the bottom line. In fact, as the Biden presidency approaches, an era of great-power competition between the U…

The Pentagon and the CIA Are in Charge of Foreign Policy

November 25, 2020

Opinion

President Trump has announced that he is ordering a partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq during the waning days of his administration. Why only partial? And why now in the wanin…

If the ‘Great Reset’ Really is so Good for Us, Let’s Hold a Referendum on It, So It Can Have a Democratic Mandate (or Not)

November 25, 2020

Opinion

The World Economic Forum’s ‘Great Reset’ and associated Fourth Industrial Revolution would, if implemented, mean far deeper changes to our everyday lives than Brexit, yet is being pushed through witho…

The Triumph of Mankind Over the Great Reset: Guns, Books, and the Social Contract

November 24, 2020

Opinion

In The Dystopic Great Reset and the Fight Back: Population Reduction and Hope for the Children of Men , our Part I, we developed on our previous essays on planned obsolescence and the problems of the …