New Turkey-Iran-Qatar Axis Is Rising in Middle East, and It has Saudi Arabia Furious

New Turkey-Iran-Qatar Axis Is Rising in Middle East, and It has Saudi Arabia Furious

A new alliance being formed by Qatar, Turkey, and Iran, with the potential to receive the backing of Russia and China, is a major concern to the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. The aftermath of over eight years of war in Syria has changed the regional dynamics in a way almost certainly never envisioned by…

All Roads Lead to Rome for Xi

All Roads Lead to Rome for Xi

All (silk) roads do lead to Rome, as this Saturday Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will sign a memorandum to adhere to the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Afterward, Xi becomes a magnanimous version of The Sicilian, visiting the port of Palermo, with Beijing intent on investing…

US Policy Failure Reopens Iraqi-Syrian Borders and the Iran-Beirut Road

US Policy Failure Reopens Iraqi-Syrian Borders and the Iran-Beirut Road

“A dinosaur with a bird’s brain”. This is how the ex-President of Iran Hashemi Rafsanjani described the United States of America, evoking its great military strength but lack of strategic intelligence in foreign policy. Indeed, the very unusual meeting of the chiefs of staff of Syria, Iraq and Iran in Damascus this week would not…

The ICC and NGOs: Modern Day Manifestations of “The White Man’s Burden”

The ICC and NGOs: Modern Day Manifestations of “The White Man’s Burden”

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is not international nor a legitimate court, but is most certainly criminal. It is an institutionalized tool – one of many – used by Western corporate-financier interests to coerce and control nations across the developing world. In a recent charade aimed to boost its otherwise nonexistent credibility, the ICC has…

The Propaganda Multiplier: How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics

The Propaganda Multiplier: How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics

It is one of the most important aspects of our media system – and yet hardly known to the public: most of the international news coverage in Western media is provided by only three global news agencies based in New York, London and Paris. The key role played by these agencies means that Western media…

Russia’s “Deep State” Divisions Over South Asia Are Spilling Over into the Public

Russia’s “Deep State” Divisions Over South Asia Are Spilling Over into the Public

Russia’s “deep state” has been deeply divided over South Asian affairs for the past few years already, but the Indophile “Traditionalists’” fierce competition for influence over the rising policymaking appeal of the Kabulov-led “Progressive” faction is unprecedentedly spilling over into the public sphere through their increasingly intense lobbying efforts that inadvertently risk “delegitimizing” the country’s…