US Foreign Policy, Global Hegemony, “Soft Power” and the Geopolitics of Eurasia

US Foreign Policy, Global Hegemony, “Soft Power” and the Geopolitics of Eurasia

“If the Nuremberg Laws were applied, then every post-war American President would have been hanged” – Noam Chomsky Eurasia Henry Kissinger, one of the fundamental figures in creating and maintaining the US policy of global hegemonism during the Cold War[1], was quite clear and precise in his overviewing the issue of the American geopolitical position, national…

Five Takeaways from Iran’s Missile Strike in Syria

Five Takeaways from Iran’s Missile Strike in Syria

At its most obvious level, Iran’s missile attack on the Islamic State command centre in the Syrian city of Dier Ezzor on Sunday may be regarded as the demonstration of an extraordinarily innovative military capability. Iran says it fired six ground-to-ground missiles from Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) bases in Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces, both in…

World on the Precipice as Russia Threatens to Shoot Down U.S. Jets, U.S. Refuses to Back Down

World on the Precipice as Russia Threatens to Shoot Down U.S. Jets, U.S. Refuses to Back Down

The world is now perhaps closer to World War Three than it has been in five decades as the situation in Syria is heating up yet again. In less than 24 hours, the United States has attacked the Syrian military, Iran has launched missiles into Syria, Russia is threatening to shoot down American planes, and…

Russia and Islam, Connecting the Dots and Discerning the Future

Russia and Islam, Connecting the Dots and Discerning the Future

Russia has often been in the news over the past years, mostly as the demonized “Empire of Mordor” responsible for all the bad things on the planet, especially Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, the Russian intervention in Syria and, of course, the “imminent” Russian invasion of the Baltics, Poland or even all of Western Europe….