What’s the Difference Between Nagorno-Karabakh & Kashmir?

October 3, 2020

Pakistan's position of supporting Azerbaijan's territorial integrity has come under criticism by some in India who claim that it's hypocritical for Islamabad to endorse the Kashmiris' right to self-de…

How Exceptional America Is

October 3, 2020

Opinion

America is becoming exceptionally exceptional. In some votes at the UN General Assembly — the Assembly of nations — only Israel, or one or two other U.S. allies, vote along with it, and all others eit…

The Insanity of Sustainability

October 3, 2020

Opinion

“Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War” – Plato. This wisdom is as valid today as it was 2,500 years ago. Wars go on and on. They are exactly the anti-dote of sustainability. They may be the only “su…

Azerbaijan Has the Legal Right to Request Turkish Military Assistance in Nagorno-Karabakh

September 30, 2020

Opinion

Media reports speculating about the scenario of Azerbaijan requesting Turkish military assistance for its counteroffensive in Occupied Nagorno-Karabakh deliberately ignore the fact that Baku has the U…

Trump’s Aggressive Anti-China Rant Reminds the World Why the UN was First Established – To Prevent Future Wars

September 25, 2020

Opinion

Trump’s UN speech bristled with perceived grievances and China bashing. He also boasted of the US “fulfilling our destiny of peacemaker” with the world’s greatest military. Peace, that is, down the ba…

UNGA 2020: Trump vs. Putin & Xi

September 24, 2020

Opinion

The speeches given by Presidents Trump, Putin, and Xi via video during the 2020 UN General Assembly predictably revealed that the American leader's assessment of the contemporary international situati…

Is Trump Using the JCPOA to Break the UN Before it Breaks Him?

September 24, 2020

Opinion

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece wondering if there was a deeper meaning behind the Trump administration’s bizarre maneuvers in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over snapback sanctions on Ira…

UN Report on Venezuela “Abuses” Written by Investigators Who Never Visited Venezuela

September 21, 2020

Opinion

The Western media is touting the results of a so-called “Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela” conducted through the United Nations. AFP in an a…