UK’s Brexit riddle
By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi.
The European British community seems largely divided over its choice regarding remaining in the European Union or leaving this decades old partnership.
Though a final word about it, will come once Britain [...]
East and North Africa: A 30-minute whirlwind tour
By James M. Dorsey
No free lunches
What the dramatic and bloody developments in the Middle East and North Africa demonstrate is that there are no free lunches. These developments are the product of short sighted policies of on the one hand [...]
US Presidency – Misperception of Powers
By Sami Jamil.
Like many millions in America and around the world, I following the saga of the 2016 Presidential election unfolding, with candidates from the two main parties competing for the hearts and minds, even stupidity and racism of American [...]
Art of the Deal Politics, Billionaires’ Wars, and the Decline of America
By Jon Kofas.
Is Trump a reflection of America, at least a segment of the population that has proved it wants him as the next president, or is he a historical accident, an aberration from the norm in politics? [...]
An American-made crisis: Europe’s Muslim concentration camp in Greece
By Jon Kofas.
The entire world is well aware of the humanitarian crisis arising from Muslim refugees fleeing war-torn countries that include Syria, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The countries are all Muslim and the common [...]
The inevitability of a South Asian ‘strategic restraint pact’
By Syed Qamar Rizvi.
The nuclear weapons capabilities immensely contributed in India-Pakistan strategic doctrines and military postures. Instead of revolutionalizing warfare between belligerent neighbors, the nuclear weapons have [...]
The Warmongers
By Nelson Hultberg.
The Iraqi war was launched in 2003 by George W. Bush and the officials he gathered into his administration (Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, et al). They believed it was necessary [...]
Apple, surveillance technology and the police state
By Jon Kofas.
In the battle between a giant multinational corporation known for its record of tax evasion around the world as well as its hypocrisy of manufacturing in Asia not because of low wages but “talent availability”, [...]
Russia Makes Syrian Puzzle Even More Complicated
By Nick Ottens.
By backing the Kurds in Syria, Russia is driving a wedge between Turkey and its NATO allies.
Originally published at the Atlantic Sentinel, February 16, 2016.
By throwing its support behind Syria’s Kurds, Russia [...]
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense & US-Iran rivalry
By Syed Qamar Rizvi.
During last year’s hostilities with Hamas, President Obama had to approve an emergency grant to replenish parts for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.On the contrary,Washington has imposed new sanctions [...]
Saudi Arabia’s Syria strategy: Rewriting the Middle East’s Political Map
By James M. Dorsey.
Saudi Arabia has raised the ante in its battle with Iran by publicly committing to send ground troops to Syria. This latest move by the Saudis is aimed at drawing the US into a more direct involvement to confront [...]
Is Bernie Sanders a socialist?
By William Blum.
“Self-described socialist” … How many times have we all read that term in regard to Vermont senator Bernie Sanders? But is he really a socialist? Or is he a “social democrat”, which is what he’d [...]
Facing Radicalization in the Arab World: the Need for a Cultural Revolution
By Al-Sabaileh.
Over the last decade, the continuous state of conflict in the Middle East has proven that no military and security measures alone are able to neutralize extremism and its terrorist manifestations. After a generation [...]
The Russian-American ‘Reset’, NATO Expansion, and the Making of the Ukrainian Crisis
By Gordon Hahn.
An emerging myth–one being put forward by both present and former U.S. government officials, the DC think tank community, and the media–is that NATO expansion had nothing to do with the making of the Ukrainian crisis [...]
Tunisia struggles to cope with radicalised youth
By Christine Petré.
The Tunisian parliament has voted in favour of changes to a law which will ensure that detainees have a right to an attorney. The legislative revision comes at a time when an increasing crackdown on terrorism has [...]
Russia-Pakistan gravitating towards a stronger partnership
By Syed Qamar Rizvi.
Russian ground forces will hold the first ever military exercises with Pakistan in 2016, Russian Army Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov announced, according to TASS news agency.“As part of interaction [...]
The Pan-European Kalegi project and the new apartheid policy of Muslim migration into Europe
By Silviu Craescu.
The Muslim migration towards EUROPE develops new concealed dimensions and interests. The PAN-EUROPEAN project whose foundations were laid in Vienna, in 1922, under the leadership of the mysterious character RICHARD [...]
The Taboo of Atheism in Egypt
By Hakim Khatib
Acknowledging the rights of atheists doesn’t mean adopting their ideas. While atheists just don’t believe in one further religion in comparison to believers, everyone should be entitled to express their ideas and thoughts [...]
The Controversy of Blasphemy in Egypt
By Hakim Khatib
What is that again? Blasphemy law?
An Egyptian court sentenced the Islamic scholar and theologian Islam Al-Buhairi to one year in prison for blasphemy. Al-Buhairi was accused of insulting Islam in his TV show “With Islam Al-Buhairi” [...]
China & the Middle East: Tilting Towards Iran?
By James M. Dorsey.
Synopsis
President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Middle East, the first by a Chinese leader in seven years, saw the signing of billiions of dollars worth of agreements with Saudi Arabia and Egypt and a ten-fold [...]