Trump backs down
By Nelson Hultberg.
Such a promising start for Donald Trump, but it didn’t take long for The Donald to show that he’s every bit as craven as the rest of the Republicans. Turns out, he actually stands for amnesty. [...]
Is Xi Jinping Losing Control of China?
By J. Michael Cole.
“Rarely is authoritarianism a signal of strength; instead, it stems from fear, paranoia, and panic.”
For a country that has accumulated great power and stupendous wealth in recent [...]
Wahhabi’s on the warpath in Kentucky
By Alexander Athos.
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez stands in the long line of lone wolf religious fanatic ‘brothers’ compelled to murder by his brainwashing by the Wahhabi Salafi cult. That’s [...]
Orator Poroshenko and the dead souls
By Halyna Mokrushyna.
On June 4, President Poroshenko delivered an hour and a half long speech “On the Internal and External Situation of Ukraine in 2015” before the Verkhovna Rada. By now, the speech is yesterday’s news. [...]
Emerging Powers Emerging Threats
By Shermineh Esmati.
With the ever increasing threat of world war scholars are often divided on where the brunt of attention the Department of Defense should be focused. In recent weeks Defense Chief [...]
“The Palestinian question and the US-Iran deal”
By Jon Kofas.
Iran as the de facto Hegemonic Power in the Middle East
Does the US-Iran agreement (14 June 2015) that calls for Iran to abandon nuclear weapons ambitions in exchange for lifting of Western sanctions [...]
Iran Deal – judgments based on the language of the public JCPOA
By Elena Marchetti.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the title of the nuclear agreement between Iran and six powers, among which the United States – presents a few obvious points have been [...]
Anti-Chinese Protests in Turkey: Relations with China Under Test
By James M. Dorsey.
Synopsis
Protests in Turkey against alleged repression of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang have put China’s sensitive relationships with the Muslim world to the test. The protests raise the spectre of China’s [...]
Donald Trump: American Patriot
By Nelson Hultberg.
The members of the U.S. political establishment are in full panic. A colorful, renegade patriot has just stood up to the ideological perversity that they have used for decades to exploit the lives of Americans [...]
Cut Russia’s Power Line
By Alex Van Ness.
Over the past several months, Russia has been escalating its belligerent behavior towards its European neighbors. Russian-backed separatists have been shellingUkrainian military positions, Russian bombers [...]
‘Black Widows’ part 1: Chechen female suicide bombers
By Julia Lugovska.
After two years of relatively calm situation with terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia and active security measures in the framework of preparation to the upcoming Winter [...]
Navalny Hearts Trouble
By Mark Chapman.
Longtime readers will recall that Yalensis has sort of a thing about Alexei Navalny, and worked harder than any real journalist I know of to get to the bottom of the KirovLes timber scandal for which he was found [...]
“Messiah politics or grassroots movements?”
By Jon Kofas.
Synoptic Description of Messiah Politics
In 2001 throughout the Western World, the Middle East and North Africa, grassroots movements challenged mainstream politics, in which category belongs ‘Messiah [...]
Re-configuring the Middle East: IS and Changing Demographics
By James M. Dorsey.
Synopsis
The Middle East’s multiple conflicts, with Islamic State (IS) in the forefront, are altering the contours of the Middle East in more ways than one. After effectively redrawing the [...]
The Russian Case 50 Years After the Cuban Crisis
By Anna Corsaro.
It was 1962 and the world had been dragged to the verge of disaster, where it remained, precariously-balanced, for thirteen – seemingly never-ending – days. Fast forwarding to half a century later, [...]
Losing the war of narratives against Daesh and AQ Affiliates
By Alan Malcher.
The skilful use of narratives continues to be the prerequisite for the successful indoctrination and radicalisation of young Muslims and this is particularly true in the case of vulnerable [...]
Neo-Colonialism in Greece
By Jon Kofas.
The Symbolic Relevance of the Referendum – 5 July 2015
Besides the Iran-US nuclear negotiations, Greece was one of the biggest stories in the last two weeks of June 2015. Not just the mainstream [...]
Till they blow up Las Vegas, ISIS won’t get exterminated
By Jaime Ortega.
Democracy, either socialistic or pro-capitalist based has had significant problems with sponsoring harsh military policies and mounting fierce national security programs. National security means [...]
Turkey’s election results and Tayyip Erdoğan’s alternative scenarios
By Nickolaos Mavromates.
On June 7, 2015 during Turkey’s General election day AKP’s voting constituency saw a dive from 49 to 40.8 percent, giving it only 258 seats out of 550 seats at parliament. [...]
Iran’s support of terrorism
By Rachel Ehrenfeld.
The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 imposed sanctions on Iran, not only to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, but also to drain Iran’s financial support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and other [...]