Africa: the western next frontier of terrorism
By Pramod Raj Sedhain.
African local Islamist militant groups have posed threat to the country following the path of Afghanistan conflict. This, definitely, is an alarming scenario to the Western world. In the last half decade, some of [...]
Aiken: Exactly What We Don’t Need In Politics
By Frank Salvato.
Perhaps when our time is relegated to the history books it will be remembered as the “Era of Self-Important Divisiveness,” or something to that effect. Truth be told, there have been few times in the [...]
U.S. Pivot to Asia
By Azmat Hassan.
The term “Pivot to Asia”, which has almost become a household word, was first used by then-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in fall 2011. However, global events and the U.S. reaction to them [...]
General Elections in Afghanistan-Possible Portents
By Azmat Hassan.
It seems to be the season for general elections. The one in Afghanistan has just concluded; the one in India will take nine days of polling to conclude, while the legislative elections in Indonesia have also been [...]
The Jobber Barons
By David Corbin.
With the summer employment season upon us, millions of high school and college students are pounding the pavement, looking for “help wanted” signs in the windows of local businesses. Unfortunately, many will [...]
Belarus and the internet: Beyond the misunderstanding, still a web under control
By Victor Lefter.
Click here to read report: Belarus and the internet: Beyond the misunderstanding, still a web under control
Soon, the Battle for Venezuela
By Andrew Vltchek.
They are already sewing your funeral gown, Venezuela. They are now ready to welcome you back to that world of the lobotomized, destroyed nations that are fully submissive to Western political and economic interests – [...]
Breaking FATCA News: A Semi-Stay of Execution for Americans Assets And The US Dollar
By Michael Bach.
The Illegitimate Revenue Agency (IRS) has just announced that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has been postponed from July 1, 2014 until January 1, 2016.
This is good news in many ways for both those with [...]
North American Nickel Update
By Richard Mills.
This year’s program at North American Nickels (TSX.V – NAN) Ni-Cu-Co-PGM Maniitsoq project on Greenland’s south east coast is going to be extremely large, possibly the largest green fields exploration/discovery [...]
USA a Sinkhole: What’s Worth Fighting For?
By John Stanton.
“Now come on Wall Street don’t be slow, why man this war is a-go-go. There’s plenty good money to be made, supplying the army with the tools of the trade. Now come on generals let’s move fast, your big chance [...]
Holy Grail of Diabetes and Hemophilia
By Richard Mills.
Paul Lacey was a researcher at Washington University when, in 1972, he cured some diabetic rats by transplanting the islet cells from healthy rats into diabetic ones.
Over the next two decades researchers made [...]
The Gateway to the Middle East and the Exchange of Roles
By Fadi Husseini.
After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement, the events of June 30, 2013 ruptured this relationship. Similarly, when Egyptian and Iranian statesmen began to decrease tensions and a thaw in relations [...]
Progressives & The Continued Urban Slaughter
By Frank Salvato.
Over the Easter weekend, the City of Chicago experienced a rash of violence that eclipsed anything taking place on the battlefields of Afghanistan or in the uncivilized Taliban-held territories of Pakistan’s [...]
FIDO and General Wes Clark in Ukraine: US Advisors on the Ground, Deadly Messenger
By John Stanton.
“Oh my God, I’m back. I’m home. All the time, it was… We finally really did it! You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
That’s the dialogue that accompanies the final [...]
How Not To Fix The Second Amendment
By David Corbin.
Does the Second Amendment need to be fixed?
Last week, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens suggested he could fix the Second Amendment with just “five extra words.” Given his political objective, [...]
Beijing tests Russian energy politics
By Emanuele Scimia.
In case of showdown over Ukraine, Russia aims at replacing Europe with China to sell its huge reserves of oil and gas, but Beijing is open to energy collaboration with the Kremlin only on its own terms.
Western powers [...]
Imperialism Déjà Vu
By Richard (Rick) Mills.
Fact; The world’s resources are finite.
Fact; Supply is constrained and demand keeps growing along with the world’s population.
Fact; A sustainable and secure supply of raw materials and [...]
US Moves To Restrict Travelers Taking International Flights
By Michael Bach.
The US government is using the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 to tackle the “widespread lack of passport screening in all countries.” The US is stepping up their processes. Already each passport of incoming visitors [...]
Culling the Human Herd in the 21st Century: The Savage Sorting
By John Stanton.
“There is a de facto redefinition of “the economy” when sharp contractions are gradually lost to standard measures. The unemployed who lose everything…easily fall off the edge of what is defined as “the economy” [...]
Post-NATO Afghanistan: Problems for the US, Perils for Pakistan
By Mostafa Mousavipour.
The bilateral U.S.-Afghanistan relations have hit rock bottom as the disagreement between Washington and Kabul has reached a crescendo over the signing of Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) by the end of 2013. Despite [...]