By Alton Parrish.  In many recent incidents of premeditated mass shooting the perpetrators have been male and dressed in black, and may share other characteristics that could be used to identify potential shooters before they commit [...]

By Anis Bey. While the world’s attention remains focused on Ukraine, Crimea is portrayed as its hotbed. No wonder as this peninsula is an absolutely pivotal portion of the Black Sea theatre for the very survival of the Black Sea fleet [...]

  Posted by Michael Bach. Dear Canadians, Let me get to the bottom line before you get to the bottom of the bottle. That evil bastard, Berwick, just wrote me and asked me to write on “the downsides of being an ‘accidental American.'” [...]

By Embassador Yoram Ettinger. On March 5, 2014, the US House of Representatives voted 410:1 to upgrade Israel from a “Major Non-NATO Ally” to a “Major Strategic Partner” – a congressional initiative, significantly expanding [...]

By Emanuele Scimia.   Sticking to its traditional policy of non-interference, China has adopted a cautious stance on the tug of war over Ukraine. Faced with pressing separatist threats and energy needs, Central Asia would be another matter. The [...]

By Richard Mills. As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Imagine with me for a moment that the car market is at the start of a major transition. Why would I think that? Well… Electric [...]

    By David Corbin and Matt Parks.   Confronting a movement wrapped by its own ecstatic vision of a just society For the better part of a year, conservatives have been calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate [...]

  By Jeff Berwick. The financial markets have always been somewhat of a rigged game.  Having started Canada’s largest financial website, Stockhouse.com, even I never have seemed to make anywhere near as much as the numerous brokers [...]

      By Julian French.  Somewhere in Deepest England. 20 March.  Russia has used force in twenty-first century Europe to militarily occupy a significant and strategic portion of a neighbouring sovereign state…and it [...]

    By Andrew McKillop.         First the Politics March 18, newswires starting strangely with Kuwait’s KUNA, reported that protesters from French environmental action groups, headed by Greenpeace [...]

  By Michael Bach.   [The following post is by TDV editor-in-chief, Jeff Berwick. It appears in it’s entirety in this week’s edition of TDV Newsletter] The Ukraine is a cesspool of geo-political posturing, and it poses [...]

By Pramod Sedhain. European Union has agreed to send 500 troops to Central African Republic (CAR)- the failed and virtually lawless country. France sought support of coalition in its effort to calm down the situation in Libya, Mali and CAR. [...]

  By Jamal Abdi.   Washington, DC – Three Congressional letters are being sent the President regarding nuclear negotiations with Iran. The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is pleased that Congress is not passing sanctions [...]

    By David Kearn. On January 29, the New York Times ran a front page article reporting that the United States had notified its NATO allies that Russia may have violated the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) by testing [...]

  Alton Parrish. The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 – with 239 people on board – is unusual in that two days after the plane lost communication there is no reliable evidence of debris, writes Jason Middleton, Head, [...]

  By Susan Modaress.    From the soaring majesty of the columns of Persepolis to the lacy stonework mosques and palaces that dot the countryside, to mosaic tile-work as intricate as cloisonne,  to rugs that glow like silken jewels, [...]

By Valbona Zeneli.   In uncertain economic times, TTIP means stronger ties within the West — and with the rest. Credit: Harvepino – Shutterstock.com Takeaways In spite of the advantages it should bring, #TTIP has already [...]

    By Julian French.   Izmir, Turkey  is a strategic tipping point for NATO.  The December end of major combat operations in Afghanistan is being foreshadowed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine-Crimea.  Ideally, at this pivotal [...]

  By Remy Kerwin letters of advice.   Dear Mohammad, Your definition of democracy is brilliant especially because it involves the fault of a country based on religiosity.  Notice that I did not say ” religious ” precepts [...]

  By Peter J. Wallison.   Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Green and members of the Committee: My testimony today will focus on a different aspect of bank competition—the competition between banks and nonbank financial firms—what [...]