By Rick Francona.   The graphic above is a Reuters photograph with a caption from the Arab-language al-Jazeera network. The caption reads: Truce agreement and the evacuation of civilians and fighters from Aleppo. Syrian opposition [...]

By Pramod Raj Sedhain.       Pakistani military proactive operation in North Waziristan has gained a notable achievement for counter terrorism (CT) efforts. Militant groups have no longer been able to hold large swaths of territory [...]

  By Pramod Raj Sedhain.     In the 4th week of November, Al-Qaeda’s most dangerous Yemeni franchise al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released confession video of six men. The accused were executed on charges of locating [...]

By Alexander Athos.       Nazi Fanatic Joesph Goebbels (ideology is important) OBL’s brother in law, Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, an Imam an ostensibly ‘religious’ man who sees himself as a ‘good Muslim’ but advocating [...]

By John Bruni.   The fall of Aleppo & a Russian/Iranian role in a possible peace settlement for Syria The end seems nigh for rebels holed up in the divided and besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. Once known for its cultural and artistic [...]

  By Pramod Raj Sedhain.   Taliban insurgents have gained momentum in Afghanistan since the announcement of the “Operation Omari” on 12 April 2016. Full-scale offensive to capture multiple districts demonstrates Taliban’s growing [...]

By Anna Corsaro.   In these days, as Iraqi forces backed up by the US-led coalition are trying to break the last stand of ISIS resistance in the battle for Mosul, the world will witness the laying of a milestone in the war against the [...]

By Pramod Raj Sedhain.   After series of failed attempts to gain control of the ground and high-profile attacks, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has started carrying out horrific atrocity on civilians. Extreme violence over innocent [...]

  By Silviu Craescu.                                                                 Pentagon officials and defense analysts have a new topic to add to their list of post–Cold War concerns: information [...]

By Nikolay Kozhanov.   Perhaps Iran’s leaders would have suppressed popular indignation and Russian bombers would still be taking off from the Shahid Nojeh airfield now had it not been for Russian media playing up the prospect [...]

  By Julian French.     Why is London so crap at Brexit? In my 2015 book Little Britain: Twenty-First Century Strategy for a Middling European Power (which is of course brilliant and very reasonably-priced and can be bought [...]

  By Stephen Lendman.   Soros is one of the world’s most infamous figures, an international con man profiting from human misery, supporting color revolutions and wars to serve his interests. He menaces fundamental freedoms worldwide, [...]

By Jon Kofas.   America’s Future after the Presidential Election of 2016 Right wing political groups throughout the world are celebrating Trump’s victory but rather prematurely. They traditional conservatives and liberals are sufficiently [...]

By Pramod Raj Sedhain.   Islamic State (IS) is doomed to fail in entire Iraq but effective “post-conflict solution” has not been finalized yet. Despite the fact that the Iraqi forces are almost near the ultimate goal to destroy the [...]

By Julian French.   “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual and it is those interests it is our duty to follow”. Lord Palmerston Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 9 November. [...]

  By Alessio Stilo.        Multicultural approaches and policies vary widely all over the world, ranging from the advocacy of equal respect to the various cultures in a society, to a policy of promoting the maintenance of cultural diversity, [...]

By James M. Dorsey.       An unpublished survey of aspirations of young Saudi men suggests that garnering enthusiasm for Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud’s vision of the kingdom’s social and economic future, let [...]

By Paul R. Pillar.   Even some observers of the war in Syria who have wisely given up the idea of forcibly destroying the Assad regime still argue that greater force, including U.S. military force, should be used to induce that regime [...]

By Lawrence Wittner.   At present, nuclear disarmament seems to have ground to a halt. Nine nations have a total of approximately 15,500 nuclear warheads in their arsenals, including 7,300 possessed by Russia and 7,100 possessed by [...]