Houthi attack on USS Mason – an Iranian challenge? – ADDENDUM
By Rick Francona.
Two days ago (October 10), I wrote an article on a missile attack by the Yemeni Houthis on the USS Mason operating in the Red Sea in international waters. I have included that article in its entirety below.
Today, [...]
Blasphemy case highlights devastating impact of Saudi ultra-conservatism on Pakistani society
By James M. Dorsey.
This week’s decision by Pakistan’s Supreme Court to delay ruling on an appeal in the country’s most notorious blasphemy case and the thousands of security personnel deployed in its capital, Islamabad, in anticipation [...]
The Russian “reset” revisited
By Rick Francona.
Does the State Department have any competent Russian linguists?
Evidently not. Last week’s debacle in Geneva was proof of that. If you have not seen any of the late night talk shows or haven’t seen [...]
The 400-pound hacker: Why we need to update our notions of strategic bombing
By Matthew Schleupner.
What really is a bombing really? I would argue that bombing has less to do with cause and more to do with the effect. On today’s modern battlefield (if we can call it that), antiquated notions of [...]
Securing The Southwest Border Requires Meaningful Immigration Reform
By Silvia Longmire.
Moving into an election year, immigration reform is on every politician’s mind yet not what they want to talk about. Border security isn’t far behind as a hot-button political topic. But no matter [...]
US-Russia recourse to peace diversion in Aleppo?
By Syed Qamar Rizvi.
The ongoing interplay– of centripetal and centrifugal forces in Syria seems– to have caused the peace prospects more complicated than ever. The United States and Russia have grappled over plans [...]
President Obama Released 104 Felons, While Wall Street Criminals Hang Lose
By Carrie Devorah.
1.PRESIDENT OBAMA 10-6-2016 COMMUTANT (July 25, 2006) Anthony Anderson – Trenton, TN Southern District of Indiana Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release Offense: Conspiracy [...]
The Global West Is All At Sea
By Julian French.
(This article has just appeared the October-December 2016 edition of The NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia”. It is reproduced with kind permission of the Editorial Board. The article has [...]
Taiwan is on Its Own
By Stephen Bryen.
It is important not to allow the civilian component of the Pentagon and RAND to dictate measures that are suicidal for Taiwan and harmful to security in the Pacific and American credibility.
The assumption for [...]
Aleppo – the impotence of American diplomacy
By Rick Francona.
The images of the ferocious Russian and Syrian air and missile attacks on Aleppo are heart-breaking – media reports show horrific results. Since the complete collapse of Secretary of State John Kerry’s [...]
Cold War, today, tomorrow, every day till the end of the world
By William Blum.
“Russia suspected of election scheme. U.S. probes plan to sow voter distrust.”
That’s the Washington Post page-one lead headline of September 6. Think about it. The election that Americans are suffering through, [...]
They Always Turn, Yet We Never Learn
By Ayman Shalash.
Over the past six decades, at the very least, western powers have always participated in Realpolitik, enemies enemy is my friend strategy. But looking back at how this policy with third world countries end up [...]
India’s new game of water war?
By Syed Qamar Rizvi.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned “blood and water cannot flow together,” Pakistan has declared that if India opts out of a key water-sharing agreement, it would amount to “an [...]
Fighting for the Soul of Islam: A Battle of the Paymasters
By James M. Dorsey.
Synopsis
A gathering of prominent Sunni Muslim leaders in the Chechen capital of Grozny that appeared to have effectively excommunicated Saudi-backed ultra-conservatism potentially opens not only a theological but also [...]
How powerful is Islamic State’s ‘United Cyber Caliphate’?
By Pramod Raj Sedhain.
The dramatic rise of Islamic State ultra-extremist group since June 2014 in Iraq and Syria has not only posed threat on physical terrorism threat but has also created critical threat on cyber [...]
Italian Political Diplomatic Strategy In Romania At New Level Of Trans-economic European Cooperation
By Sebastian Sarbu.
Ambassador of the Intergovernmental Organisations Dr Andrea Tasciotti, accompanied by his deputy for international affairs, writer, journalist Col. Sebastian Sarbu, met with the Vice President of the Romanian National [...]
It’s Congress, Stupid!
By Sami Jamil Jadallah.
Not only candidate Donald Trump needs to read the US Constitution but every citizen and every voter must read it to understand that our problems and failings in the US are not the presidencies, but [...]
Wake Up America
By Barry Ferguson.
What a week for america! The liars and cheaters were everywhere. Wells Fargo’s CEO was called before Congress to answer for his company’s core function of cheating customers through fraudulent accounts. Facebook [...]
Will Japan Get Sucked into the Post-PCA Ruling South China Sea Mess? Yeah, Probably
By Robert Kelly.
I was thinking about what if any impact the recent Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling on the South China Sea, and China’s full-throated objection to it, will have on Japan. Three things come to mind:
1. [...]
DMCA Abuse: How corporations are using US copyright law to harass and silence individuals
By Murray Hunter.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was unanimously passed by the United States Senate on 12th October 1998, and signed into law by President Clinton on 28th October the same year. The Act was put [...]