By Richard Larsen.   There is widespread perception by many conservatives that the Republican Party has morphed into a version of Democrat-light, abandoning its values and migrating to the left of the political spectrum. There are [...]

By Pramod Sedhain. Global terrorism dimensions are rapidly changing. International terrorist networks and their affiliates are growing tech-savvy. Terrorist groups have transformed their organizations from illiterate rural-based small militant [...]

  By Paul R. Pillar.   The unrelenting urge among American politicians to keep punishing Iran—or more precisely, to be seen supporting steps with that objective—continues to work against sensible statecraft and U.S. interests [...]

  By Petra Posega.   Recently, I came across an interesting outlined roadmap for Caspian countries, written in 2010 with predictions for 2025. 5 years down and 10 years to go, let us review the scenarios and elaborate on which [...]

By Rick Francona.   Secretary of State John Kerry insists that the ceasefire in Syria is holding. I am not sure what metrics he is using to measure compliance, but anyone reading media accounts readily available on the internet, [...]

By Neville Teller.   The answer is “no,” if NATO’s official website is to be taken at its word. Setting out its position on future membership, it declares “NATO’s door remains open to any European country in a position to undertake [...]

By Neville Teller. The yellow area combines latest gains by Kurdish troops in Syria with the territory administered by the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. Slowly, and much to the distaste of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, [...]

  By Julian French.   Alphen, Netherlands. 12 September. On Friday I had the distinct honour of addressing Airbus senior management at a swanky resort outside Geneva on European security and the need for a return to the principles [...]

    By Anis Bey.       From Rio to Rio with Kyoto, Copenhagen and Durban in between Paris right after and the recent China’s G-20, the conclusion remains the same: There is fundamental disagreement on the realities [...]

By Lawrence S. Wittner.   Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://www.lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany. His latest book is a satirical novel about university corporatization and rebellion, What’s Going On at [...]

    September 8, 2016 / Nexus Gold Corp.  (TSX-V: NXS) (NXXGF – OTC) announced that the Company has mobilized personnel to the project site and exploration activities have commenced at the Bouboulou Gold Concession in Burkina [...]

    By Dr. David Leffler.   Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has proclaimed that: “I want to make clear to all enemies that the defence of Pakistan is invincible.” [General Raheel Sharif Full Speech On Pakistan [...]

By Robert Steele Vivas.   Mapping the Open Source Everything Frontier phi·los·o·phy the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. I was asked recently to outline my “philosophy of intelligence” [...]

    By Roie Yellinek.   Last Sunday China became closer to the Middle East, thanks to the inauguration of a new freight route. This route connects Yiwu in Zhenjiang, China and Mazar-I-Sharif in Afghanistan. Yiwu is located in [...]

By Robert J. Burrowes.   As I read of the latest coup in Brazil, once again removing a democratically elected leader from power, my anger surged. Not again! However, as I see and read about the ongoing massive protests, as well as calls [...]

  By James Dorsey.   Political transitions are processes, not momentary events. They can take a quarter of century if not more. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is as much an expression of a global trend driven by economic, political [...]

By James M. Dorsey.   Synopsis The Turkish government’s sweeping crackdown across the public services in the wake of a failed military coup in July has highlighted a deep-rooted flaw in Turkish democracy: the politicisation of Turkey’s [...]

  By Barry Ferguson.       Today I was scanning the investment news headlines. One said that Home Depot and Lowes were set to take advantage of the ‘housing recovery’. Three headlines later, another read that applications [...]

  By Pramod Raj Sedhain.     Islamic State’s self-proclaimed Caliphate is in crumbling stage. After series of shrink its capabilities in two-year battles, Islamic State (IS) is now heading on the path to ‘key defeat’. [...]

By Petra Posega.       Nuclear security is seemingly in the vanguard of global attention, but the large framework of international provisions is increasingly perceived as a toothless tiger. In the contemporary age where asymmetric [...]