The Middle East: Compliance with Authoritarian Exploitation
By Hakim Khatib
It is more often that we hear questions such as why do people comply with authoritarian exploitation? Why don’t they rebel, reform or change the status quo? Don’t they like to live in a democratic system? And many other [...]
Hamas Diplomatic Activism: Modified Strategies and new alliances
By Fadi El-Husseini.
Many observers saw a potential breakthrough in Tony Blair’s recent meeting with the head of Hamas’ political bureau Khaled Meshaal that may take Hamas out of the bottleneck and lead to a long-term truce between [...]
Black Dolls Matter: Play therapy reduces anger and violence
By Mark Charles Hardie.
“Crazy Tyrone”–not his real name–was an infamous gang leader who was feared on the tough streets of Los Angeles. By the time Tyrone was twelve years old, he already had a vicious and [...]
Paralyzed by fear
By John Vernon.
What is it about fear that causes people to freeze in place and not take interest in the nation affairs? Once in a trance like state, fear causes people under its spell to cower and a nation to stand still as if [...]
Obama’s Theological Roots Behind Black Lives Matter
By Nick Short.
When the organization known as Black Lives Matter (BLM) was first formed right after George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin on July 13, 2013, most overlooked the true intentions of the [...]
Kurdish Peshmerga successfully end operations around Kirkuk
By Imad Farhadi.
This evening, local Kirkuk time, the Peshmerga forces in around Kirkuk ended a major attack on ISIS positions with verifiable success. The operation that began a little over 24 hours earlier was a planned [...]
Don’t Dismiss Donald As a Joke
By Robert Slayton.
A joke goes like this: two men emigrate from Bangladesh. Coming to America with their families, they fall in love with this country. otal, unrestrained love. So they make a bet to get together in a year and [...]
Racism, Power and Control
By Nick Short.
America once aimed to develop in our citizens a sense of self-responsibility, a willingness to confront the world as it is, and an ability to distinguish between right and wrong by fostering strong ethics and morality [...]
Nuclear powered aircraft? Nice idea, Boeing
By Karl Grossman.
Boeing has just been granted a patent on a design for aircraft powered by nuclear fusion, writes Karl Grossman. What a great idea! Apart from the irradiation of plane and passengers with neutrons and gamma rays, the [...]
Classified information on Hillary Clinton’s private email server – how did it get there?
By Rick Francona.
Although I tend to limit my analysis and commentary to Middle East issues, my expertise in the region was gained from almost three decades of service as an intelligence officer – as both a clandestine [...]
Militarism Run Amok: Russians and Americans Get Their Kids Ready for War
By Lawrence S. Wittner.
In 1915, a mother’s protest against funneling children into war became the theme of a new American song, “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.” Although the ballad attained great popularity, not everyone [...]
Fascism Is Far Left, Not Far Right on Political Spectrum
By Richard Larsen.
There are many logical incongruities that are maintained on a populist level, especially when it comes to politics. Not least of these is the composition of the political spectrum in identifying ideologies and systems [...]
The Struggle Over Ideological Power In The Middle East
By Hakim Khatib.
Using religious frameworks in political contestation and mobilisation processes has become more eminent in recent decades spiralling an intricate debate on the conceptualisation and implementation of such references [...]
No Substantive Difference Between Democrats and Socialist
By Richard Larsen
Sometimes what’s not said in response to a direct inquiry is more noteworthy than what is said. When the chairman of the Democrat National Committee was asked recently what the difference between a Democrat and [...]
Nuclear Agreement Overshadows Arab Unrest in Iranian Khuzestan
By Chris Zambelis.
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz
The accord recently struck between Iran and the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany (P5+1) represents a watershed in Middle East diplomacy. [...]
Modi’s Hedonist Agenda and the Kashmir Issue
By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi.
The issue of Kashmir remains a decisive factor in deciding the fate of relations between the two nuclear states, India and Pakistan. But unfortunately, realization of this truth, is being [...]
Bangkok Bomb revenge for deportation of Chinese Muslim refugees?
By Alexander Athos.
Could the Bangkok bombing be associated with Wahhabi Salafi retaliation for the deportation from Thailand of Chinese Muslim refugees in July 2014? “Thai officials cited intelligence from the country’s [...]
What Do Republican Presidential Candidates Care About?
By Steve Hochstadt.
The first Republican presidential debate two weeks ago has spawned countless news reports about what the candidates said, with emphasis on Donald Trump’s anger at being confronted [...]
Wars of Aggression as Cultural Events
By Eirini Patsea.
Exploitation of Cultural Heritage forcing nations into total subordination
The International Community has been witnessing in the recent months a dramatic upsurge in the exploitation of cultural [...]
America’s Lagging Female Political Representation
By Howard Friedman.
America continues to lag most other democracies in terms of female representation. This distinction is not one to be proud of yet our nation has been behind the curve on female political representation [...]