March 13, 2017
Middle East, NEWS, OPINION
After Friday’s phone call between United States President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the White House now says that a Middle East peace conference is a real possibility. The American leader sends his advisor on Israel, Jason Greenblatt, to begin talks with Israelis and Palestinians. US …
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March 12, 2017
Middle East, Military & Security, NEWS, OPINION
With Donald Trump as the US new president, relations between Washington and Moscow are at stake. If any rapprochement takes place between the two countries, a new future will be in the offing for both Iraq and Syria. This all depends on how each of the two super …
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March 9, 2017
Middle East, NEWS, Op-ed
By Shehab Al Makahleh • On March 29, Jordan will host the Arab League summit amid chaos across the Middle East. There is speculation that Russia and Egypt are pressing the Arab League to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the summit in light of reports that Syrian military …
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February 24, 2017
NEWS, Op-ed, Russia-CIS, Society
Book Review By Shehab Makahleh — Dr. Soheil Farah, member of the Russian Academy of Education, has honored me with a copy of his new book entitled “Russia and Civilization: Meaning and Destiny”. Dr. Farah divided his book into seven chapters talking about the geography, history, culture, people and ideology …
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February 23, 2017
Geopolitics, Middle East, NEWS, OPINION
Only a few months ago, interventionists were demanding a militant response by Washington to what George Soros branded “a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions” — the killing of “hundreds of people” by Russian and Syrian government bombing of rebel-held neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo. Leon Wieseltier, a …
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February 17, 2017
Africa, Americas, Military & Security, NEWS
A mercenary air force that became a symbol of the U.S. occupation of Iraq is back in action—this time in Central Africa, supporting a shadowy American U.S. Special Forces commando operation targeting the Lord’s Resistance Army. In late January, a source on the ground in Central African Republic …
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February 16, 2017
Analysis, Asia Pacific, Military & Security, NEWS
“Chinese leaders have characterized modernization of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as essential to achieving great power status and what Chinese President Xi Jinping calls the “China Dream” of national rejuvenation. They portray a strong military as critical to advancing Chinese interests, preventing other countries from taking steps that would …
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February 15, 2017
Analysis, Europe, Geopolitics, NEWS
Exclusive: Ukraine on Fire, a new documentary about the Ukraine crisis, might change how people in the West perceive the conflict, but it’s unlikely to get much distribution since it contests the prevailing narrative, writes James DiEugenio. It is not very often that a documentary film can set …
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February 15, 2017
Americas, Economics, NEWS
It is the first time since 1913 that Canada has resettled over 300,000 new permanent residents in one year. Canada’s government has reportedly pledged to keep to its target of accepting 300,000 immigrants over the next year, with the total number above the average of 259,542 immigrants admitted …
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