By André Reichel As hard it is to comprehend for the former island empire, if the majority of Britons vote to leave the EU, the United Kingdom would be transformed from a rule-maker to a rule-taker. That would make it a rather curious choice for a country that …
Read More »Arabs’ Quest for a New Strategy
There is a pressing need to establish a Middle East regional security structure in partnership with the major global powers, in accordance with new global and regional realities and with a clear set of rules to organize relations between the regional powers. The general belief in the West …
Read More »Obama’s Zig-Zag Path to NATO Boots in Syria
As Secretary of State John Kerry seriously pursues a Russian-American-United Nations administered cease-fire and humanitarian relief effort as the first concrete step towards implementing the Geneva agreement, the Pentagon is preparing for an eventual NATO intervention in Syria to defeat the Islamic State. This seemingly paradoxical approach to the …
Read More »Fresh Tensions Erupt in South China Sea
The South China Sea issue, it seems, can never be off news. The most dangerous potential flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific continues to threaten undoing the delicately maintained peace in the region by unilateral action by a certain country. Such a development impacts on the economic and security interests …
Read More »Can Ukraine Save Itself?
By Geoffrey Berlin Ukraine’s road to justice and economic inclusion is as complex as the path of the U.S. civil rights movement. Two years after Ukraine’s “Maidan uprising,” the Ukrainian people’s expectations for government reform and economic progress are being betrayed. Last week, Ukraine’s Parliament voted to declare …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: Hillary Clinton’s Upcoming “Nixon Moment”
For nearly 25 years, Bill and Hillary Clinton have portrayed themselves as nearly innocent victims of the dozens of scandals that have plagued them. Indeed, one of the former first lady’s selling points these days is that the Clintons are now impervious to Republican attacks because they have …
Read More »The Russian-American Agreement on Syria?
The recent agreement between the USA and Russia really solves nothing, it does not even end the war, and both sides are expressing a great deal of caution about its future implementation. And yet, this is a huge victory for Russia. While it is too early to say …
Read More »NSA and Britain’s GCHQ Mapping “Political Alignments” of Millions of Smartphone Users Worldwide
By Eric London In light of the recent US government case against Apple, we bring to the attention of our readers this piece originally published in January 2014: New information made public by Edward Snowden reveals that the governments of the United States and United Kingdom are trawling …
Read More »‘Mercenaries Unleashed’: Report Highlights Threats Posed By Booming Private Security Industry
By Billy Briggs In a new report, a British anti-poverty charity puts Britain at the center of a growing global mercenary industry worth around $560 million to companies in the United Kingdom alone. In its report, “Mercenaries Unleashed: The brave new world of private military and security companies,” …
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