Analysis

This weekend’s elections in Turkey, which resulted in no party securing enough votes to form a government, have been touted as a significant moment in Turkish democracy. The vote saw the rise of minor and ethnic minority-based groups triggering demonstrations across the country. “Our nation’s opinion is above everything else,” Recap Tayyip Erdogan has said in his …

Voting has ended in the Turkish parliamentary elections as economic promises, alleged state corruption and the Kurdish situation have emerged as the leading issues considered by Turkish citizens while casting their votes.   The outcome of the polls could determine whether ruling party politicians can rewrite the constitution …

By Robert Parry If sanity ruled U.S. foreign policy, American diplomats would be pushing frantically for serious power-sharing negotiations between Syria’s secular government and whatever rational people remain in the opposition – and then hope that the combination could turn back the military advances of the Islamic State …

By Paul Craig Roberts Over the last 15 months Ukrainians have paid for Washington’s overthrow of their elected government in deaths, dismemberment of their country, and broken economic and political relationships with Russia that cost Ukraine its subsidized energy. Now Ukrainians are losing their pensions and traditional support …

By Alexander Jokic The decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign a bill that allows “authorities to prosecute foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or firms designated as ‘undesirable’ on national security grounds” is bound to receive a hostile reception in the West. Already Amnesty International” declared that the …

By Paul Pillar The New York Times hailed Israel’s ingenuity in addressing its water needs, but played down how Israel exploits its military domination to divert water away from Palestinians and to Israelis, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. Israel is the object of widespread admiration for its …

By Prof. James Petras In Remembrance of Jairo Martinez and Roman Ruiz Fighters and Victims of ‘War through Peace Negotiations’ Introduction On May 21, 2015, the Colombian Air Force (FAC) bombed the base camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) killing 26 guerrillas.  Three days later the …

By Maria Dubovikova The confrontation between Russia and the West that started over the Ukrainian crisis, having led to mutual sanctions and blacklists, seems to be calming down. Both sides have shown readiness for dialogue and we seemed on the edge of a thaw in relations. However, it …

The worldwide use of the renminbi would reduce the cost of financial transactions for China by allowing the direct exchange of RMB claims with non-USD currencies.  China established the first renminbi clearing center in the Middle East in Qatar in April. The aim of the center is to offer local financial institutions access …