OPINION

By continuing its economic rebalancing, China could increase the scale of its economy by trillions of dollars. By Stephen S. Roach China is at a major crossroads on its long journey to economic development. A still sluggish post-crisis global economy is at an equally critical juncture. In an …

Amelia Smith The Middle East Monitor Two weeks after Tunisia’s deadly Bardo attacks, vendors in Hammamet’s souks lay out brightly coloured pots and cotton scarves under the March sunshine. It’s hard to believe this seaside town on the Mediterranean was once the most popular destination for tourists who …

Amelia Smith The Middle East Monitor Before he became the most powerful person in the Ba’ath party, Saddam Hussein warned he would make a Stalinist state out of Iraq. True to his word he adopted Stalinist-style secret service techniques, along with tribal methods he had grown up around, …

By Samira Shackle The Middle East Monitor Last Thursday, the bodies recovered from the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant disaster were buried in Malta. There were only 24 coffins, although an estimated 800 people died. None of the bodies were identified; some had numbers scrawled on them referring to a …

The Middle East Monitor: The Western media has worked hard in the past two weeks to shed light on the relationship between former Iraqi army officers and ISIS. Its analysis suggests that ISIS is an armed wing of the Iraqi Baath Party’s deep state. I believe that the …

By Pepe Escobar Global Research Now how do you top this as a geopolitical entrance? Eight JF-17 Thunder fighter jets escorting Chinese President Xi Jinping on board an Air China Boeing as he enters Pakistani air space. And these JF-17s are built as a China-Pakistan joint project. Silk Road? Better …

By Michael Snyder Global Research Why in the world has JP Morgan accumulated more than 55 millionounces of physical silver?  Since early 2012, JP Morgan’s stockpile has grown from less than 5 millionounces of physical silver to more than 55 million ounces of physical silver.  Clearly, someone over at JP Morgan is …

By Jan Oberg Global Research The refugees in the Mediterranean The European Union members states are trying to look as if they are doing something serious to care for the poor, catastrophe-stricken people who flee from war zones to Europe under the most risky and inhuman conditions. Apart …

By Prof. John McMurtry Global Research Scott Scottdale interviews Prof. John McMurtry for Canadian Challenger John McMurtry is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and his work is published and translated from Latin America to Japan. He is the author and editor of the three-volume Philosophy …