This is exactly what we have said five years ago, yet at the time nobody was listening. KSA tried its utmost to perish the two consecutive [Egyptian] revolutions of 25th January and 30th of June for two reasons. The first is the great fear from the mobility of …
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The US is said to be mulling military options in Syria amid deadlock at the Security Council, but that would mean lighting the fuse for World War III The UN Security Council meeting on Syria called over the weekend was bound to end in mutual recrimination between the US …
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As of August 1, 2016 the total population of Montenegro (Table 1) equals to 622.813 persons (column 3), of which n=53.124 are preschool children (4), n=98.351 are school pupils (5), the children who do not attend school are n=5.364 (6). Consequently, the number of citizens over the age of …
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The disadvantages far outweigh the benefits!
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At the dawn of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011, diplomats, politicians, and intellectuals debated a fresh question: what role can Islamist political parties play in a fledgling democracy?
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Saudi Arabia and Iran are waging a proxy war for dominance of the Middle East and the broader Muslim world that is playing out on battlefields from Yemen to Syria. This past week, though, the hottest front in the Saudi-Iran cold war wasn’t in some war-torn country in …
Read More »Turkey Adds a Layer of Complexity to a Convoluted Conflict
Aug. 30: Turkey Adds a Layer of Complexity to a Convoluted Conflict After clearing a path for its troops to enter Syria, Turkey is now fully involved in a military campaign in northern Aleppo province. Turkish forces, predominantly backing the Free Syrian Army, are advancing against positions in …
Read More »Why Did Russia Stop its Use of Iran’s Air Base to Bomb Syria?
Mounting opposition from Iranian nationalists and historic suspicion between Iran and Russia contributed to ending the short-lived Russian use of an air base in western Iran. The decision to end the mission also expressed Moscow’s understanding of the Arabs’ position, that by totally siding with Iran in the …
Read More »Trump-Clinton Won’t Be a Landslide. The Economy Says So
While Hillary Clinton is the consensus of most Democrats, from activists on up to the establishment, Donald Trump is the Republican candidate whom many Republicans want to avoid. His feuding with the Bush family and the pointed nonendorsements from Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney brought about a contentious …
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