By Prof. James Petras Step by step, Washington is inexorably setting up a major provocation against China. Until now, the Obama regime tightened a military encirclement of China, expanding its armed forces agreements with Japan, the Philippines and Australia. In addition, it has promoted the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement …
Read More »‘We Want a Massacre’: Turkish-Kurdish Tensions Escalate as Election Looms
By Hasnain Kazim Earlier this summer, tit-for-tat violence between the Turkish government and the country’s Kurdish minority began undermining years of peace negotiations. With clashes now intensify, Turkey is in danger of descending into outright civil war. Cemile just wanted to get some fresh air and escape the …
Read More »Abandoning Syria: Few Options Left for Stopping the War
By Christoph Reuter Both men were Syrians — a taxi driver and his passenger. They met during an hour-long drive in April from the airport in the southern Turkish city of Adana toward the east. Within a few minutes, they realized that they were from the same place, …
Read More »US Ready for ‘Immediate Discussions’ With Russia on Syria – Kerry
John Kerry said the US is ready to discuss the Syrian crisis. The US Secretary of State also stated that the increased number of Russian aircraft in Syria represents force protection in the region. During the press-conference in Washington, Kerry said that the US and Russia agree on how the Syrian conflict should be …
Read More »Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East”
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya “Hegemony is as old as Mankind…” -Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor The term “New Middle East” was introduced to the world in June 2006 in Tel Aviv by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (who was credited by the Western media for coining the term) …
Read More »Russia’s MiG-21 Would Rip Apart America’s F-35 – US Analyst
America’s much-touted fifth generation F-35 fighter jet is so bad it would be a sitting duck even for Russia’s MiG-21, designed back in the 1950s, famed US aerospace engineer Pierre Sprey told Russian media on Friday. After Shocking Failures, F-35 Could be Long Gone by New Defense Chief …
Read More »Iraq and the Question of the Nation State in the Middle East
How to defeat ISIL. Really? The source of populace energy trapped in Baghdad and the South of Iraq is the system of governance in the country. Strangely, this is the same source, albeit in a totally different perspective, for the energy seen in Central Iraq that helps ISIL. …
Read More »Did the Countdown to a Political Solution in Syria Start Already?
Signs of a slowly emerging solution of Syria’s crisis are detected simultaneously in a number of developments on the ground. The opposed parties seem to be taking step in sync with a plan that has a clear objective. Until recently, the multiple players in this “mega crisis” hardly …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: Tough Choices Ahead
The Iran deal, as judged by President Obama, is important to the US. But it represents a substantial challenge to the Saudis. It strengthens a country that is perceived by Riyadh as a source of an imminent threat to Saudi Arabia and the region. Riyadh was busy for …
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