Editorial Note — It’s been 10 years since the former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic has died in the prison in the Hague, while his trial for alleged war crimes was still ongoing. The 1990s civil war in Yugoslavia has been for years the main topic on …
Read More »Will we witness cooperation between the US and Russia in Iraq and Syria?
With Donald Trump as the US new president, relations between Washington and Moscow are at stake. If any rapprochement takes place between the two countries, a new future will be in the offing for both Iraq and Syria. This all depends on how each of the two super …
Read More »“Russia and Civilization”, a Continuum of Russian and Slavic Heritage
Book Review By Shehab Makahleh — Dr. Soheil Farah, member of the Russian Academy of Education, has honored me with a copy of his new book entitled “Russia and Civilization: Meaning and Destiny”. Dr. Farah divided his book into seven chapters talking about the geography, history, culture, people and ideology …
Read More »The West’s Moral Hypocrisy on Yemen
Only a few months ago, interventionists were demanding a militant response by Washington to what George Soros branded “a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions” — the killing of “hundreds of people” by Russian and Syrian government bombing of rebel-held neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo. Leon Wieseltier, a …
Read More »‘Blackwater Air’ Is Back, and Flying for U.S. Special Forces
A mercenary air force that became a symbol of the U.S. occupation of Iraq is back in action—this time in Central Africa, supporting a shadowy American U.S. Special Forces commando operation targeting the Lord’s Resistance Army. In late January, a source on the ground in Central African Republic …
Read More »China: Competitor or Adversary?
“Chinese leaders have characterized modernization of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as essential to achieving great power status and what Chinese President Xi Jinping calls the “China Dream” of national rejuvenation. They portray a strong military as critical to advancing Chinese interests, preventing other countries from taking steps that would …
Read More »“Ukraine on Fire” – A Documentary You’ll Likely Never See
Exclusive: Ukraine on Fire, a new documentary about the Ukraine crisis, might change how people in the West perceive the conflict, but it’s unlikely to get much distribution since it contests the prevailing narrative, writes James DiEugenio. It is not very often that a documentary film can set …
Read More »Canada on target to allow 300,000 migrants into the country by 2017
It is the first time since 1913 that Canada has resettled over 300,000 new permanent residents in one year. Canada’s government has reportedly pledged to keep to its target of accepting 300,000 immigrants over the next year, with the total number above the average of 259,542 immigrants admitted …
Read More »Jordan Steps Up its War on ISIS in Syria
On February 5, Jordan launched airstrikes in southern Syria, directed at the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and Jaysh Khalid bin Al Waleed. Occurring shortly after King Abdullah II’s meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in late January and with US President Donald Trump …
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