Egypt’s dictatorship is sitting on a powder keg
ahmed sabirBy Ezzedine C. Fishere The problem is that it is failing at both. On politics and economics, rather than building partnerships and thinking long-term, Sissi has chosen the easier path…
Trade wars are a fool’s game
By Eric S. Margolis According to the great military thinker, Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, 'the object of war is not victory. It is to achieve political goals.' Too bad President…
US, France, Britain may be complicit in Yemen war crimes
UN investigators have also compiled secret list of 160 'main actors' among Saudi, Emirati and Yemeni top brass. The United States, United Kingdom and France may be complicit in war…
Israel’s Arms sales to India
Bedrock of a strategic partnership analysis By Harsh V. Pant & Ambuj Sahu Bilateral relations between India and Israel today stand at a unique juncture. The paradigm shift occurred two…
Myanmar/Bangladesh: Halt Rohingya Returns
Ensure Refugees' Security, Basic Rights, Equal Access to Citizenship 20 Aug. 2019 (Source:Human Rights Watch) (New York) The Myanmar and Bangladesh governments should suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees until…
US bombings on Hiroshima & Nagasaki were not to end WWII but to frighten Soviet Union
By Dave Lindorff Dave Lindorff is an award-winning US journalist, former Asia correspondent for Business Week, and founder of the collectively-owned journalists' news site ThisCantBeHappening.net. Almost three-quarters of a century…
France’s G7 document leaves out the climate crisis, focuses on trade and Iran
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - Here are highlights of the G7 leaders' closing remarks at a summit in Biarritz, France: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON On Brexit: “Well I do think…
Thousands of Rohingya rally to mark Genocide Day in Bangladesh
Sunday, 25 Aug. 2019 Thousands of Rohingya refugees marked the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar into Bangladesh on Sunday by rallying, crying and praying as they demanded Myanmar…
Myanmar troops ‘Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Shows’Genocidal Intent’
By Michelle Nichols U.N. Report UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 was an indication of the military's genocidal intent…
Excerpts from FT (London) interview
"First of all, we have enough eggs, but there are not that many baskets where these eggs can be placed. This is the first point. "Secondly, we always assess risks.…