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Khadamas for Sale: Child Exploitation Bonanza

The world, after all, is made up by us, so we'd better take responsibility for it and its exploited children.…

Syria Today is Spain in the 1930s

As with Spain, the outcome of the conflict in Syria will have consequences that extend beyond its borders to engulf the entire region for years to come.…

Washington Is Insane

Washington Is Insane

The Obama regime is ramping up a propaganda case for more arming of Washington’s mercenaries sent to overthrow the secular Syrian government and for a “no-fly zone” over…

Exposing the Real Ralph Nader

Exposing the Real Ralph Nader

There are a lot of things people don't know about Nader…

The Fallacy of the Blair Narrative and the War on Islam(ism)

Demonizing grievances is hardly conducive to community cohesion whether in a national or international context.…

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News Analysis

The Politics in Name: ‘Myanmar’ versus ‘Burma’

The Politics in Name: ‘Myanmar’ versus ‘Burma’

Since the issue is historical as well as political, the usage of one name over…

The War Comes To Syria

The War Comes To Syria

The US arming the rebels will only lengthen the conflict and make it much deadlier…

Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria

Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria

The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah, according to Congressional sources.…

West to Pay High Price for Targeting Syrian Government, Security Experts Claim

West to Pay High Price for Targeting Syrian Government, Security Experts Claim

While the United States and its Western allies are offering military, media, financial and political…

Wishful Thinking behind America’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ Foreign Policy

America’s “Pivot to Asia” foreign policy in the early 21st century rests on some false…

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Special Reports

Aiding Afghanistan: How Corruption and Western Aid Hinder Afghanistan’s Development

Aiding Afghanistan: How Corruption and Western Aid Hinder Afghanistan’s Development

Afghanistan and its international partners need to manage a smaller and more focused aid program effectively if they are to have any hope of overcoming the growing corruption…

Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’

Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’

How the U.S. Media Tries to Cover Up Israeli War Crimes…

Accidental Alchemy: Forging the Taliban into Effective Governance by Default

Accidental Alchemy: Forging the Taliban into Effective Governance by Default

Afghanistan stands on the cusp of a decision. They can bury the elders and ignore their ways as the Karzai government spirals deeper into corruption, or they…

Stuffing the Genie Back in the Bottle: Can Threats to the IT Supply Chain Be Mitigated?

Stuffing the Genie Back in the Bottle: Can Threats to the IT Supply Chain Be Mitigated?

The United States encouraged the very globalization that it now sees as a threat. If the U.S. fears companies like Huawei, then the government needs to be…

Arts & Culture

The Roots of the Middle East Conflict

The Roots of the Middle East Conflict

Power and humiliation are the cause and effect of human behavior. In Imperial Designs, I also discuss interventions by Russia, Britain,…

North America

Khadamas for Sale: Child Exploitation Bonanza

The world, after all, is made up by us, so we'd better take responsibility for it and its exploited children.…

South America

Guatemala’s Circus of Courts

While the world barely took notice, justice came upon a tribe of Guatemalan Indians and their supporters this month when their 13-year claim of genocide and crimes…

Europe

The Western slogan of ‘Terrorism’ in Mali: Facade and Reality

The French-led Western intervention in Mali, which was (is) being justified in the name of fighting the ‘Islamic fundamentalists’, displays a usual pattern of direct and indirect…

Africa

The Western slogan of ‘Terrorism’ in Mali: Facade and Reality

The French-led Western intervention in Mali, which was (is) being justified in the name of fighting the ‘Islamic fundamentalists’, displays a usual pattern of direct and indirect…

Middle East

Khadamas for Sale: Child Exploitation Bonanza

The world, after all, is made up by us, so we'd better take responsibility for it and its exploited children.…

Asia

Khadamas for Sale: Child Exploitation Bonanza

The world, after all, is made up by us, so we'd better take responsibility for it and its exploited children.…

Oceania

Jeremy Griffith’s ‘Freedom’: A Book for Our Time

In time Freedom will not only stand alongside these literary monuments, it will have such a profound and transformative effect on humanity that its importance will be…

Editorial

The Ever Louder Banging of Drums for War on Syria (to Send a Message to Iran)

There has been a growing narrative in the media that it is necessary for the U.S. to act with a full-scale military intervention in Syria to topple…

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