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Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East

It is most telling that over two years after the Syrian uprising-turned bloody civil war, the US continues to curb its involvement by indirectly assisting anti-Bashar al-Assad regime opposition forces,…

Quid Pro Quo Diplomacy in US-Myanmar Relations

Quid Pro Quo Diplomacy in US-Myanmar Relations

Thein Sein’s visit comes less than a year from President Obama’s visit to Myanmar last November, the first sitting US President to have visited the country. …

Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington, D.C.

Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington, D.C.

Turkey has been a strong ally of the US in the Middle East for a long time, although Turkey-US relations have always gone through highs and lows.…

Afghanistan War May End By 2024… Maybe

Afghanistan War May End By 2024… Maybe

Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration. …

Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

That the decline in gold and silver prices is an orchestration is apparent from the fact that the demand for bullion in the physical market has increased while naked short…

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

After nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is markedly shifting back in support of the current regime.…

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China gained Observer status in the Arctic Council this week, following weeks of assiduous courting of the Nordic countries involved with the Council.…

Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation

Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation

It’s perhaps just a case of terrible inertia on the part of those gunning for a now Jihadist-driven rebel victory over the incumbent regime in Syria. …

The Syrian Riddle

The Syrian Riddle

Persuading those who are ideologically drunk and politically myopic is often a hopeless undertaking.…

Rethinking ‘Red Lines’

Rethinking ‘Red Lines’

Redrawing the red lines that fit the realities of our world and keep alive hopes for peace and justice, should be the great diplomatic challenge of our time…

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Richard Falk, With an Ear Full

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Richard Falk, With an Ear Full

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Professor Richard Falk, came to Lebanon last week on an unofficial visit…

Boston Baked BS: It Goes So Well With Turkeys When They’ve Come Home To Roost

Boston Baked BS: It Goes So Well With Turkeys When They’ve Come Home To Roost

Virtually unremarked in the mainstream media uproar about the Boston Marathon deaths was their connection to past American foreign policy blunders: the CIA’s Arab Afghan Legion, and one of its…

Nepal: Era of Total Impunity in Sight

Already traumatized by thriving corruption and lawlessness in a protracted transition, Nepalis were shocked by the choice of a tainted and controversial person by politicians to lead the anti-graft body…

Gauging the Sino-Indian Border Rows

India and China often face off with each other over the long unsettled Himalayan border. …

Creating a Lasting Peace in Mali

Creating a Lasting Peace in Mali

Through understanding these past rebellions and peace agreements, it would seem that the current security efforts in Mali will not be a permanent solution unless economic development follows.…

Resurrection: Georgia’s Complicated Relationship with Stalin

Resurrection: Georgia’s Complicated Relationship with Stalin

Though Stalin has long since passed, Georgia is still in his grip in the 21st century.…

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

When Israel imposed a siege on Gaza following Hamas’ election victory in 2006, it mattered little that Egypt and Gaza had a shared border. …

Gaza Water Initiative Supported By Israel, May Receive Funding From Gulf

Last month, Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials convened at a MEDCR water strategy session at a Jordanian resort. …

When Yarmouk Camp Fled to Shatila

Palestinian refugees are being severely punished in Syria out of revenge by jihadst factions and others for not becoming involved in the current Syrian civil war, as they insist on…

Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics in the Middle East: Israel vs. The Rest

Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics in the Middle East: Israel vs. The Rest

It is likely that Ankara will try to maintain a balanced position, but, as Erdogan himself knows, in issues of morality and justice, middle stances are simply untenable.…

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