Blundering American Ambassadors Unmask the War on ...
Posted by David Boyajian | Nov 16, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 0 |
Xi Jinping’s Genocide of the Uyghurs
Posted by Mamtimin Ala | Nov 7, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Politics | 8 |
Will Pakistan Change its Strategic Calculus toward...
Posted by Ahmad Murid Partaw | Sep 2, 2017 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics | 2 |
The Sinicization and Suppression of China’s Muslim Uyghurs
by Sarmad Ishfaq | Nov 23, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Culture, Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Politics
The Chinese state-approved path to Islam and Uyghur culture now dictates every aspect of the Uyghurs existence and reality.
Blundering American Ambassadors Unmask the War on Terror
by David Boyajian | Nov 16, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
American officials downplay how “allies” such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia support terrorists lest the US government’s support of terrorism also be exposed.
Xi Jinping’s Genocide of the Uyghurs
by Mamtimin Ala | Nov 7, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Politics
Xi Jinping has somehow escapted attention for his role despite being the mastermind behind China’s cultural genocide of the Uyghur people.
China’s Use of Psychological Warfare Against Uyghurs
by Mamtimin Ala | Sep 21, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Culture, Editor's Picks, Essays, Politics
The Uyghurs will continue to be traumatized across generations and for decades to come due to the psychological torture that China is inflicting upon them.
Should Al Qaeda Be Made the 51st State?
by David Swanson | Aug 9, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Bringing back the Russian menace is not working. Al Qaeda is the answer. If there were no Al Qaeda, the US government would have to invent one.
After General Elections, a Foreign Policy Conundrum Awaits Pakistan
by Sarah Sikandar | Jul 3, 2018 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
The new government will need to come braced with a well-thought strategy to deal with extremism and an intelligent foreign policy to avert global isolation.
Why does Boko Haram remain a regional threat in the Lake Chad Basin?
by Elysée Martin Atangana | Jun 5, 2018 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics
To defeat Boko Haram, states in the Lake Chad region need to improve relations, address underlying socio-economic problems, and reintegrate former members.
In Their Own Words: When Trump and Obama Sounded the Same
by Ramzy Baroud | Sep 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Despite vastly differences approaches, Donald Trump’s words convey the same visionless messages as Barack Obama’s before him.
Will Pakistan Change its Strategic Calculus toward Afghanistan?
by Ahmad Murid Partaw | Sep 2, 2017 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
Islamabad sees the Taliban and other insurgent groups operating from its soil as valuable assets in its regional geopolitical game.
Crackpot Criminality From Abu Through Zubaydah
by David Swanson | Jun 28, 2017 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The story of the CIA’s operation that captured Abu Zubaydah is a tale of crackpot criminality.
Interrogating the Qatar Rift
by Richard Falk | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
We can gain some glimmers of understanding of what is motivating these Arab governments to act against Qatar, but little sympathy.
To Mitigate Terrorism, End the Middle East-Focused War on Terrorism
by Peter Crowley | May 9, 2017 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
What can be done to remedy the longstanding policy failure of the US’s counterproductive war on terrorism?
The Westminster Attack and the Nationality of Terrorism
by Hamza Hafeez | Mar 24, 2017 | Culture, Europe, Viewpoints
A terrorist attack in Pakistan is as abominable as an attack in Orlando or Westminster.
How Should We React to Terrorism?
by William Blum | Mar 10, 2017 | Middle East, Politics, Viewpoints
ISIS has done the impossible: It has made American foreign policy look almost halfway decent.
The Tide is Turning: The Official Story Is Now The Conspiracy Theory
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 9, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
In America today “conspiracy kooks” outnumber those who believe the official lies.
How the West is Complicit in Nurturing Islamic Radicalism
by Nauman Sadiq | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Without Western support, the Persian Gulf’s petro-monarchies would not be able to rule over their forcefully suppressed and disenfranchised populations.
The Islamic State’s Bangladesh Attack: To Contain Terrorism, Build Institutions
by Nayma Qayum | Jul 22, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Politics, Viewpoints
The Islamic State is expanding its reach with alarming speed, and we cannot expect to contain it by continuous bombing or increasing boots on the ground.
Eye For An Eye Isn’t Working, And Never Will
by Editor | Mar 26, 2016 | Europe, Middle East, Viewpoints
“Are we safe yet? We dropped 20,000 bombs, shouldn’t we be safe by now?”
The November 13 Paris Attacks: Rethinking the Concept of Identity
by Mathilde Simon | Feb 2, 2016 | Essays, Europe, Middle East
What we can learn from the different responses to the November terrorist attacks by ISIS in Paris and Beirut.
Blowback from Pakistan’s Harboring of Extremist Groups
by Ahmad Murid Partaw | Jan 29, 2016 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Pakistan is now suffering from the same extremist groups that have long found support and refuge within its borders.
