Could The Syrian Conflict Irrevocably Change Global Geopolitics?
A concise, high-level overview of the main issues at play in the Syrian conflict.
Read more...Category Archives: Middle East
Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?
Can Russia succeed in creating an anti-Saudi bloc to split OPEC by taking advantage of having oil supplies less vulnerable to transit risk?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Obama Re-Defines Democracy – A Country that Supports U.S. Policy
Obama has decided to use “democracy” as a weapon of coups to turn recalcitrant countries into failed states.
Read more...Debacle, Inc.: How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our ‘Proliferated’ World
If all Henry Kissinger contributed to the Middle East were a regional arms race, petrodollar addiction, Iranian radicalization, and the Tehran-Riyadh conflict, it would be bad enough. His legacy, however, is far worse than that: he has to answer for his role in the rise of political Islam.
Read more...Ilargi: Europe’s Refugees Are a Global Crisis
European leaders are still in denial about the seriousness of the refugee crisis and are focused on what amount to stopgap measure.
Read more...Imperial Overreach: U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations
The US has special ops missions in 70% of the countries in the world,, more than at the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read more...Iran Deal May Redefine The Middle East
A detailed discussion of how the US-Iran nuclear agreement is leading to considerable changes in alliances and priorities in the Middle East.
Read more...CalSTRS, Maryland Fund Private Equity Players Seeking Profits in the Refugee Crisis
Private-equity-backed providers undercut charities in providing refugee services. It’s not hard to imagine how the results are coming in.
Read more...Low Oil Prices Could Break The “Fragile Five” Producing Nations
Five countries, and not necessarily the ones you’d expect, are particularly vulnerable to protracted low oil prices.
Read more...William J. Astore: Seventy Years of Military Mediocrity
How the US has developed military muscle at the expense of brainpower.
Read more...Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?
Does it make sense to look at the Saudi strategy within the oil industry alone, or do analysts need to start factoring in deflationary economic policies around the world?
Read more...The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed, U.S.-Iranian Relations Emerge from a 30-Year Cold War
Don’t sweat the details of the US/Iran nuclear accord. What matters is that the calculus of power in the Middle East just changed, big time.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: Washington in Wonderland, Down the Iraq Rabbit Hole (Again)
The many false and self-defeating premises behind our continued intervention in Iraq.
Read more...Michael Klare: Delusional Thinking in Washington, The Desperate Plight of a Declining Superpower
How US superpower overreach has hit the breaking point, yet the officialdom acts as if somehow doing more will succeed.
Read more...How the China’s New Silk Road is Shifting Geopolitics
Even though China’s Silk Road initiative is in its early stages and still opportunistic, traditional rivalries could impede progress. Even so, the US is concerned about how China has gotten and is making countermoves.
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