Whose Century Is It?
Life on an Increasingly Improbable Planet Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Vladimir Putin recently manned up and admitted it. The United...
Erdogan is clearly a threat to Turkish democracy and secularism.
Turkey’s coup, explained exquisitly Updated by Zack Beauchamp on July 15, 2016, 9:16 p.m. ET @zackbeauchamp zack@vox.com Erdogan. On...
FAIL? Turkey Misses Deadline to Achieve Visa-Free EU Travel
21st Century Wire says… Good news considering what has been infesting Turkey as of late. Turkey has failed to meet all of its obligations...
Washington’s misguided policy towards Russia should be seen as madness
Last week I attended a foreign policy conference in Washington that featured a number of prominent academics and former government...
BRZEZINSKI’S NIGHTMARES: RUSSIA, CHINA & THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE REAL WAR
In his last public rant (“Toward a Global Realignment,” http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/04/17/toward-a-global-realignment/ ),...
Assad Promises To Reclaim Syria From The West
Syrian President Bashar Assad has promised to “take back every inch” of the country from the hands of ISIS and Western enemies, in a...
Massive NATO war game risks conflict with Russia
In advance of next month’s NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, the western military alliance has organised a massive military build-up in...
Civilians die trying to flee Iraq's besieged Fallujah
Civilians desperate to flee Fallujah dodge sniper fire from ISIS, which is keen to keep its "human shields" inside the city as Iraqi...
Hey big spender, can you spare some change
ISIS declares the US dollar as its official currency By VNN on February 18, 2016 In the last two weeks, the extremist group started...
Israel makes a mountain out of a molehill
A huge boulder comes hurtling down an alpine mountain ridge, crushing cedar trees and rocks beneath its path. At the end of its course...