Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Putin’s Axis of Dictators May Save Assad
What ails our depressed, strife-torn world: not enough dictators. That’s what Vladimir Putin (oh, I mean DOCTOR) Putin prescribed to the UN…just take an Assad and a Rouhani and call him in the morning. This week’s UN General Assembly cavalcade of superstar dictators was a depressing juxtaposition coming on the heels of a...
Money Laundering Scourge of the World
A recent report by Washington think tank Global Financial Integrity reveals the fatal flaw in the world’s globalized financial architecture: It has not been accompanied by a globalized governance and regulation system. This became alarmingly apparent in 2008 when the world’s financial system collapsed due to incompetence and...
Russia Launches Air Strikes In Syria
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Russia said it launched air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin secured his parliament’s unanimous backing to intervene to prop up the Kremlin’s closest Middle East ally.Moscow gave Washington just an hour’s notice of the strikes, which...
Russian Lawmakers Grant Vladimir Putin The Right To Use Force In Syria
MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously granted President Vladimir Putin the right to deploy the country’s military in Syria, a move a top Kremlin aide said related only to the air force.Russia has been building up its military presence in Syria, where it supports the government forces of President...
Is The Thucydides Trap for the U.S. and China? A Response to Graham Allison
This week the Atlantic Magazine published “The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?” by Graham Allison, who is one of the more thoughtful geopolitical theorists of the last half century. His classes at Harvard come with a waiting list. His books are required reading for anybody interested in foreign policy and he...
The Future of Europe: the Eurozone Takes over – Stronger Integration.
The European Union (EU) and its 28 members face fundamental changes over the coming 5-10 years. – Britain will vote in 2016 or 2017 on new terms. If the result is to leave a revision of the structure — institutionally and functionally — becomes inevitable. – The Eurozone takes over as the decisive institutional body...
Next Wave of Migrants Will Be from Ukraine
Ukrainian street vendors sell Putin toilet paper. In chess, a player is in “zugzwang” when no move will rescue his situation. Russian President Vladimir Putin has put Ukraine in “zugzwang” and, as things now stand, the country is unable to move forward militarily, economically or diplomatically. Without relief, Europe may...
Did the Russians just ‘invade’ Syria?
“No,” Assad-loyalists would rush to say when asked if the current Russian military build-up in Syria can be considered an “invasion” or indeed, a new foreign “occupation,” of Arab lands. To them, Assad is a “legitimate” leader and as such, he has the right to request outside intervention on behalf...
Photographer Brings Unbelievable Stories Of Feral Children To Life
In 1845, so the legend goes, an unclothed girl was spotted running on all fours through the forest near Del Rio, Texas, appearing barely human. Joined by a pack of wolves, the young girl allegedly attacked a herd of goats. The tale, though often ridiculed, spread like wildfire, and before long a group of Mexican vaqueros teamed up to hunt for the...
US-Russia Argue at UN But Syria Crisis Remains Dire
UNITED NATIONS – One could not have guessed that President Barack Obama was in his last years in office. He dropped gentle diplomacy and bluntly criticized Russia, China and even Iran, during his address to the United Nations General Assembly. Russia was faulted on Syria and Ukraine, China on the East China Sea and Iran for fuelling...
