Russia’s Turn towards Afghanistan
Contrary to popular perceptions about Russia's lack of interest in Afghanistan, she has been gradually and imperceptibly making its headway into Afghanistan particularly since the US' announcement of withdrawal from Afghanistan. Since at least 2007...
Is NATO aiming at a No Fly Zone for Russia over the Baltic?
On Friday, December 12, a Russian military jet has allegedly been involved in a near-mid-air- collision with a civilian airliner in Swedish airspace. Scandinavian and Russian officials have since been engaged in a barrage of claims and...
Ukraine's Poroshenko Prepared for ‘Total War’?
"We are prepared for a scenario of total war…. We don't want war, we want peace and we are fighting for European values. But Russia does not respect any agreement” "More than anything we want peace, but we must at the moment face up to the worst-case scenario." Said in an...
Indonesia: A Tidbit for the ISIS
Responses to events in the Middle East have drifted all the way to Indonesia, and with such force that they have become a threat to national security. Indonesia, with a population of 250 million people, is the largest Muslim country and at the same time the youngest, judging...
The Election Results in Japan
The pre-term re-elections to the Lower House of the Japanese Parliament were held on December 14. The decision to do so was taken by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on November 18, 2014 in accordance with constitutional authorities. As a rule, the prime minister invokes the pre-term...
The U.S. is crudely interfering in Russian-Iranian relations
Iranian Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, refuted statements of some Russian officials about an agreement between Moscow and Tehran regarding an exchange of Iranian oil for Russian goods and services. He added that the two countries cooperate with...
ISIS' Bloody Footprints Lead From NATO Territory
It was reported recently that Germany's broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW investigated what turned out to be hundreds of trucks a day carrying billions of dollars in supplies, flowing into Syria and directly into the hands of the so-called "Islamic State"...
New Middle East Plan: The US preparing for another Disaster
Nothing would seem more absurd than watching the US making its ‘intentions’ clear about dismantling the ISIL’s strongholds in Iraq and Syria by, of course, bringing in its regional allies’ armed forces. A few days ago, Iran officially...
Oil War on Russia: Ridiculous People and Unintended Consequences
The once rather ordered world we knew even a decade ago is becoming more and more dis-ordered. That’s not to say it’s chaotic because chaos is merely the emergence of new patterns we do not yet understand. This is dis-order. And it is...
Putin's Asian Blitz: Uzbekistan and India are Visited
While the world is increasingly polarized due to the recent West-Russia standoff, Russia seeks to establish a good footing with its traditional partners, while increasing cooperation with new ones, all while attempting to cancel out the hostile...
How much can the "Trust-Building Process" be trusted?
Among the inter-Korean games the trendy new term "trust-building process" refers to moving on from ex-president Lee Myung-bak confrontational policy. His successor Park Geun-hye who put forward this slogan, considers the re-establishment of trust between...
Syrian No-Fly-Zone a Bid to Save Al Qaeda
Recent strikes on Syria by Israel have been alleged to be part of a regional plan by the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel to establish a no-fly-zone (NFZ over Syria, just as NATO did in Libya in 2011 effectively handing the entire nation over to Al Qaeda and...