Asia
Turkey in Turmoil: Moving towards an Authoritarian Sultanate of Kitsch
In power since 3 November 2002, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (or AKP has come a long way. Led by the charismatic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the somewhat lacklustre, albeit highly influential...
Why Did Russia and China Go Along With Anti-DRPK Sanctions?
Recently the UN Security Council adopted a resolution that expanded the list of sanctions against North Korea. Members of the Council banned the export of coal, iron ore, gold, titanium, vanadium and rare earth minerals (which provide...
Syria: Phantom "Rebels" Return from the Dead
The French colonial green, white, and black banner of Syria adapted by the West's proxy "Free Syrian Army" (FSA had long been forgotten in the sea of black banners held aloft by Washington and Riyadh's more extreme ploy to gain leverage...
