Since the WWII years, the US relationship with Europe has been premised on guaranteeing global peace and security, and ensuring that a global conflict such as a world war, never comes to pass again. A significant aspect of the relationship… Read More ›
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The Truth About Syria: Regime Change or Stopping the Carnage?
I want to talk about the sheer duplicity, lies, deception, and premeditated warmongering that is conditioning the debate on Syria currently in New York (UN) and Washington DC. Let’s consider the facts for a second: Bashar Al-Assad has repeatedly told… Read More ›
The Truth of the Situation in Syria: Do We Really Know it?
Today, I paused to recap what I really know about Syria and the violence affecting its people. I started with the Government. We know that the Al-Assad government is composed of Alawites, Shiites, Sunnis and even a few, perhaps token,… Read More ›
NATO Chicago Summit Stresses NATO’s Search for New Global Role & Highlights New Strategic Perspectives in Afghanistan & Pakistan
Chicago NATO Summit 2012 Declaration | Defense & Security News at DefenceTalk. Post-Libya and nearly post-Syria, it is clear that NATO seeks to understand and then establish a new role for itself globally, not only in defense, but it appears,… Read More ›
NATO: US vs. European Military capacity
NATO. Stratfor presents an interesting analysis about the content of what NATO has become, in terms of European military versus US military capacity and initiative. They use Libya as a point in case, saying that the US military capacity is… Read More ›
Implications of Hollande’s Election for Europe and French Foreign Policy
As the “normal” man of France was elected after a 15 year hiatus for the socialist party, Hollande’s election was greeted with less enthusiasm in Europe and further afield by France’s key allies. France’s election of a socialist left-leaning novice,… Read More ›
US-Pakistan Relations: Realistic Future Options Defined by Necessity? + Responses to Mr. Rudd
The US and Pakistan are like star-crossed lovers that have great sex when they eventually get together but the path to pleasure is so strewn with geopolitical and strategic land mines, that sex is rare! Very rare! Yet like… Read More ›
Women in Afghanistan: The Challenge of Converting Rights and Legal Norms into Action
One of the official side events of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was scheduled today called “Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Afghanistan” at the UN HQ. I was so struck by the contrast of… Read More ›
Putin’s Presidency heralds “Mother Russia” Ideologically-Led Foreign Policy
The political and media discourse surrounding Putin’s bid for Presidency has been wary and careful, highlighting his appeal as a strong Russian nationalist that has prioritized the return of Mother Russia as a powerful and dynamic global leader, one that… Read More ›
