Category: Viewpoints

The Third Shibboleth Meeting is Coming

One cold dark nightin the dead of winterjust below the castlethere was a meeting;a masquerade meetingabout money.There were two manic voicesspeaking about hoardable money,they were unable to even conceiveof unhoardable money with demurrage and declaring demurrage on The US Dollar,they had practiced the use ofhoardable moneyfor so longthat they had developed habitsand ways of acting […]

Greece, Israel, Cyprus and the US pushing strategic cooperation

Greece, Israel, Cyprus and the United States agreed to enhance cooperation in energy, cyber and infrastructure security, Greek Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Wednesday after ministers of the four countries met in Athens. Natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean in the past decade have rendered the region a viable alternative energy source for […]

If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim

By Thomas L. Friedman If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim … If only he had shouted “Allahu akbar” before he opened fire on all those concertgoers in Las Vegas … If only he had been a member of ISIS … If only we had a picture of him posing with a Quran in […]

THE UIGHUR ISSUE

By GIANCARLO ELIA VALORI -- The autonomous region of Xinjiang, in the People’s Republic of China – with a relative majority of Turkmen Muslim people (45%) and the Han Chinese who since 1949 have risen from 6% to 41% of the population – is an issue not only for China, but also a relevant geopolitical […]

Bernie Sanders has Hillary Clinton right where he wants her

By Robert L. Borosage for Reuters -- The patter of establishment calls for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has built into a hailstorm. “Bye, bye, Bernie,” the Washington Post editorialized prematurely, echoing numerous talking heads. Politico reports Democratic pols are quietly urging him to pack it in. […]

Corruption scandals dominating media and business tycoons in Pakistan

THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Muhammad Zamir Assadi* -- Islamabad: Corruption cases against a leading business tycoon and an owner of commercial bank in Pakistan are heaping up day by day but the pending investigations against the influential banker of putting these inquiries to logical conclusion are either hampered by the investigators of going slow […]

“The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention” by Rajan Menon

THE LEVANT NEWS - By Graham E. Fuller* -- Rajan Menon’s new book, “The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention,” (Oxford) launches a timely argument against a dominant argument lying behind so much of modern American foreign policy—“humanitarian intervention” or “liberal interventionism.” We are, of course, well familiar with Republican and neocon readiness to go to war, […]

How Saudi Arabia Turned Its Greatest Weapon on Itself

By ANDREW SCOTT COOPER for THE NEW YORK TIMES -- FOR the past half-century, the world economy has been held hostage by just one country: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Vast petroleum reserves and untapped production allowed the kingdom to play an outsize role as swing producer, filling or draining the global system at will. […]

Will Turkey and Saudi Arabia Invade Syria?

by Leon Tressell for Dissident Voice -- Since the New Year there has been a lot of speculation in the mainstream and alternative media about Saudi Arabia and Turkey directly intervening into the war in Syria. Each week there have been threats, demands, and sabre rattling from Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Meanwhile, there is the […]

Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization or a firewall against violent extremism?

THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Marc Lynch* -- The House Judiciary Committee recently passed a resolution calling on the State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. This resolution resonates with the feverish anti-Islamic politics of the Republican primary, fueled across the spectrum by candidates from Donald Trump to Marco Rubio. The […]

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Neocons declare war on Trump

Prominent Republican hawks are debating whether to hold their noses and vote for Clinton instead. By MICHAEL CROWLEY for POLITICO -- Donald Trump calls the Iraq War a lie-fueled fiasco, admires Vladimir Putin and says he would be a "neutral" arbiter between Israel and the Palestinians. When it comes to America’s global role he asks, […]

How Venezuela Would Remove Its President

Stratfor Analysis -- With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly clear that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's term could come to an abrupt end. Both the opposition-controlled legislature and Maduro's own party are calling for him to resign to deflect public anger from the government. According to Stratfor sources, the opposition has already discussed with […]

View Iran within its regional context

THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz -- US policy on Iran should be integrated with policies on other vital issues. Considering the growing threat of ISIS, the worsening tragedies in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Libya, the ignored Arab Israeli conflict, the fragmentation of an entire region, considering all these interacting nightmares, a comprehensive […]

Who Wants Change Any More?

The Levant News -- By Graham E. Fuller -- A renowned Arab religious scholar in the 14th century, ibn Taymiyya, is sometimes quoted as saying, Al-zulm afdal min al-fawda— “oppression is to be favored over anarchy.” Although ibn Taiymiyya was no establishment figure in his time, this perspective was welcomed by all rulers since it […]

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