by Pier Francesco Zarcone* The military breakthrough in the Syrian war appears to be definitive … at least according to Robert S. Ford, former US Ambassador in Damascus, known for his collusion with local radical Islamists.
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post A year ago, Western democracies were reeling from the biggest political shock in decades. American voters had just made a reality-TV star the most powerful person in the world.
The Geneva Centre* 10 November 2017, GENEVA – The Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue (hereinafter “The Geneva Centre”) Ambassador Idriss Jazairy emphasized – during a lecture on 10 November at the Oxford Centre for Islamic…
Blow * – The New York Times Tuesday night’s election results were a major shot in the arm for the anti-Donald Trump resistance and a major slap in the face for all the Democrats who caterwauled last November about how the party had focused too much on courting women and…
By Gordon Brown* If a million people sign my open letter to Argentine President Mauricio Macri, chair of the G20, I will personally deliver it to him. Eight years ago, at a G20 summit in London, I tried to end the unfairness of global tax havens.
Goldman* – Asia Times A couple of years ago I attended seminars with Chinese and Israeli counterterrorism experts in Beijing, in my capacity as a board member of a foundation that promotes Sino-Israel relations. A senior Chinese official complained that the Saudi royal family…
Human Rights Watch* Ten Principles for Protecting Refugees and Internally Displaced People Arising from Burma’s Rohingya Crisis. Report from Human Rights Watch 1.
Opinions of Carles Puigdemont and Guy Verhofstadt This is not just about Catalonia. This is about democracy itself Carles Puigdemont * – The Guardian Spain has imposed a political agenda that goes against the will of the majority of Catalans.
Perry* – The Nation Trump and the GOP blame mental illness for the Texas massacre. That’s a destructive lie.
By PEPE ESCOBAR* – ASIA TIMES Princes, ministers and a billionaire are ‘imprisoned’ in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton while the Saudi Arabian Army is said to be in an uproar The House of Saud’s King Salman devises an high-powered “anti-corruption” commission and appoints his son, Crown…
