Ignore the subject matter of the post below entirely for the moment as well the constant/fancy preaching that comes from European heads of state while focusing solely on actions being taken (mostly without any form of public or even parliamentary scrutiny whatsoever) and consider the following; a) these are not […]
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America’s Foreign Policy – Forcing Single Dimensional Perspectives into a Multidimensional World & the Question of AID by Fidelito Read on Substack
Read More Regime Maintenance, Stagnated Western Policies & a Wildcard by Fidelito Read on Substack
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Well first term that comes to mind in “Analysis Paralysis”. I am sure many will get onto SM and make assessments sophisticated and simplistic ones on this big event today, so here’s my contribution to the simplistic/laymen versions of such assessments; Kamala Harris dropped into the presidential ring without any […]
Read More If you’ve been following some of my political posts you should know by now how I despise the likes of Donald Trump because in simple terms he’s a clown who stands for nothing but has the capacity – out of shear ignorance – to deliver plenty to the alt-right ideologues […]
Read More Working & Coordinating with Allies; Well that’s odd; all I heard from “allies” so far is is a deafening “shhh”! Well, to be honest though when rules are broken by those who are supposed to be the rule makers/protectors then what we see today (if true)/and have been seeing for […]
Read More Echo’s from the West; Once upon a time we used to brag of the wests soft power approach in promoting liberal/democratic values around the world. Though it was by no means perfect in terms results due to several factors including consistency it was at least compatible with our belief system. […]
Read More This is not necessarily a great rating particularly when it reflects easing standards when it comes to selecting customers/doing deals where values take a back seat to make a quick buck and yet the transaction eventually ends up on your debit column in the long term and signs of approaching […]
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And way way BEFORE the Arms comes a consistent/pragmatic foreign policy developed by experts vs. the reactionary short-termism we see today. We also need to fix the mess we've already created – these don't go away by themselves; https://t.co/ZSmz8mnbDA — Fidelito 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@F_Galal) August 25, 2021
Read More The Westward Gold-Rush but NOT Entirely Hush Hush! Power play is the name of the game; it’s like giving a child an automatic machine-gun for a toy; this is precisely how our leaders have abused power to create havoc around the world and conflicts that have lasted generations. This is […]
Read More The Westward Gold-Rush but NOT Entirely Hush Hush! Shocking to see/watch the photo’s & video Clips from Kabul airport; my heart goes out to the millions in Afghanistan (and beyond frankly – Iran – Iraq – Palestine – Libya etc.) that continue to deal with poor foreign policy decisions that […]
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It seems to me – and I am sure to many others – that the world we live in today is becoming far more dangerous than the post WWII cold war many have lived through. At every corner of the earth there seems to a conflict about to blow up […]
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Power play politics is not new as we all know. It has been used effectively in the past to alleviate threats by adversaries whether political or economic and many experts can probably come up with a long list of historical precedence where power play really did work. What I would […]
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An excellent article – link below – by Anne Irfan Teaching Fellow in Middle Eastern History, University of Sussex tries to effectively unpack what is termed the “Deal of the Century” devised the political genius Jared Kushner mmmm…Son in Law of the President of the United States. I would suggest […]
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Well it certainly helps when we have a proper government in place rather than a bunch of hacks led by BREXITEERS who do nothing but brag about their nationalist approach in protecting the interest of the country. However, when it is truly crunch time in terms of action required against […]
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I came across this article; Where the Gods Live by the Austrian journalist Tessa Szyszkowitz which provides a very interesting insight – among the many out there – about life in Jerusalem, and decided to share it as a follow up to a recent post I made with the link […]
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Democracy cannot be imposed but should be actively supported. Let’s learn some lessons from the failures of the Arab Spring and develop/apply an adaptable template to help emerging democracies find/apply a suitable/sustainable path towards democratic governance. The first steps are always the most difficult ones and many states choose the […]
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A very interesting interview with Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif. The Middle East is/has been one huge hot potato for much too long, thanks to a large part to foreign interventions/meddling whether for controlling resources and/or establishing strategic objectives. Iran is certainly a major player in the region but […]
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A very interesting article published by Newsweek earlier this month – link below – about sort of a new Marshall Plan for the Middle East, a joint U.S.-Russian (and Saudi-financed) program to get control over the Arab world’s rush to acquire nuclear power. The “genius” plan essentially was about establishing a […]
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This to me is merely another demonstrations of the super power’s historic contribution to the Middle East which continues to this day – meddling in the region for strategic interests irrespective of consequences. The problem is compounded by most countries in region being too weak/ignorant & with plenty of historical […]
Read MoreA very interesting article published by Chatham House – link below – which examines the impact of a military heavy National Security Council (NSC) on conducting foreign policy, though some have called it a form of discrimination against the military. However, this approach coupled with the weakening of civilian institutions […]
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