The point of Kaja Kallas is stated by Kaja Kallas…NOT the EU’s Top Diplomat but Top Coordinator with a nice salary to go with it. Now here’s a question; if she is the coordinator what business is it of hers attending global forums representing the EU when she’s liable to […]
Read More First things first; the revelation that a leader is invited to a news conference with the american child before even any negotiations start is absolutely hilarious; that’s an entire satire show in of itself. As for Carney’s comments about how he perceives Iran/conflict – something many European leaders subscribe to […]
Read More Here’s what’s happening (in my opinion) 1. The EU rather than contributing in efforts to de-escalate and come up with a new vision to resolve consequential conflicts, they take the tried and tested role; arrogantly demanding others to change course without addressing key issues or getting involved beyond throwing tax […]
Read More The utter absurdity – and frankly the utter stupidity of the German response – is breathtaking; aren’t you able to find someone who can make a clever cover story, have you tried ChatGPT I hear good things about it? I don’t really need to make the case or know where […]
Read More Make no mistake about it, the EU finally takes action where it matters. The kind of action one makes when “stretching” while sitting on a chair. How you can tell that, well not too difficult; 1. The statement on mideast conflict read by someone other than the EU President, while […]
Read More Here’s the gist of the argument of the German Chancellor and my brief response; well not too brief – not my style 🙁 1. To go in you have to go out again: Is that it, that’s concern of the German chancellor? No considerations about how to go in, implications/protections […]
Read More Seems quite a pragmatic approach in dealing with blowback from mideast instability; Re-calibrate energy strategy by minimizing reliance on foreign energy sources based on fossil fuels in favor of electric & renewable energy with specific short-long term objectives. Continue development of defensive capabilities whether military, cyber security or otherwise. Sustained […]
Read More I guess the salient point of the clip is what is now considered conventional wisdom in corrupt politics but here a little twist; Trace the Money to uncover the shared “Values” (it really isn’t complicated but we’re constantly being gaslighted to believe it is…). And by the way how did […]
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Read More Wars that are slowly being given a religious bent – mainly due failures of achieving stated objective thus far – waged by those who understand/practice precious little in the way of basic religion/faith. This instability coupled by the one involving consequential states in the region with fragile economies that are […]
Read More This guy is truly a clown (a sophisticated/sleek one) but on the other hand quite an obvious incarnation; hypes theories that conflict with realities, provides narratives that reflect ignorance / supremacist / colonialist vision when dealing with conflicts less based on values and more based on double standards, and finally […]
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State of the Union – Wars/Conflicts & the Spectator Model: Opportunities to take a firm stand defending international law/values lost by a union model designed to operate solely in good times while relying on big brother by its side to defend; so in brief (poor leadership, flawed design). The world […]
Read More Here’s my take which is quite simple; The influence of the western model is failing because the model is failing internally and has a poor track record in dealing with foreign challenges – particularly where military interventions are concerned. Soft power is constantly being undermined/ignored and the focus instead has […]
Read More My take is slightly different; if NATO allies are NOT rushing to help the U.S. on any basis other than an illegal/unprovoked war against a sovereign state, at least in the main – particularly one that was actively engaged in negotiations with the U.S (but even irrespective of this detail), […]
Read More “‘Appropriate efforts’ considered by clever politicians to protect the right ‘under international law’ of the flow of energy supplies to their respective regions. As for what ‘Appropriate efforts’ really mean, well that’s a minor detail for another day perhaps as a “surprise”. In other words rather than pressuring the aggressor’s […]
Read More This and other consequential conflicts were not inevitable but are consequences of misjudgment and allowing foreign/foreign backed narratives to guide matters of national security; this combined with ignorance/arrogance which is kinda weird when considering the large budgets and the amount of personnel dedicated specifically to assessing such matters. In brief […]
Read More While Iran war continues raging on the EU headed by chief merz are standing still, holding hands and praying with plenty in the way of wishful thinking cause they can’t wait to start focusing on bonbons and chocolate bars again (aka the economy). You see ignoring calls that many have […]
Read More When standing up really matters/means something; showing courage and integrity many western leaders know precious little about. It’s not the cheering/clapping for regime change or abduction of a leader while standing on the side as if to say ‘hey were not part of this – but do support it’. It’s […]
Read More Mark Carney and indeed many European leaders to their credit are crystal clear on protecting international law, sovereignty and integrity….that is for Greenland. For Iran it gets a bit tricky; many western leaders like Mr. Carney standing in the side cheering/clapping for US intervention against the repressive Iranian regime but […]
Read More As the French would say “oh la la, la la, la la” (to me this phrase is not really French until ‘la la’ is repeated 3 times) – but then again everything can be repeated pretty much to your hearts content. Here’s a final point I would like to make; […]
Read More So our clever prime minister keir starmer now making yet another U-turn (his trademark letter) and now allows US to launch attacks on Iran to degrade its ability to defend itself as a purely defensive measure by the UK. So it turns out that this conflict is purely defensive in […]
Read More The above title is the title of an email I received today from Bloomberg News for this article below. Just reading the title alone on my phone I assumed this relates to the West & Europe when considering the enormous geopolitical challenges we face today but it turns out that […]
Read More So the logic goes something along the lines of; We’ve learnt lessons of Iraq so we support unprovoked/illegal attacks on Iran but we don’t expect them to retaliate and hit targets used as launch pads to hit their nation in the gulf or elsewhere – (as they’ve threatened to do […]
Read More Mark Carney turns out to be a huge disappointment; similar to his stance on Maduro’s abduction and where international law is concerned he seems to pay lip service to the left yet constantly turns right. This gold rush to China by Canadian and European is meaningless and will be a […]
Read More Keir Starmer makes impressive points so lets break them down One moment he talks about protecting International Law and the other he seems quite supportive of US actions on Iran (or at least does not condemn it) an act that undermines International Law in every possible way. One moment he […]
Read More A new global order based on conventional power pushing towards a new global disorder based on unconventional power; lets see how things pan out. That said it is alway quite reassuring for the EU to release a “pragmatic” statement along the lines; “the developments in Iran were greatly concerning” – and […]
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Iran – A Tough Cookie That’s Soft at it’s Core by Fidelito Read on Substack
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First let me express my sincere congratulations to Mrs. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her entire family following her release after 6 years from her detention in Teheran – an ordeal one can read about or listen to but no one can really imagine what it’s like. I agree entirely with her […]
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It’s great to see the EU push back on the current U.S. administrations effort to kill the Iran deal, this by devising a system to evade the U.S. sanctions. In my view this is a step in the right direction because there are many other agenda items particularly on Trade […]
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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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Preface The objective of these posts is to share some takeaways and thoughts about some the most interesting articles I comes across in areas of particular interest to myself including Foreign Policy/International Law, the Environment as well as national issues of concern like BREXIT. In the main this to a […]
Read MoreA very interesting article published by Chatham House by Sir Simon Gass former British Ambassador to Iran – link below – about how to ensure Iran does comply with terms of the agreement signed with the P5+1 government beyond the 15 year threshold as indicated by the agreement in terms […]
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