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French Ambassadors in Mideast & Maghreb dissent from Macron’s ‘damaging’ policy
It’s kind of curious to watch well established democracies run in the same way autocracies do (the top down pyramid approach) where public servants/ministers with expertise/credentials are consistently sidelined but some are just content with their post/title meaningless as it might turn out to be particularly at moments where their […]
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I have a Dream: I Dream That One Day I Would Attend An Official Government Foreign Policy Debriefing; Dinner’s On Me!
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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Save Lebanon: A Transformational Opportunity for an entire Region
We continue to watch shockingly from afar just how much Lebanon is on the edge of a cliff; Lebanese however are paying the ultimate price from decades of corruption & neglect. In my personal opinion Lebanon can be viewed in 1 of 2 ways; a country at the brink of […]
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Send in the Clowns – A Photo Op Is Needed!
A desperate man seeking a photo op to help him with his elections – this in a nut shell represents the sad pattern of foreign influence in a region; influence specifically engineered to serve strategic/national interests & power play stunts rather than resolving conflicts. The only difference now is that […]
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Lebanon on the edge but it “could” turn out quite well
As some may know by now the Lebanese government has resigned while demonstrations continue. This is a very special moment for Lebanon and I hope the public is keen to stay on course to achieve true/viable change for the country which does not translate to same-old same-old faces taking charge […]
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A Special Payment System for Iran: A step in the Right Direction
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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The "Deal of the Century" or an "Ordeal of the Century"
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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The U.N. Votes to Criticise the U.S. Decision on Jerusalem
The United Nations General Assembly on today, Thursday 21, 2017 adopted a resolution criticising the U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and begin the process of moving its embassy there. Now beyond the foolishness of the U.S. administration to make that decision, something I posted about here, and […]
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Reflections from Jerusalem & A Hope for a Brighter Future
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 […]
Read More Trump to Recognise Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
This is simple/brief commentary/predictions on Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; This in my view is by far the biggest US foreign policy blunder ever even eclipsing the decision to invade Iraq of 2003. Political ramifications will be swift and will not be restricted to the […]
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Lebanon: The Sunni – Shia Rivalry and the Fate of a Country
Few would disagree that the Sunni – Shia rivalry is destructive to the entire Middle East region. Unfortunately Lebanon has been the battle ground of this rivalry among the many sectarian conflicts plaguing the region. This is truly a sad story of a beautiful country/wonderful people that could be a […]
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Middle East: Iranian Foreign Minister in Conversation with Charlie Rose (interesting insight but NOT the whole story)
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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Michael Flynn, Russia and a Grand Scheme to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Saudi Arabia and the Arab World – (commentary)
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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Violence and diplomatic upheaval over the al-Aqsa mosque – The latest episode of a never-ending story (Commentary)
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 […]
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Article Review – It’s politics, not piety, stupid by Alex Spillius
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 More Terror in Britain: Archaic Governance Models/Political Mentality that is Costing Lives
More lives taken from us today, this time mostly children and teenagers by the cowardly terrorist attack in Manchester. Should we be angry, of course we should. But this anger should not just be directed at the terrorists but at the British government itself for its failures. But before getting […]
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Powerplay Time: The Showdown with Russia
Pre Meeting with Putin Commentary It is clear to the blind that both sides are coming at this from a completely different direction in regards to Syria. What is worse is that this is far from being the only major issue on the table, talking about hacking and Russian interference […]
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Hearts & Minds in Egypt
Multiple cowardly attacks on 2 churches claim more lives in Egypt. Prayers to the victims and deepest condolences to their families. The concern is that now that ISIS is loosing grip in Iraq & Syria terrorists are moving to other regions of the Middle East & Africa where they believe to have more room for […]
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Nigel Farage on Bashar Al Assad Mass Killings: At least he's "Secular" concludes the Genius Blabbermouth
Before we get into the statement made by Nigel Farage let me first make a point about Trumps decision to intervene in Syria; Though I do support the intervention from a moral stand point albeit there is a debate on the legality of the process in the constitution and in […]
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French Holocaust historian detained for 10 hours at US customs (Commentary)
A disgusting incident experienced by a respected Historian Henry Rousso when entering the United States and was threatened with deportation at Houston airport. Nothing captures the significance of the moment and also reflects the new times we live in better than his own comments about the incident; “The United States […]
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Trump relaxes US policy on Middle East two-state solution (Golden Opportunity?)
A Golden Opportunity in Play for Israel’s ultra-right. For Trump & Co. I suspect they will soon discover that meddling in Middle East affairs, especially at this time is NOT for amateurs or to be used as a test lab or a diversion for national failures by the administration. Keeping […]
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