Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, and Venezuela: President-elect Donald Trump will face no shortage of foreign-policy challenges when he assumes office in January. None, however, comes close to China in scope, scale, or complexity. No other country has the capacity to resist his predictable antagonism with the same degree of strength and Continue reading »
World Affairs
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.” Lewis Caroll-Through the Continue reading »
Peter Ford served in the UK Foreign Ministry for many years including being UK Ambassador to Bahrain (1999-2003) and then Syria (2003-2006). Following that, he was representative to the Arab world for the Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency. He was interviewed by Rick Sterling on Jan 6, 2025 Rick Sterling (RS): Continue reading »
Americans were shocked by two fatal events in the United States on New Year’s day 2025, and one was quickly called ‘Islamist terrorism’. Yet the US supports Muslim terrorist groups in Syria. At 3.15 on 1 January 2025, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, aged 42, an army veteran and an American-born Muslim convert, drove around security barriers and Continue reading »
Wildfires in California replicate the massive fire storms in the boreal forest in Canada and Siberia, the lungs of the earth. Our addiction to fossil fuel has ignited an age of fire. The apocalyptic wildfires that have erupted in the boreal forest in Siberia, the Russian Far East and Canada, climate scientists repeatedly warned, would inevitably move southwards as rising Continue reading »
The last American Ambassador to Iran was William Sullivan, a debonair silver-haired Irish-American with much wisdom and diplomatic experience. If President Jimmy Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance had followed his advice, Iran would probably not be US enemy number one as it is today. Maybe even an ally. Sullivan got the summons to Continue reading »
Millions of Myanmar refugees could be next if Junta falls Almost as soon as Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane for the one-way journey to Moscow, European governments began folding up the welcome mats for Syrian refugees. On December 8, the Russian foreign ministry announced that Assad had been given asylum in the country. A day Continue reading »
Medhurst was born in Damascus, Syria. His father is English and mother is Syrian. Both his parents served in United Nations Peacekeeping and Observer missions and were among the UN Peacekeepers awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988. Medhurst was born in Damascus, Syria. His father is English and mother is Syrian. Both his parents Continue reading »
What were you expecting asks Bisan Owda of the situation in Syria, where Israel has now launched air raids overnight. Jonathon Cooke calls out the BBC on their selective reporting while Prof, Seyed Marandi tells George Galloway it is clear who is behind these groups. Craig Murray reports that it’s not a revolution in Syria, Continue reading »
Mark Regev is “an Australian citizen and he’s advocating for genocide,” Uncle Robbie Thorpe explained last week. “It is really offensive and insulting for Aboriginal people to have an Australian citizen talking about starving people, lying and inciting people to join up with the IDF and commit these crimes on the other side of the Continue reading »