Middle East
Brzezinski and the US national interest – a comment from Rome
Aged but untamed, Zbigniew Brzezinski tackles the "catastrophic" situation of the US in an article that - like others in his career - is meant to create a lasting impression and perhaps go down in history. It is published in " The American Interest"
Kerry protests Turkish allegations of US support to the coup
Luxembourg (AFP) - Secretary of State John Kerry called his Turkish opposite number Saturday to offer US support in the wake of a failed...
Turkish Minister blames USA for organizing coup
"The US is behind the coup attempt. A few journals that are published there [in the US] have been conducting activities for several months. For many months we have sent requests to the US concerning Fethullah Gulen. The US must extradite him," he sa
Who is responsible for the catastrophes in the Middle East?
“The United States of America is not responsible for what happened in Libya, nor is it responsible for what is happening in Iraq today,” Secretary of State John Kerry declared at a Cairo news conference held in the midst of his recent crisis tour of the Middle East.
Rothschild: “We may well be in the eye of a storm”
As central bank policy-makers' forecasts have become more pessimistic (i.e. more realistic), Lord Rothschild is unsurprised at the current malaise: "not surprisingly, market conditions have...
100 Years On: Sykes-Picot Agreement Still Haunts the Middle East
100 years ago, the terms of a secret deal dividing the Middle East between the UK and France were put forward. A century on,...
The Economy of Middle East in one Map
By JEFF DESJARDINS
If we could only show you one map to explain the economy of the Middle East, it would be this one.
In one fell...
Bahrain: Kerry leaves, protests go on
Bahraini people have once again taken to the streets in condemnation of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to their country hours after...
USA and Israel
An interesting conference was held on the 18th of March about Israel's Influence in the U.S, including on members of Congress and the U.S....
A New Idea: Turn Greece into a concentration camp!
It is the triumph of Samuel Huntington and of his project, hidden inside his prophecy of a “Clash of Civilizations”. It is also a...