September, 2022

• 5 September

  Watching The War On Russian Television – Analysis

  

  Those watching Russian television to follow the war in Ukraine live in an alternative reality. Commentators on state-owned Russian television news stations have spread the falsehood that Ukraine is staging fake attacks on their own cities to make it look like Russia is the aggressor. Russian news broadcasters have also …

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• 5 September

  Deteriorated Situations

  Libya Worst fighting in years broke out in capital Tripoli between forces loyal to rival govts, raising prospect of a return to full-blown war. Fighting 26-27 Aug raged across Tripoli as forces aligned with Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR)-appointed PM Bashagha failed to take control of capital and oust Tripoli-based …

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• 1 September

  Iraqi PM Threatens To Quit Over Ongoing Political Violence

  

  Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Tuesday threatened to resign due to the violence that has broken out among Shi’ite factions over a long-standing political conflict. In a televised speech, al-Kadhimi said, “The Iraqi blood that was shed yesterday sends a warning to every Iraqi that today we must put …

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• 1 September

  US And Russia’s Attempt To Rule The Heartland Of Greater Eurasia

  

  With the end of the bipolar order, classical geopolitical theories as the main basis of the foreign policy of the powers during the Cold War seem to have declined in importance. The Ukraine crisis showed that these theories are still a suitable tool for analyzing the competition of great powers …

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• 1 September

  Russia-China Axis Intensification: Implications For India – Analysis

  

  Russia-China Axis intensification in 2022 more significantly evident post-Ukraine with Russia and China ranged defiantly against virtually the entire world reminiscent of templates of Cold War 1.0 Grave security implications ensue for India consequently besides imposing on India the imperatives of reset of its foreign policy compass. India stares at …

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• 1 September

  Former Iranian Prime Minister: Is Iran’s Regime Seeking The Return To A Dynasty? – OpEd

  

  Iran’s theocratic regime has been opposed to monarchies and dynasties since it overthrew the Shah in 1979. Now there are hints that its aging Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may be thinking of throwing power to one of his sons. Mir-hossein Mousavi who served as Iran’s prime minister until the position …

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• 1 September

  Turkish Attempt To Reconcile With Assad Resembles Pulling A Rabbit Out Of A Hat – Analysis

  

  At first glance, there is little that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist and nationalist, has in common with Dogu Perincek, a maverick socialist, Eurasianist, and militant secularist and Kemalist. Yet it is Mr. Perincek, a man with a world of contacts in Russia, China, Iran, and Syria whose …

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• 1 September

  Iran: Raisi’s Government Plan, Is It Investment Or Withdrawal From Banks For The Budget Deficit? – OpEd

  

  Recently, Raisi’s government has talked about signing a memorandum of understanding to invest in three mega-projects in the amount of forty-two billion dollars. These three mega-projects are: The implementation of forty-eight industrial projects in which seven large domestic companies are involved (Naft and Energy site, 6, February 2022)Integrated development of …

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• 1 September

  Allies, Partners And Friends: Hedging Against American ‘Global’ Leadership

  

  America’s allies are hedging against current American approaches to exercise global leadership, mostly in response to its casual abandonment of Afghanistan after two decades of war that cost over $2 Trillion. Adding to their unease with Washington was the abandonment of over $7 billion of military equipment to the Taliban, …

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• 1 September

  The FBI’s Gestapo Tactics: Hallmarks Of An Authoritarian Regime

  

  With every passing day, the United States government borrows yet another leaf from Nazi Germany’s playbook: Secret police. Secret courts. Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Censorship. Intimidation. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment. Indoctrination. Indefinite detention. These are not tactics used by constitutional republics, where the rule of law and the …

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