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The Coming Novus Ordo Seclorum: Change We Must; There Is No Choice – OpEd

On a visit to Oxford a few weeks ago, Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative, (Walter Münchau writes), made an interesting remark:...

03.06.2024 10

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The Brink Of Dissolution: Neurosis In The West As The Levee Breaks – OpEd

The paradox is that Team Biden – wholly inadvertently – is midwifing the birth of a ‘new world’. It is doing so by dint of its crude...

28.05.2024 60

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Why Are Israel And The West Unravelling In Tandem? – OpEd

Alon Pinkas, a former senior Israeli diplomat (well plugged in at the White House), says aloud the “reality” about Israel which...

22.05.2024 10

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Who Tried To Pull The Rug On Netanyahu, And Why? – OpEd

The core issues at the heart of release of hostages held in Gaza were two: A complete cessation to the

14.05.2024 30

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The Beast Of Ideology Lifts The Lid On Transformation – OpEd

The Transformation is accelerating. The harsh, often violent, police repression of student protests across the U.S. and Europe, in wake of the...

07.05.2024 10

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The Interlocking Of Strategic Paradigms – OpEd

Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT, has provided a forensic analysis of the videos and...

30.04.2024 20

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Will Zionism Self-Destruct? – OpEd

In the summer following Israel’s 2006 (unsuccessful) war on Hizbullah, Dick Cheney sat in his office loudly bemoaning Hizbullah’s continuing...

23.04.2024 20

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Is A Peaceful Accommodation Between BRICS And The West Possible? – OpEd

In Rome, there still exists – just – the Domus Aurea, the golden house. This was a vast complex built by Emperor Nero on the Oppian Hill after...

15.04.2024 9

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Brutal, Chaotic War: Norms, Conventions And Laws Of Conduct Are Being Erased – OpEd

We stand on the cusp of what might be termed Chaotic War. Not the formula used by Israel often in the past to intimidate adversaries; this is...

09.04.2024 7

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Israel’s War, Netanyahu’s Gamble – OpEd

U.S. Democratic Party support for Israel is fast fissuring – an “ideological tremor”, Peter Beinart (editor of Jewish Currents) calls it....

02.04.2024 9

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Macron’s Psycho-Play To Keep Aloft The Punctured Balloon Pf A ‘Geo-Political EU’ – OpEd

Charles Michel, the European Council President, has called on Europe to switch to a “war economy.” He justifies this call

27.03.2024 8

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The Resistance’s Disruptive Military Innovation May Determine The Fate Of Israel – OpEd

Looking back to what I wrote in 2012, in the midst of the so-called Arab Spring and its aftermath, it is striking just how much the Region has...

22.03.2024 10

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‘Out Of Touch With Reality’: White House Fails To Navigate The Israeli Re-Calibration – OpEd

Alon Pinkas, a former senior Israeli diplomat, well-plugged into Washington, tells us that a frustrated White House finally has “had...

13.03.2024 5

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‘Untenable Positions’: Warning Signs Abound – OpEd

“Tuesday’s local elections were a flashing warning light for Israel. The ultra-Orthodox parties, the religious Zionist groups, and the far-right,...

06.03.2024 6

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US Seeks To Cap Middle East Violence: In This, Iran Is (A Kind Of) ‘Ally’ – OpEd

Israel’s dual strategy for Lebanon is to exert pressure through direct raids to instil fear amongst the wider population, whilst deploying...

27.02.2024 10

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The Resistance Has A Plan For Israel: But On Other Side, Fantastical US Stratagems Ensure Cascading Failure – OpEd

In a speech on Tuesday, Hizbullah leader Seyed Nasrallah said that the Party will continue the border offensive until at least the Gaza massacre...

21.02.2024 10

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The World’s Gyre – OpEd

The US is edging closer to war with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state security agency composed of armed groups, some of which are close to...

14.02.2024 9

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