The Dreadful Spring
Neither the emergence of Islamic State in Afghanistan nor the internalfactionalism regarding its leadership has been successful in containing Taliban in any meaningful way,...
Wither Kurdistan?
By going for a premature independence referendum against everyone’s advice, Masoud Barzani seems to have not only finished his career, but the dream of...
That sweet taste of victory
AN OPPORTUNISTIC ALLIANCE OF REFORMISTS, MODERATES AND SOME CONSERVATIVES HAVE MANAGED TO CREATE A WORKABLE SPACE INSIDE THE IRANIAN MAJLIS THAT HAD REMAINED A...
A President Swallowed by History
Celebrated legal expert and commentator Stanley L Cohen takes stock of the situation following Donald Trump’s Jerusalem fiasco
Remains of The Day
As the war in Syria starts to wind up a somewhat clearer picture of winners and losers has started to emerge; and at...
Damascus Does Not Believe In Tears!
As the outside-sponsored war of attrition fails to dislodge Bashar al Assad, Syria has started to give off curious vibes that are a mixture...
The Sultan Strikes Back
Erdogan is convinced that American agencies had a role to play in the attempted coup d’état that failed to materialise, and he is all...
The socialist david versus the establishment goliath
In spite of all the handicaps that the Democrat machinery has thrown towards Bernie Sanders, the latter has managed to stay a_oat, and how,...
The Days of The Jackal
Ukraine put herself checkmate against Russia, and gave her the means to intervene legally in Donbass; Christelle Néant reports from DPR
The Great White Hope?
Donald Trump sufficiently capitalised on the anger of white working class America that was fed-up with the established political order of which Hillary Clinton...



































