The French, as always, have a word for it: the more things change, the more they are the same. Looking around the world just now, one has to take that into account. After the cataclysmic destruction and rehabilitation of World War II, we would have … [Read more...] about Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose*
Contributor: Sol W. Sanders
Corruption international*
There are more questions than answers, at least so far, in the leak of bits and pieces of what is said to be 11.5 million documents from, again, allegedly, an incredibly corrupt Panamanian law firm. The first gleanings from “the papers” has already … [Read more...] about Corruption international*
A Pakistan Time-Bomb?*
Left: Mourners carry a coffin of one of the victims during a funeral a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 28, 2016. Rahat Dar, EPA Although the Obama Administration may well not recognize it, Pakistan is turning … [Read more...] about A Pakistan Time-Bomb?*
Unseemly Behavior*
Left: "HE’S GOT THE MOVES: US President Barack Obama dances tango with a dancer during a state dinner in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. (AFP)" Arab News, March 25, 2016 For an Administration, which supposedly excels in its appreciation and manipulation … [Read more...] about Unseemly Behavior*
World War III*
Left: President Barack Obama enjoying a baseball game in Cuba yesterday after the news of ISIS attacked in broke. "You don't send a picture of yourself laughing while people have just been blow up at a level that...is the equivalent of September 11 … [Read more...] about World War III*
Repairing the Special Relationship*
There are important lessons for the U.S. in the apprehension in Belgium, after four months, of one of the chief perpetrators of the November 13, 2015, Paris massacre which took the lives of 130 innocents. This security lapse has its parallel in the … [Read more...] about Repairing the Special Relationship*
Calling it Christian Genocide*
Among the many anomalies of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy, none appears so anachronistic as its refusal to label the persecution and annihilation of Christians in the Middle East as genocide. Granted that the term has been too often … [Read more...] about Calling it Christian Genocide*
Washington’s China Problem*
The U.S.’ confrontation with an increasingly powerful and incipiently aggressive China is getting much more complicated. There is no question of its high priority among the U.S.’ foreign policy issues. But with a lame duck Obama Administration which … [Read more...] about Washington’s China Problem*
Muslims, Islamists Terrorists, and Islam*
The time has come, and indeed, has long passed for a frank and open discussion of the growing confrontation between the Western democracies and the Muslim world. Were there no other issue than the fact that there are some 1.3 billion world … [Read more...] about Muslims, Islamists Terrorists, and Islam*
The New Cold War*
There is now no doubt that Vladimir Putin has launched a successful strategic offensive against the U.S. and its allies, attempting to reassert Moscow’s position as a world leader. Putin’s challenge to the security of American allies in the Middle … [Read more...] about The New Cold War*