In the event that Kiev gains and holds ground in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and/or Ukraine’s former regions, none of which can be taken for granted of course, then the West can claim that the counteroffensive was worth it. The 52nd session of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services took place in Minsk on Thursday, during which time...
On May 3, two slow moving drones flew over the Kremlin and then exploded in flames when the Russian military forced them down. Whether the drone attack was a serious attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s life or not, Moscow perceived it as one, announcing that “Last night, the Kiev regime attempted a drone strike against the residence of the Presiden...
“Look at the stage our country has arrived in the last 20 years. (The opposition) would take us back 50-60 years,” said Bekir Ozcelik, a security guard in Ankara, who voted for Erdoğan. “There is no other leader in the world that measures up to Erdoğan,” The Associated Press (AP) reported on 23 May 2023. This point of view is shared by a vast majority of Tu...
“The greatest achievement of the Momin Movement (All India Momin Conference) was that it changed the psyche of this (weaver) caste. Now instead of being ashamed of their caste identity they proudly announce it.” These words were written by Professor Hafiz Shamsuddin Ahmad Shams, one of the founders of the All India Momin Conference (AIMC) and the president o...
Business Insider published a piece on Sunday that quoted government-linked US and UK experts praising Russia’s electronic warfare skills for neutralizing the threat that Kiev’s Turkish-supplied Bayraktar drones used to pose on the battlefield. Samuel Bennett from the federally funded Center for Naval Analyses told the outlet that “Once the Russian military g...
For the last few months, a colour revolution has been brewing in Israel. Tens of thousands of citizens demonstrated each Saturday night, predominantly in Tel Aviv, but elsewhere too. The demos caused traffic jams, and negatively impacted daily life throughout the country. At its maximum, over 250,000 persons demonstrated at once in Tel Aviv. At that point PM...
Saudi Arabia has removed anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli references from Islamic studies schoolbooks, according to an Israeli textbook watchdog. The watchdog, the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), said the deletions were part of a broader textbook revision that also eliminated anti-Christian references and t...
George Orwell wrote in 1984 that “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Governments work relentlessly to distort public perceptions of the past. Regarding the Ukraine War, the Biden administration has repeatedly and falsely claimed that the Ukraine War started with an unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine on...
The Tamil word Sengol has gained national attention following the decision of the Centre to establish it ceremoniously in the newly built Parliament. Lots of information is going around on its symbolism in the transfer of power to Independent India, the meaning of the word, and its origin from a mutt in Tamilnadu. Without touching upon information already ci...
Since February 24, 2022, the eyes of the world have been on the Ukrainian conflict. The West is supporting Kiev financially, delivering incredible quantities of arms and ammunition, but is careful not to get directly involved in the theatre of operations. Moscow remains patient and pretends not to see the foreign military advisors present on the ground. We a...
On the 78th anniversary of the liberation from fascism in World War II, the world’s attention is increasingly focused on the causes and developments of the Ukrainian conflict. Even today, it is no secret in the United States and its Western allies that the main reason for the conflict in Ukraine is the recognition by the Western political elite that the defe...
Little did Elianu Hia know that a video he posted on Facebook in early 2021 would shape Indonesian policy and turn his life upside down. A Christian in a Muslim-majority nation, Mr. Hia objected to vocational school authorities in the West Sumatran city of Padang, obliging his daughter to wear a hijab. In a secretly taped video, his daughter’s...
Without the Anglo-American Axis’ approval, Kiev won’t be allowed to consider a ceasefire even if those two and the rest of the West become fatigued with this conflict by the end of the year. It’s not expected that they’ll let China score an unprecedented diplomatic victory by mediating an end to the most geo-strategically significant conflict since World War...
Most people are bewildered by what is a global energy crisis, with prices for oil, gas and coal simultaneously soaring and even forcing closure of major industrial plants such as chemicals or aluminum or steel. The Biden Administration and EU have insisted that all is because of Putin and Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. This is not the case. The energy...
Imran Khan comes from an illustrious Pashtun family. His father is descended from an Indian general and governor of the Punjab, and his mother from a Sufi master who invented the Pashto alphabet. He was educated in Lahore, then in England at Oxford. He speaks Saraiki, Urdu, Pashto and English. He is a cricketer, the most important sport in Pakistan. He was...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz admitted on Monday [May 15-ed] that the Global South’s perception of Western double standards greatly impeded his de facto New Cold War bloc’s efforts to get them to dump Russia. Nevertheless, he’s still clinging to the chance that they’ll eventually reconsider if the West changes its ways such as by giving them greater represen...
As the world watches the various elections (for instance, the upcoming elections in Turkey) and the transfer of power from one government to another, doubts and criticism of the current “Iraqi Formula” are growing. Iraq, meanwhile, continues to grapple with never-ending crises, fuelling speculation both at home and abroad about the need for “real change” tha...
Slowly, surely, almost systematically, the United States and its allies edge into a geostrategic sinkhole from which there can be no return. The spotlight for most observers is on the Ukraine situation, but natural signs of the decline of the Western hegemony lie elsewhere. In the most recent news, Russia’s Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, met his counterpa...
Since November 2022, a number of important European leaders – Olaf Scholz of Germany (November 2022), Pedro Sanchez of Spain (March 2023), Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Emmanuel Macron of France – have visited China in what can be considered a policy move that clearly contradicts concerted US attempts at “do-coupling” from China. When ...
The greatest show on Earth is now a circus of double-dealing and sleight of hand applied to geopolicy. In the West, so-called experts are announcing a Ukraine counteroffensive as if it were an upcoming sports contest. Conversely, in the trenches of Ukraine, Wagner Group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is running interference for a counter-counter offensive Russia...