Middle East & Africa
Without Mercy
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd,/ It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/ Upon the place beneath: It is twice blest:/ It blesseth him that...
End of Israel-Hamas Conflict: Who Achieved What?
After series of devastating Israeli airstrikes for more than 10 days, a ceasefire was declared by both Hamas and the Israeli government. The fighting...
Iran–China 25 year Cooperation Agreement: An Updated Chinese Strategy toward the Middle East
China and Iran recently signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement worth $ 400 billion over 25 years. This agreement will have a great positive...
Israel, Hamas Terror and Power Over Death
"I believe is the one great word against metaphysical fear."-Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West (1918)
Though misunderstood by Israel, there is no more...
Happy Africa Day!
I am an African American with significant Native American background in my ancestry with the blood of ex-slaves running through my DNA. I am...
Hamas and the useless eleven-day war
In the history of the Israeli-Arab (and also of the Israeli-Palestinian) conflict, which has been going on for almost 75 years, the 1967 War...
Iran Election: The Consequences of Khamenei’s Next President
According to the State Newspaper, Resalat: "The current false polarity (among presidential candidates) is aiming national unity, cohesion, and security, and creates a rift...
The Gaza Violence: Who Benefits?
Curiouser and curiouser said Alice: A man walks into a restaurant and blows himself up -- it's terrorism; a man targets residential apartment buildings...
Rethinking the myth of “Clean politics”
The concept of politics has its roots in the name of Aristotle's classic work, Politiká, which introduced the Greek term politiká (meaning ‘affairs of...
Gaza: China’s humanitarian assistance and United States’ hypocrisy
Following two weeks of intense fighting, Israel and Palestine signed a cease-fire agreement. The international community is deeply concerned about the Palestine-Israel crisis. With...