Considerations on the East Turkestan – Xinjiang issue
X injiang’s demographic and anthropic complexion is more complex than we tend to currently believe: according to China's 2000 census-taking, 40% of the...
The Iran Missile Imbroglio – Change or Chaos
I ran test-fired a missile and the U.S. government went ballistic. It put Iran 'on notice' -- a phrase meaning little but with...
The travel ban – how the Trump critics are doing their Math – 2+2 = 22?
L et’s start from the most recent happening. Bill O’Reilly interviews Trump for Fox news. He asks him ‘Do you respect Putin’? Trump...
Jacksonians may want isolation, but risk leading U.S. to war
J acksonian school of thought is winning today in U.S. The starkest indicator of that is that the President of the U.S. is...
Trump’s controversial Executive Order: Why the judiciary could create history
O n January 27th, 2017 which ironically happens to be Holocaust Remembrance Day, US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order entitled ‘Protecting...
The global strategy of General Khalifa Haftar
T he agreement between the Libyan factions signed in Morocco on December 17, 2015 has not been implemented yet. It implied an enlightened...
A Bully Pulpit or a Bully’s Pulpit
Such a flurry of activity in the first week as executive orders poured out of the Oval Office at a fast and furious pace....
‘Alternative Facts’ and Forced Migration: America, Muslim Countries, and the Refugee Crisis
There is an awful lot of emotional kvetching around the recent Trump executive order about banning entry to people from seven specific countries to...
Astana 2017: Kazakhstan’s City on a Hill
Kazakhstan, a country with immense oil wealth but relatively little global influence, has recently been trying to convert its wealth into influence. The successful...
La-La-Land of Central Asia: Kazakhstan and its “Astana Code of Conduct”
As defining terrorism in any particular case implies a political component, this very category becomes quite extensive - a subject to different readings and...