Security & Conflict
Turkey and the smuggling of ISIS oil
According to what disclosed by Russian sources, the fact that Turkey smuggles - on a large scale - oil coming from the Caliphate is...
Illegal drug trade
Market with drugs is well known and it is boosting the economy and making profits for as long as human have found out its...
The Wolves of Islamic Zealots: The Need for American-Russian Partnership
“Hellfire awaits you. Europe is shaking. Russia is dying.” These words uttered in an Islamic State (DAESH) propaganda video in November 2015 projected a...
Double Standard Terrorism Reporting: Paris versus Beirut
The world mourns for Paris. A bloody Friday night of November the 13th kicked off what was supposed to be a regular weekend in...
Saudi Arabia’s structural crisis
It was the father of "Kim" Philby - he, too, a man of Her Majesty’s intelligence services - to support the American Standard Oil...
The crisis of the French intelligence services and the attacks in Paris
The victims of the Paris attacks, not to mention those of the jihadist and Qaedist massacres in Madrid (2004) and London (2005) are the...
France-Islamic terror: Special comment
The Islamic terrorist attacks on 13 November reinforce several attributes about terrorism that should be well known. Most important is that the attacks were...
The execution of Bernard Then during APEC shows impotence to terrorism
The world is still in mourning for the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris a few days ago. The execution of a Malaysian citizen Bernand...
The March of Huntington’s Martyrs: What the REAL Clash of Civilizations Is
As people the world over shout out in unison their unwavering support and sympathy for the victims across Paris, we are remiss to not...
Foggy Steps of Global Terrorism
In the globalizing world, Realpolitik-oriented and authoritarian state paradigms have been gradually shrinking. The phenomenon is recognized as a Post-Westphalian principle of the state...