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Killing Qassim Soleimani: Rule of law or rule of the jungle?
International law may not be a major
consideration in debates about the US killing of Iranian military commander
Qassim Soleimani, yet the legality of the assassination...
Iran: What next?
The United
States portrayed top Iranian commander Major Gen Qassem Soleimani, killed in an
air strike, architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East. After
killing...
The Baghdad Air Strike: Pre-emptive self-defence or Assassination?
In the
early hours of January 3, missiles
launched by a USAF
MQ9 Reaper slammed into a convoy exiting the Baghdad International Airport,
killing Iranian Major General Qassem...
America shoots itself in the foot
Following the U.S. President’s approval of the assassination of Iran’s
top general, head of IRGC Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, the U.S. bombed a car
carrying him...
Iraqi Parliament votes to expel U.S. troops from Iraq
In an extraordinary session on Sunday, the Iraqi parliament voted for a
resolution requiring the government to order the withdrawal of U.S. troops from
Iraq.
The session...
The killing of Qassim Soleimani: The United States misreads the tea leaves
The killing of Iranian military leader
Qassim Soleimani proves the point: The United States has perfected the art of
strengthening Iranian hardliners fuelled by an apparently...
Approaching the Brink? Nuclear Decision-Making by US President Trump in 2020
"Fools,
visionaries, sufferers from delusions, neurotics and lunatics have played great
roles at all times in the history of mankind.... Usually, they have wreaked
havoc."-Sigmund Freud
“He likes...
Nord Stream 2 in the Storm Again
In last few
weeks the developments related to the politics of transportation of LNG (Liquefied
Natural Gas) and Pipeline based natural gas make a reasonable comparison...
US military strikes in Iraq stir regional hornet’s nest
The United States stirred a hornet’s nest that stretches far beyond Iraq
when it this weekend attacked an Iranian-backed militia.
The fallout of the US strikes...
The odyssey of the American Civil War
The importance of a strong central government
Peace, community, nation-building beginning at a grassroots level
(freeing the enslaved) are all necessary for a strong government. Problems...