What is France up to in the Middle East?
The name of the game is power politics. France was a major presence in the Middle East following the First World War, but has been on the retreat ever since,…
Women Face Jail for Checking Husband’s Phone in Saudi Arabia
What about a man who beats his wife? What about a man who does not give his wife her rights? The law should do something about this too. Women in Saudi…
Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Grapple With Complexity We Must
There is much to understand – but one way of approaching the refugee crisis is to think through the historical precedents, to consider whether they offer us pointers as to…
Zionists’ Crafted Geopolitical Tapestry
The on-going war in Syria and Iraq arrests the attention of the global powers and apparently much diplomatic struggle is being waged to handle the current crisis, which is readily…
Terrorism: Then and Now
The year 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Irish Easter Rebellion. Throughout the year I will try to revisit some of the lessons of Ireland’s struggle for freedom. Bombs…
The Bin Ladens: A Saudi Bellwether
The layoffs followed last year’s collapse of a Bin Laden construction crane that killed 107 people and prompted the government to ban the brothers from travelling abroad as well as…
One-Thousand-Two-Hundred and Eighty-Five
1285! That’s how many days the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has denied a UN access to deliver food and medicine to starving people in the besieged town of Daraya. Some…
Will Assad Survive?
It is almost unbelievable, given the roller-coaster ride of Bashar Al-Assad’s fortunes these past five years, that he remains President of Syria (albeit a much reduced dominion), and stands a…
The Growing Breach in Muslim Unity: Causes & Effects (Part Two)
Winds of Regional Schism In mapping the Sunni-Shiite conflict we should differentiate between the Sunni-Shiite intra-state and inter-state conflicts. The first is focused in the Fertile Crescent even though it…
Anti-Semitism and the British Left
Pursue a left-wing agenda around the political racetrack long enough and you’ll meet a right-wing agenda sprinting at you from the other direction. In the twentieth century Nazism and Bolshevism…