The Arab Spring has Come to an End Right Where it Started
The so-called Arab Spring, which began with the string of revolutionary events in Tunisia has now officially ended. It ended last month with Tunisia getting swept by a wave of new demonstrations, with...
View ArticleConfusion and Vacillation in the West
The coronavirus epidemic and plummeting oil prices have yet again highlighted the fact that the West is in the midst of a systemic crisis, the effects of which can be seen in many different areas. A...
View ArticleThis Year’s Major Shock Waves that Rippled the Middle East
The departing year has not been easy for the Middle East. Devastating conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen have resulted in multiple causalities, destruction and a new flood of refugees. Mostly...
View ArticleUS Direction in Middle East Subject to More and More Criticism
In recent time, U.S. actions in the Middle East have been subject to more and more criticism in European as well as Asian capitals. Clearly, Washington’s pro-Israeli course has resulted in growing...
View ArticleCrisis in Lebanon — a Manifestation of Global Discontent with Growing Inequality
Residents of this small confessional Arabic-speaking country on the Mediterranean Sea have been protesting for over a month now, blocking the country’s main roads. Almost one and a half million people...
View ArticleWhen Will the West Wake Up to the Fact That the World has Changed
The changes that are taking place in today’s world often are so rapid and unpredictable that they leave certain US and European politicians utterly confused. The state those people often find...
View ArticleRevisiting the Crisis of Western European Civilization
Of late, political scientists from the US and Western European countries have begun more frequently writing on the crisis of the West. Indeed, the confusion that now reigns in Washington, the discord...
View ArticleThe State of Israel has its 70th Anniversary
In May 2018 The State of Israel is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its establishment. Over these past decades, which is not a long time in historic terms, the Israeli citizens have achieved...
View ArticleISIL is the Direct Result of Western Inconsistency
It has been observed that many of those who have identified themselves with aplomb as an elevated European civilization and condescendingly speak about other cultures, who are beneath them in their...
View ArticleHow Well the Arab World is Taking Trump’s Victory
As one cold expect the Arab countries, just like any other state in the world, were following closely the US presidential campaign. This is understandable, since the people of this war-torn region are...
View ArticleWestern Leaders Are Unable to Get Their Priorities Straight
Damned if they do and damned if they do not – according to European media, this is how Western leaders imagine the situation in the aftermath of the recent NATO summit in Wales in which Western leaders...
View ArticleA New Stage in International Relations
“All progress is reactionary if a person collapses.” – Andrei Voznesensky The story is developing so quickly that we did not manage to grasp the scale of the changes experienced by us. This was the...
View ArticleThe Islamic State and the Problem of Extremism
The reports that have been coming from the Middle East in the last weeks clearly prove that the Islamic State (IS), a military-political group of Salafi militants, has really become a serious threat...
View ArticleA Gloomy Summary of the Outgoing Year
The outgoing 2014 is destined, apparently, to go down in the annals of history as a special year given its share of iconic dates (note, for example, 100 years since WWI and 75 years since WWII, 25...
View ArticleThe growing danger of the “Islamic State”
Every day frightening reports unexpectedly emerge on the actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) terrorist group, who seems to be really gaining momentum, as if they feel...
View ArticleDrama in the Mediterranean
Mid-April 2015 will go down in Mediterranean history as a time of terrible tragedies. In ancient times called the Great Sea and Mare Nostrum, meaning “our sea”, it is coming to be known as the “sea of...
View ArticleMiddle East Peace Negotiations at a Standstill
World events are speeding up their run, replacing, pushing and crowding each other. This is typical for the Middle East region, where after the “Arab Spring Revolutions” a barrage of shocks, major...
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