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Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Russia: Returning as a World Power?

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Looks like it: Thinking the Unthinkable: Russia Has Re-Emerged As a Great Power The Western image of Russia and Putin in recent years ha...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

ISIS, ISIL, or IS... or "Daesh"?

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Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’ The militants who are killing civilians, raping and forcing captured women into sexual slavery,...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

"Constructive. Business-like. Surprisingly frank."

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Kerry says US may offer Russia 'something' to keep Assad from dropping barrel bombs: UN debate live [...] Constructive. Business-l...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Russia, Syria, and ... a coalition?

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Might it make sense in the larger picture? And if not, what is the alternative? Consider this: Putin jockeying for deal with US on Syria...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

An Embryonic New Turkey?

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Not the bird, but the country. They recently had an election. Before the election, there was this: Why Turkey's election doesn't...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Is Iran Our Allie Against ISIS?

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Maybe. We have goals in common on that and other issues, and despite harsh anti-American rhetoric from the Iranian Government, the people o...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

A more moderate Iran?

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That's the Image they are trying to project on the world stage. But what's going on at home? Iranian executions spiking despite...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

WHO gets ready for MERS

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WHO Sets Up Emergency Committee on MERS Virus GENEVA — The World Health Organization is forming an emergency committee of international ex...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013

"Middle East respiratory symptom coronavirus, or MERS-CoV"

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Newly discovered virus takes more lives, spreads (CNN) -- A new SARS-like virus recently found in humans continues to spread -- with the w...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Intervention in Syria = American Military

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And here are some good reasons why it shouldn't happen: West must not intervene militarily in Syria (CNN) -- Some of the bravest, nobles...
Sunday, February 05, 2012

Is the Current Egyptian Government even More Repressive than the Previous One?

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So far, it's not looking good: Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs Cairo (CNN) -- Forty-three people, including 19 Americans, face prosecution ...

Is lsrael really ready to strike Iran? Why now?

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Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran [...] Is Israel bluffing? Israeli leaders have been claiming Iran is pursuing nuclear wea...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Syria: Alawites, Sunnis, the Russia factor...

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What a mess: Where is Syria crisis heading? [...] Individual states in the Arab League have called for al-Assad to step down, but the organi...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

TheTchijevsky Index of Mass Human Excitability

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Excitability, due to solar activity? I had previously posted about this last May. But with the recent increase in solar activity as we en...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Egypt's "Facebook" Revolution. Being hyjacked?

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Perhaps not yet. And hopefully, not at all. But can the youth hang on to it? Is it really the internet, things like Facebook, Twitter and G...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Islamists to gain ground in Middle East politics

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At least that's the way it looks to be unfolding: As Tunisians Cheer Egypt, Islamist Leader Returns Now it's being predicted that th...
Thursday, June 03, 2010

Flotilla participants got what they wanted

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Martyrdom: Arab Media Reports on Flotilla Participants: Writing Wills, Preparing for Martyrdom, Determined to Reach Gaza or Die Flotilla Par...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Iran's objectives, and internal political struggle

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Here is an interview for CNN with Fareed Zakaria, author and foreign affairs analyst. It starts off about the hikers/hostages, but then Zak...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Is the Iraqi government aligning itself with Iran?

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There are signs that it may be so. Consider the recent massacre of Iranian dissidents that took place in Iraq: Iran’s hand is seen behind c...
Sunday, June 08, 2008

Iran, Nukes, and No Second Chances

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I generally like to think optimistically about world affairs. I like to think that no matter how screwed up a situation becomes, that it ca...