Whatever it was that happened yesterday in Ankara between the US Vice President and the President of Turkey, it was not a ceasefire agreement.  Who knows what threats were exchanged but you cannot claim to have negotiated a ceasefire agreement (except perhaps by using American logic) by talking to only one side of a dispute... Continue Reading →

So, what's happening in Syria? Well, in my view, everything is going very well, and to plan.  The US is withdrawing its forces (and presumably its NATO allies are doing the same) from northern Syria. They are being replaced mostly by Syrian government troops of the Syrian Arab Army (the only legitimate Syrian military force),... Continue Reading →

"Russia prepares draft on relocating UN First Committee from US to Europe"There are consequences for playing childish games in the field of diplomacy as the US administration has done over the issuance of visas for UN delegates to enter the country hosting the UNGA. The US may yet lose the right to host important UN... Continue Reading →

A recent share of a July 2019 post in my VK site which was notified to me while writing my previous post here: "Atlantic Hegemony Is Dying", gave me cause to deliberate that maybe, since I appear to have omitted to share my VK post here, a re-post would be in order. So here it is:... Continue Reading →

The West now has "no existential problems" to peddle to its public, says the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, in a report titled - "Global Challenges 2019: Update — politics, economy and development".   Hence the era of Atlantic hegemony is dying.  You may applaud at this point. "Atlantic hegemony dying: Era of Western global intervention... Continue Reading →

"Wait For It" Wait for it...  wait for iiiiiit... The reward for patience and delayed gratification will be all the sweeter for it. So, just what is this 'it' that Jim Kunstler asks us to wait for? It is of course the much feared - by those 'for whom the bell tolls' (and they surely... Continue Reading →

"How Turkey's 'Peace Spring' changed the dynamics of Syria's war" The views expressed in this al-Jazeera article align in many ways, though not exactly, with my own.  One thing is for certain, and one which I have tried to emphasise in recent posts, is that the dynamics of conflict and the conflicting parties themselves have... Continue Reading →

"Local authorities in northeastern Syria resume subordination to Damascus" It looks like Syria has just regained control of much of its remaining long usurped territory in the north eastern region of the country and, if this South Front map from late on 14 October is anything to go by, now has control of much of... Continue Reading →

"Take these actions and place them anywhere else in history (2000, 2007, any time) and this would be called an emergency intervention program." The US Fed begins US military budget scale - $720 Billion - annual QE (shush, you're not allowed to call it QE). Is this the beginning of the end? "The Beginning of... Continue Reading →