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Eric writes for Al-Ahram Weekly and PressTV. He specializes in Russian and Eurasian affairs. His "Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics and the Great Games", "From Postmodernism to Postsecularism: Re-emerging Islamic Civilization" and "Canada Israel Nexus" are available at www.claritypress.com/
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib: Action, Cut!
Pornography, feminization of the enemy? Confused over what Obama's view on Guantanamo and the backlog of torture images from Abu Ghraib? Join the club
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 2, 2009 The torture trail: Lincoln or Ford?
The question now swirling around political corridors is whether Obama will fight the monsters or let them off the hook.
SHARE Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Afghanistan: NATO, SCO or PATO?
Conferences and suggestions about what to do in Afghanistan are chock-a-block, but the reality speaks for itself.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 2, 2009 G20 shows EU in tatters
The only voices expressing the will of Europeans and showing a way out of the current crises are in the madding crowds outside the G20
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 7, 2009 Euro crisis: Prison of nations
The financial meltdown is likely to lead to the breakdown of the euro-zone and possibly the EU itself in its present form.
SHARE Saturday, February 28, 2009 US-Canadian relations: A first 'first' for Obama
On his inaugural trip as president, Obama basked in adulation, though behind the media circus lie serious problems -- NAFTA, trade disputes, and ecology and baby seals.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 19, 2009 Kissinger's recovery plan: WTO or 'chaos'
Obama's stimulus package plus the ongoing bank bailout must be looked at in the context of Kissinger's renewed call for a 'political new world order'.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 4, 2009 WEF Forum: Requiem for an Overweight
The World Economic Forum's programme was startling different this year: whether to nationalize banks and whether to introduce a global banking regulator were the burning issues. How times change.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Russian-Ukrainian gas war
The recent stand-off between Russia and Ukraine on gas supplies to Europe has a "Made in the USA" sticker on it, much like the Georgian-Russian war last summer.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, September 1, 2008 Wag the Dog
Was an independent Ossetia inevitable after Kosovo or is it an US election ruse gone wrong?
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a gritty, straight-talking 30-minute interview with CNN this week in Russian. It was not translated or reported on widely in the US media, which is a shame. He charged that US military personnel were in South Ossetia during the attack...