(2 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Kissinger: Will it be "chaos" or "insight"? "Do we achieve a world order through chaos or through insight?" Kissinger

(8 comments) SHARE        Friday, November 7, 2014
"The United States is not a true democracy" Every country, whatever its constitution or political system, is ruled by a small group of individuals.

(6 comments) SHARE        Sunday, October 19, 2014
The United States' Middle East policy is in shambles The geopolitical mess the United States finds itself in is its own doing. The brilliant minds who devised its Middle East policy in the late 1990s are silent today.

(7 comments) SHARE        Sunday, September 7, 2014
France's Mistral Helicopter Carrier: to deliver to Russia or not to deliver? All along her history, France fought to assert and preserve her sovereignty with men such as Richelieu and Talleyrand.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, August 21, 2014
Si vis pacem, para bellum (if you want peace, prepare for war) Might is not right.

SHARE        Monday, August 18, 2014
Ukraine: where's the beef? "Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."

SHARE        Monday, August 18, 2014
Ukraine: will Putin back down? Will Putin's demands be met? Might the West back down this time?

(6 comments) SHARE        Saturday, May 3, 2014
Ukraine: crises have a life of their own A propaganda war rages on between the protagonists to put the blame on the other side. What will it matter who started the crisis when nuclear missiles fly over our heads? Children should not play with matches.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, April 28, 2014
Pushing Putin too far If push comes to shove, if Russia is nothing more than a peon in a domineering empire, why not destroy that empire? Putin has the means to do it. He is no patsy. How will American officials react to his ultimatum? Will it be the end of times, Armageddon?

(8 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Blowback: the making of an anti-US coalition In a previous note, I explained how Putin put a stop to a Western march of folly by annexing Crimea. In this one, I foresee either a nuclear or an economic holocaust if the West pursues its march.

(2 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Ukraine: how Putin put a stop to a march of folly By reacting as he did, Vladimir Putin, bad as he is with all his shortcomings the Western media are so prompt to point at, may have put a stop to the neoconservatives’ march of folly towards world hegemony and an end to civil liberties.

(3 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Subversive ideas from the IMF In her February speech in London, IMF’s Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, expresses ideas regarding energy subsidies, progressive taxation, entitlements, and a new ethos in the banking sectors which are anathemas in some circles in Washington DC, New York and London.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, February 17, 2014
Unforeseen outcome of a failed hegemonic strategy The United States needs to alter its foreign policy to avoid been confronted with a Germany-Russian-Chinese alliance.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, February 1, 2014
Inequality is the plat du jour Inequality is an ever-recurring issue which will demand a new approach, a culture change among leaders.

(7 comments) SHARE        Thursday, September 26, 2013
Is America exceptional? On two recent occasions, Barack Obama stated that the United States was exceptional. Vladimir Putin contests this claim.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, September 22, 2013
Will peace prevail in the Middle East? The Middle East is at a cross road. The case for war is stronger than the case for peace. Will peace prevail? Unlikely.