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Obama keeps hold of the Syrian ball By M K Bhadrakumar
Moscow now admits that the current controversy over the chemical weapons attacks near Damascus might be a pre-meditated one choreographed carefully with a political objective. But then, it is too late, since it emerges that Sellstrom is unbound already and is at large, and Moscow cannot easily circumscribe his future activities in Syria. Continue reading
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Egypt's Sisi banishes wild dogs By M K Bhadrakumar
It doesn’t look good for the bedraggled Syrian dogs of war, now that Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattel al-Sisi has ordered Syrian National Council leaders to leave Cairo. They aren’t going to be safe in Istanbul either. With strange things beginning to happen all over the Middle East, it looks like the Syrian-regime-hugging Russian bear is… Continue reading
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Pharaoh al-Sisi sits tight By M K Bhadrakumar
Both Washington and Moscow have chosen to view the Egyptian developments largely through the geopolitical prism and their respective self-interests, singularly devoid of any human compassion or political morality. Their credentials to take to the high ground on the Middle East issues – Palestine problem or Syria or the Arab Spring – have now come… Continue reading
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Moscow remembers Charlie Wilson’s War By M K Bhadrakumar
America’s lawmakers are a law-abiding lot and McCain would know he needed a visa for traveling to Syria and yet he travelled without one. He challenged the Syrian government’s legitimacy. The plain truth is that McCain sneaked into Syria illegally with the knowledge and possible connivance of the US and Turkish governments. Continue reading
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Obama Unleashes Dogs of War in Syria By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
Obama didn’t even bother to hide that he feels no particular sense of urgency about the Middle East peace process. The resuscitation of the Turkish-Israeli strategic axis gives the unmistakable signal that the Obama administration is shifting gear for an outright intervention in Syria to force «regime change». Thereupon, the strong likelihood is that Iran… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 3-9 March 2013: Venezuela / USA-Race / Resources / Libya / Obama / Empire
9 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Why US Cannot Forgive Chavez Easily (II)09.03.2013 | 00:00 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR The legacy of Hugo Chavez is a many-splendored thing. Venezuela is a country with a population of around 30 million with limited national strength and yet Chavez’s death is being noted and discussed as an international event Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 6-12 January 2013: US / Syria / Christianity / Hagel / Russia-EU-US
12 January 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation From Lower Class to Prison Caste: the US Shackles Itself 12.01.2013 | 00:00 | David KERANS The economic hardships of the past few years and the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement have made Americans more aware than at any time in living memory of the extraordinary inequalities Continue reading
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Egypt erupts in anger. Democracy is not the final word (II) By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
Without doubt, the ground reality is that Islamism does enjoy majority support among the people of Egypt and it becomes all at once highly debatable today to argue that Morsi is imposing an agenda of ‘Islamization’. Continue reading
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Run-up to proxy war over Syria By M K Bhadrakumar
If a date needs to fixed marking the end of “post-Soviet era” in world politics, it might fall on February 4, 2012. Russia and China’s double veto of the Arab League resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council constitutes a watershed event. Continue reading
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Haqqanis don’t divide US and Pakistan By M K Bhadrakumar
Equally intriguing was Clinton’s admission that US is as much responsible for the Haqqani network’s existence today as Pakistan could be. She sensitises the American opinion by even produced a YouTube to underscore the legitimacy of the Pakistani allegation that the US did encourage it to hobnob with the Haqqanis, who were once America’s blue-eyed… Continue reading
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M.K. Bhadrakumar (India) – It is going to be Syria’s turn next
The narrative from Tripoli bears uncanny resemblance to Baghdad: A brutal, megalomaniacal dictator, who seemed omnipotent, gets overthrown by the people, and a wave of euphoria sweeps over an exhausted land. As the celebrations erupt, the western benefactor-cum-liberator walks on to the centre stage, duly taking stance on the ‘right side of history’. In the… Continue reading
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Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea By M K Bhadrakumar
-Without doubt, the US is stepping up pressure on Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The US’s provocation is taking place against the backdrop of the turmoil in Syria. Russia is stubbornly blocking US attempts to drum up a case for Libya-style intervention in Syria. Moscow understands that a major reason for the US to push for… Continue reading
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US breathes life into a new cold war By M K Bhadrakumar
America, one of the most cynical superpowers in history, struts around the globe creating havoc unimpeded. Where’s the champion to relieve humanity of this newfangled pestilence? Continue reading
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Russia's U-Turn on Libya By M K Bhadrakumar
Russia went to the Group of Eight (G-8) summit meeting at Deauville as an inveterate critic of the “unilateralist” Western intervention in Libya, but came away from the seaside French resort as a mediator between the West and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The United States scored a big diplomatic victory in getting Moscow to work… Continue reading
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Russia’s U-Turn on Libya By M K Bhadrakumar
Russia went to the Group of Eight (G-8) summit meeting at Deauville as an inveterate critic of the “unilateralist” Western intervention in Libya, but came away from the seaside French resort as a mediator between the West and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The United States scored a big diplomatic victory in getting Moscow to work… Continue reading
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M.K.Bhadrakumar (India) – Caveats in the Yemeni narrative
The Arab Spring has finally become beastly, marching stealthily and devouring a third dictator in the Middle East when it all but seemed that the region was lapsing back to its bad old ways of autocratic rule. Continue reading
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Syria, Libya, and Russia’s Retreat from “Reset” By M K Bhadrakumar
The last thing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev did before departing for France to attend this week’s Group of Eight summit meeting in Deauville was place a call to Damascus. Continue reading
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