Eric Walberg
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Russia united — for the time being By Eric Walberg
The Duma elections held no surprises, but the election turmoil can’t obscure the kind of politics that will continue to characterise Russia over the coming decade thanks to United Russia and its eminence grise, predicts Eric Walberg Continue reading
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When will Pakistan’s spring arrive? By Eric Walberg
US friendly fire knows no bounds. The deaths of Pakistan soldiers and civilians is just the tip of the iceberg, which will only disappear in the heat of a national uprising, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Euro-US cold winter/ seething anger BY Eric Walberg
The eviction of demonstrators last week is an ominous metaphor for ruling elites, whose own days are surely numbered, ponders Eric Walberg Continue reading
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A whiff of Egyptian freedom for Gaza BY Eric Walberg
Israel got a taste of the new people’s Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist on the flotilla to Gaza and plans for the biggest aid convoy yet, reports Eric Walberg Continue reading
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American crisis politics By Eric Walberg
Is a constitutional amendment or a real third-party candidate the silver bullet that Americans need next year, asks Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Britain, France , US: ‘And the winner is …’ By Eric Walberg
The economic and social experiments in the past three decades by British governments from left to right have left the plucky Brits reeling, as this summer’s unprecedented bread and ipod riots showed all too conclusively. Continue reading
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‘Mowing the grass’ in Yemen By Eric Walberg
Radical Muslim cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki, the victim of assassination by US forces 30 September, was born in New Mexico in 1971, educated at Colorado State University in engineering, and radicalised while preaching in US mosques and visiting Afghanistan in the 1990s. His sermons attracted a large following, first in Denver and then San Diego, where… Continue reading
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Turkey redraws Sykes-Picot By Eric Walberg
A new Bermuda Triangle has been spotted, but this one is in the eastern Mediterranean — between Turkey, Cyprus and Israel, observes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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BDS update: Buttressing an independent Palestine By Eric Walberg
Palestine’s move to become an independent state has benefitted from the growing BDS movement, as the world wakes up the enormous and unjust suffering of the Palestinian people, writes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Russia’s Middle East dilemma Eric Walberg
Muammar Al-Gaddafi’s demise is all but a done thing, carried out with a UN blessing, however dubious, and only belatedly opposed by Russia and China. Russian policy makers are now wondering if their quasi-principled condemnation of Western-backed regime change in Libya was not just Quixotic but downright stupid. Continue reading
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Behind Norway’s Kristallnacht By Eric Walberg
The massacre in peaceful Oslo was a replay of this earlier horror in reverse – no longer the Jews as victims but as the inspiration of terror against non-Jews – as Israel extends its wars not only to Greek ports and French airports but to Norwegian children’s camps, complete with rabbinical blessings for the murderers,… Continue reading
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Pakistan vs the US: Moving on By Eric Walberg
The latest Mumbai bombings were not obviously the work of Pakistani extremists, but reflect the unrest thanks to America’s continued reckless policies of escalation in the region, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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A kinder Middle East hegemon By Eric Walberg
Unless Turkey’s NATO allies wake up and follow its lead, it could well abandon this 21st c white elephant. Whereas in 2004, 67 per cent in Turkey saw NATO membership as essential for national security, only 41 per cent did in 2011. And if Erdogan’s “new order” comes to fruition, with the region’s countries looking… Continue reading
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Israel and the Flotillas: Clever madman By Eric Walberg
There is much angst among people of conscience over the fate of Freedom Flotilla II, but by effectively scuttling it, Israel is really just hammering more nails in its own coffin, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Ahmad Karzai: From dishwasher to drug kingpin BY Eric Walberg
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s younger half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, was killed in Kandahar on 12 July during a gathering in his house, according to Kandahar’s Canadian Governor Tooryali Wesa. He was shot in the head and chest with a AK-47 fired by Sardar Mohammad, a former bodyguard to another Karzai brother Qayyoum. Continue reading
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Egypt vs IMF: Time to default? By Eric Walberg
The financial flip-flop of Egypt’s revolutionary government, first requesting and then declining a $3 billion dollar IMF loan, highlights Egypt’s hard choices at this point in the revolution, but is a good sign, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Victory in defeat By Eric Walberg
There are many parallels between Vietnam and Afghanistan. The recent American mayors’ resolution to “bring our war $$ home” and Obama’s announcement that troops are now being withdrawn are fresh reminders, but the story they tell is grim, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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BDS update: Fighting apartheid on land and sea By Eric Walberg
As the second Freedom Flotilla packs its humanitarian aid and prepares to brave the wrath of the Israeli navy, boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities continue on the homefront, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
The New Dark Age 