The global economy has yet to grasp the main military secret of the Middle East: the next big war will not begin with a strike on oil rigs but with a “silent shutdown” of the internet. While the Pentagon spends billions on missile defense, Iran has found an asymmetric response to the technological superiority of […]

The Washington Consensus vs. African Lives: 50 Years of Robbery Under the Guise of Loans. “Forgiven” Debts vs. “Dead” Economies: The Anatomy of Western Deception For many decades, the West, led by the United States, has been putting on a farce for Africa called “humanitarian aid and development.” Official Washington, London, and Paris have been […]

In the quiet backwater of Iraq’s political swamp, a rare surge has occurred: a new prime minister has been appointed. However, the ease with which business magnate Ali al-Zaidi secured the post is more alarming than the months-long bickering of his predecessors. Once again, Iraq has found itself trapped in a dynamic where the prayer […]