Oil Wars on the Horizon CounterPunch | Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; a flare-up or two in 2012, then, would be part o...
Ending the Mindset That Gets Us into War GlobalResearch | MAY 20, 2012, MILITARIZED CHICAGO -- Next month in Baltimore they're going to celebrate the War of 1812. That's what we do with wars. We say they're the last resort. We say they're hell. We say they're for the purpose of eli...
Is Jeffrey Feltman Iran’s Best Friend in Lebanon? CounterPunch | Beirut | Key Iranian and American officials arrived in Lebanon last week to assess the strength of their local allies in the fast approaching and crucial legislative elections, the escalating spillover effects of the Syrian uprising in North Leb...
India's proposal for government control of Internet to be discussed in Geneva The Hindu The raging controversy over possible excessive state regulation of the internet based on the IT Rules 2011 is now likely to be dwarfed by discussions in Geneva later this week over India's proposal to the United Nations General Assembly, for governme...
How the Oil Exporting Arab Leaders Betrayed the People and Lost the Future? The People's Voice | "It is highly probable that but for the Arabs modern European civilization would never have arisen at all; it is absolutely certain that but for them, it would not have assumed that character which has enabled it to transcend all previous phases of...
Climate for worldwide change NZ Herald | Grand international schemes to fight global warming are giving way to smaller-scale direct action, reports Peter Huck | Ouarazazate, a city in southern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, is famous mostly as a movie location ever since its starring r...
Algerians have lost faith in poll process Gulf News | Algerians voted for a new parliament Thursday. The big question is whether this process will turn out to be as successful as the recent ones in neighbouring Tunisia and Morocco. | Forty-four political parties and 7,646 candidates have battled for 4...
The Energy Wars Heat Up Antiwar | There has been much discussion recently about the Obama administration’s "pivot" from the Greater Middle East to Asia: the 250 Marines sent to Darwin, Australia, the littoral combat ships for Singapore, the support for Burmese &...
Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth Business Day | IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location and the ever-increasing interest in Africa from emerging-market giants such as China, India and Brazil. | Ethiopian will be the first African carrier to bring the new-generation B...
From prisoners to rulers: Mobilising for Arab democracy Al Jazeera | The Arab Spring has precipitated the rise of new politicians: formerly excluded or incarcerated non-state actors who are, today, either claimants of the state - or at least serious power bidders. | While this type of transition is fraught with challenges, it does not entirely defy plausibility in terms of potential for realisation. In the context...
