Iran cannot defeat US military might, but it can still win
Capitulation in the form of a deal will not stave off US aggression. Defiance through regional alliances could.
Category Archives: Opinions
What is really behind the West’s colonial nostalgia
There is concerted effort to rehabilitate the colonial past to usher in a new order.
The Carlson-Huckabee interview may be the wake-up call Americans needed
The interview brought the 'Israel first vs America first' debate to heart of the American right.
Israel wants to execute Palestinians and the world will allow it
An execution bill is being pushed through the Knesset. International indifference paved its way for it.
Is southern Yemen’s next phase being decided on the ground?
Security fragmentation and regional rivalries are reshaping power in southern Yemen.
Migrants are not responsible for the UK’s healthcare crisis
They are not a burden on the NHS, but a vital part of how it functions.
Calculated hypocrisy: Why Western powers court Beijing but rely on US
Economic engagement with China does not amount to strategic realignment.
The illusion of Western peacemaking
When peacemaking ignores truth, it risks turning war crimes into opinion and genocide into a story with two sides.
How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords
European migration funding strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of arms.
What happens in Gaza’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’
Aid keeps disappearing.
Ukraine is running out of men, money and time
Survival now depends on rebuilding the country’s political and military foundations.
The man who broke the BBC
I saw how Robbie Gibb’s behind-the-scenes influence helped drive the BBC into crisis.
Egypt’s all-important parliamentary elections aren’t elections at all
The vote is carefully managed so that only one outcome is possible: a longer lease on power for el-Sisi.
Israel is now at the centre of a Republican civil war
Trump’s break with Greene exposes a deeper struggle inside the American right over what 'America First' truly means.
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas.
A corruption scandal may well end the war in Ukraine
A weakened Ukrainian president can now easily be turned into a scapegoat for defeat.
How the US-Israeli ‘peace plan’ will partition Gaza
It is tapping into a well-known colonial strategy of isolating and fragmenting an occupied population.
Mamdani’s democratic socialism is not communism; it’s about affordability
It is not communism but a vision of equality, opportunity and a life people can afford.
COP30 cannot meet the 1.5C goal while military emissions stay uncounted
Militaries are major global polluters, yet they remain exempt from climate reporting.