Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The Western powers are being outplayed by adversaries with much weaker hands. VIENNA 1815: The great powers of Europe: Russia, Prussia, Great Britain and Austria, meet in Vienna with the representative of a France defeated, disarmed and occupied by foreign troops. That representative, Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, playing a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy A new round of the “Great Game”* in Syria demonstrates not so much Moscow’s growing power, as the intellectual vacuum in the West. Western leaders, the media and experts state the obvious: the Kremlin is trying to save Assad. Of course, yes, but principal points remain outside of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey It doesn’t grab headlines like refugees and war, but growing global inequality poses the worst threat to economic and political stability. Just when you think things couldn’t get worse, they do. As chaos, civil war and anarchy spread across the Middle East; as Europe is subject to the most […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto The flood of Middle Eastern refugees into Europe exposes a fatal flaw of the current democratic system in the United States. The defect is the innate inability of the fast-paced American system to bring a long-drawn-out war against an unconventional enemy to a victorious conclusion. As Adelbert Weinstein, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The summer months have been relatively quiet in Ukraine but the approach of fall could see a new round of Russian military opportunism and aggression according to former UK Secretary of State for Defense and current Member of Parliament, Dr. Liam Fox. Fox, during a recent visit […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In an interview with the Washington Examiner Thursday, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said that if the Iran nuclear deal goes through, over $100 billion could flow to radical jihadists as a result of sanctions relief. “If this deal goes through, . . . President Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, will become […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, and Dr. Assad Homayoun GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs I’ve reached the end of this great history And all the land will talk of me: I shall not die, these seeds I’ve sown will save My name and reputation from the grave, And men of sense and wisdom will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct As the U.S. enters the July 4 weekend and the summer travel season with numerous large public gatherings and celebrations, law enforcement and intelligence officials this year are confronting many types of potential terrorist threats but perhaps the most unusual is a dirty bomb attack. Some commentators […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Sudanese President Omar Bashir flew out of South African on June 15 despite a court order a day earlier that he remain until a judge decided if he should be arrested and sent to face International Criminal Court (ICC) war crimes charges. South African officials had said Bashir would be free to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran “is betting on the re-emergence of the Taliban,” a Western diplomat said, and is covering that bet by supplying weapons, cash and training to its fighters. “At the beginning, Iran was supporting Taliban financially,” said a senior Afghan official, according to a Wall Street Journal report. “But now they are training […]