Pompeo Visit Acknowledges Opposition To Iran's Regime - OpEd
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent meeting with Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi in Albania appears to be an important political development at a time when Iran’s nuclea...
Why Beltway Conservatives Hate The Trump Populists - OpEd
By Ryan McMaken*
The 2020 election has put on display a growing rift within the conservative movement and the Republican Party. As theWashington Examiner notes this week, “The dividing lines ...
Victims And Victimization In Ethiopian Politics: Targeting The Amhara On Three Fronts - OpEd
Point of Departure
I am moved to write this article because of two horrifying stories of the week. The first one is the incident in Minjar, Amhara region, a...
Washington Is Playing A Losing Game With China - Analysis
By Chas W Freeman Jr*
America’s latest policies toward China will prove self-defeating. US–China relations now exemplify Freeman’s third law of strategic dynamics: for every hostile act there...
Khalistan Referendum: India's Position Challenged On Punjab's Independence
The Global Khalistan Referendum has seen the active participation of thousands of Sikh men and women worldwide, who cast their votes under the supervision of the independent Pun...
Reza Pahlavi: Playing His Ace Card Against Iranian Revolution - OpEd
It's been 44 years since the 1979 social revolution that toppled the Shah's dictatorship in Iran. At that time, an 18-year-old Reza Pahlavi, studying in the United States, and his fam...
Is Iran Moving Toward The Big Change? Growing Protest Movement Sends A Clear Sign - OpEd
Domestic unrest has been a feature of public life in Iran since the inception of its theocratic regime. But it is only in recent years that such unrest has come to...
Breaking Social Fabrics And Cultural Values: A Facet Of Genocide On Amhara People In Ethiopia - OpEd
Introduction
The Amhara is known for its social organization, institutes & values that maintain order and sustain the community unruffled. It has t...
Iranian Regime Terrorism Is A Growing Threat, Which The West Is Not Addressing - OpEd
There has been a recent upsurge in terrorist activities by the Iranian regime. Last week, it was revealed that a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had a...
Chemical Gas Attacks On Girls' Schools In Iran, Revenge, And Intimidation - OpEd
In recent days, the Iranian government has conducted chemical attacks on girls' schools and dormitories of female students, which has aroused the concern of Iranian people...
Indonesia: Road To Harmony Means Removing Radical Potholes - OpEd
By Siktus Harson
Indonesia's most notorious hardline group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), was officially disbanded at the end of last year. Its officials and members, however, ar...
How The Taliban Chased The West Out Of Afghanistan - OpEd
Days after the Taliban drove into Kabul on August 15, its representatives started making inquiries about the “location of assets” of the central bank of the nation, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), wh...
Talking Up War Over Taiwan Flouts Reason, Fact, Judgment And Australia's National Interest - Analysis
By Gareth Evans*
It is never wise, in foreign affairs and defence policymaking, for emotion to trump reason, for politics to trump objectivity, or ...
Pence's Support For Exiled Iranian Opposition Points To Real Possibility Of Regime Change - OpEd
On Thursday, June 23, former US Vice president Mike Pence traveled to Albania to visit Ashraf 3, the residence-in-exile for approximately 3,000 members of ...
COHA Calls For Release Of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Based On International And US Laws - OpEd
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab from the Federal Detention Center in Miami...
How Many More Must Die Before UN Investigates Iran's 1988 Massacre? - OpEd
Is it possible to simply erase a massacre of 30,000 people from memory and pretend it never happened? That's what the Iranian authorities are trying to do to cover up the 1988 m...
China's Hypersonic Missile Test Won't Go Unanswered - Analysis
By Harsh V. Pant and Kartik Bommakanti
China’s recent hypersonic missile test has evoked undue surprise. Western powers, especially the United States (US), are in the grip of a Sputnik m...
How Much Is Religious Soft Power Worth? Indonesian President Jokowi Searches For Answers In Abu Dhabi - Analysis
An Indonesian promise to work with the United Arab Emirates to promote ‘moderate’ Islam raises questions of what constitutes moderation and...
The Khalistan Referendum In Australia Defies Modi Raj - OpEd
Over 60,000 Indian Australians of the Sikh faith defied the Hindu supremacist Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party government in Melbourne which is once again a prime example of how the Khalistan ...
State Collapse In Ethiopia: The Rewards Of Ethnic Violence By A Predatory Government - OpEd
Introduction
“Failed state” refers to a state whose government is unable to perform its two most fundamental functions: it cannot project any meaningful auth...
32 Years On, Investigation Into Iran's 1988 Massacre Is Well Overdue - OpEd
A group of UN human rights experts warned the Iranian regime that their prison massacres in 1988 could amount to crimes against humanity.
They sent a letter to Iran dated 3...
What New Institutions Do We Need For An International Green New Deal To Be Feasible? - OpEd
As part of the Geneva Lecture Series connected and conducted by Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic, former Finance Minister of Greece, Professor Yanis Varoufakis cente...
It's Time For States To Use Universal Jurisdiction To Prosecute Top Perpetrators Of Iran's 1988 Massacre - OpEd
Sweden made history with the Stockholm District Court’s recent landmark judgement against a former Iranian prison guard involved in the 1988...
The PTM: Litmus Tests? - OpEd
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a nonviolent organization has survived after many hurdles. The first and foremost impediment was within the party structure, the second was the arrest of Ali Wasir, its major figure and ...
India: First Tribal Woman President Won't Change A Thing - Oped
By Basant Rawat
(UCA News) -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Thursday to congratulate Draupadi Murmu, India’s first indigenous woman to be elected president, saying her “record...
Iran Protests Sign Of Positive Change - OpEd
By Hossein Beizayi
On May 16, the Iran-based newspaper Etemaad Daily reported that 72 million people in Iran needed subsidies. These staggering numbers are observed in a country that is known to possess a...
Ethiopia: Assailed By Terrorists And Betrayed By The West - OpEd
As the new government led by Prime-Minister Ahmed Abiy takes office for their second term, the West’s relentless propaganda campaign against Ethiopia continues. Since the Tigray Peoples L...
The Logic Behind Events In Ethiopia - OpEd
On July 22, 2020 The Minority Rights Group published a press release on ethnic cleansing of minorities in Ethiopia. On October 25, I made a note that there had been almost daily ghastly attacks in the west of ...
Core International Crimes Committed In Las Anod By Somaliland's Forces - Analysis
Introduction
The extreme violations of international humanitarian law have become rampant, consuming a large number of innocent people. The severe confrontation and in...
Secularization Of Militancy In Kashmir: Myth Or Reality? - Analysis
By Ms Tejusvi Shukla*
Summary
Post-abrogation of Article 370, India successfully ensured that the internal political rearrangement did not attract negative international attentio...
Uyghurs Disheartened By Biden And Erdogan's Failure To Adequately Address China's Ongoing Genocide At UN General Assembly - OpEd
U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, highlighting a multitude of critical issues acro...
What Lurks Behind The Veil In India? - OpEd
By Father Myron J. Pereira*
(UCA News) -- For centuries, men have told women what they should wear or not wear. And these diktats have usually depended on religion, class and ethnicity.
Thus Catholic nu...
How Iran's Revolution Mirrors Those Of The Past - OpEd
From creation, each and every individual on this earth is given the birthright to be free.This is what America’s founding fathers put into words when drafting the Declaration of Independence in 177...
Imran Khan's 'Foreign-Funded Plot' Claim: 'Hat Trick' Or 'Hit Wicket'? - OpEd
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent claim of having irrefutable written proof that "Attempts are being made through foreign money to change the government in Pakista...
Why Saudi And Iranian Diplomatic Deal Is A Big Deal For Multipolar World Order - OpEd
Something astonishing happened on March 10 in Beijing. After years of vindictive antagonism, mistrust and bloody proxy wars in the West Asia, Iran and Saudi Arabia fi...
Armenia's Glorification Of Terrorists Threatens Regional Peace - OpEd
On October 29, the Armenian media reported that Hampig Sassounian, an Armenian-American who was an alleged member of the Armenian terrorist organization Justice Commandos of the Arme...
Ethiopia: Vulnerability And US Pressure - OpEd
Ethiopia-US relations that formally started almost 120 years ago on the basis of trust and mutual respect have now degenerated into a one-sided disrespect and abuse.
Ethiopia is vulnerable. It's a pawn ...
Honduras Cutting Taiwan Off: China Wins - OpEd
The rise of Taiwan since President Tsai Ing-wen was elected has been a global challenge for China, including how Tsai needs to recognise the one China Policy. The One China Policy is a tremendous rule for ...
Where Ethiopians Have Lost, Abiy Ahmed Has Won - OpEd
By Julian McBride
Over the past two years, Ethiopia has been ravaged by ethnic violence and cleansing, near endless war, and a country collapsing on sectarian lines akin to Lebanon in the 70s and...
Thoughts On Amhara Existential Struggle Against TPLF And OLF/PP Tribal Extremists: Can Ethiopia Survive Scourge Of Two Extreme Centrifugals? - OpEd
Background
TPLF was founded on the basis of the Amhara as its primary enemy. Since it came to power i...
The TPLF's Obstruction Of Peace: Enabled By Its Western Backers - OpEd
During the past week, peace talks between the Ethiopian government and a delegation from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) took place in South Africa. The talks, led by th...
It's Time For States To Use Universal Jurisdiction To Prosecute Top Perpetrators Of Iran's 1988 Massacre - OpEd
Sweden made history with the Stockholm District Court’s recent landmark judgement against a former Iranian prison guard involved in the 1988...
Ethiopia: Mass-Atrocities, Genocide In Oromia Region Against Amhara People - OpEd
INTRODUCTION
This paper is partly driven by a recent case of hate speech uttered by an Oromo student at Harvard University (1). In this speech, the student encouraged ...
US Ships Arrive Offshore Australia For Joint Navy Exercise
The forward-deployed ships of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrived off the coast of Australia in preparation for the biennial bilateral exe...
Study Reveals Record-High Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Boreal Fires In 2021
Boreal fires, which typically account for 10% of global fire carbon dioxide emissions, contributed 23% in 2021, a new study reports.
“Boreal forests could be a time bomb o...
The Geopolitics Of The Sudan Coup - Analysis
By Alaina Kasimatis
Nearly three weeks after a coup that dissolved a tenuous transitional government, protesters in Sudan remain defiant. On Saturday, five protestors were killed and dozens were injured i...
ASEAN And Soutshetless Tatmadaw - OpEd
“Soutshetless” is an Anglo-Burmese word meaning shameless, a new adjective, for the younger generation of Burmese, who are spearheading the demonstrating against the military. Their placards are usually written in...
Why Central Banks Will Choose Recession Over Inflation - OpEd
By Daniel Lacalle*
While many market participants are concerned about rate increases, they appear to be ignoring the largest risk: the potential for a massive liquidity drain in 2023.
...
Ethiopia: Amhara People, Betrayed Persecuted And Ignored - OpEd
Throughout the world the ideology of division and intolerance has permeated mainstream politics and poisoned societies; tribal nationalism, hate and prejudice are widespread, animosity and...
Iran: End Of Regime In Sight - OpEd
US Vice President Mike Pence's meeting with Iranian opposition leader Maryam Radjavi at the Mojahedin's headquarters in Albania and his strong support for the Democratic Alternative (National Council of Resistance of...
New English Premier League Soccer Ball More Stable, Drags More
Scientists from the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences at the University of Tsukuba used aerodynamics experiments to empirically test the flight properties of a new four-panel soccer bal...
Penal Assassination: The Gradual Effort To Kill Assange - OpEd
They really do want to kill him. Perhaps it is high time that his detractors and sceptics, proven wrong essentially from the outset, admit that the US imperium, along with its client state...
The Crisis In Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine: It's About Germany - OpEd
The Ukrainian crisis has nothing to do with Ukraine. It’s about Germany and, in particular, a pipeline that connects Germany to Russia called Nord Stream 2. Washington sees the pipel...
Unstoppable Khalistan Movement - OpEd
India is a diverse country with a rich history and culture. It is home to a large number of ethnic, linguisitic and religious groups. However, the situation of minorities in India has been a matter of concern for m...
Ethiopia: GERD Is A Gait Accompli, So It's Time To Get Real - Analysis
By Peter Fabricius*
With the fourth annual filling looming in June and construction about 90% complete, the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and hydro-electric ...
Uyghurs Urge Boycott: Stop Watching Beijing's Genocide Games - OpEd
With the Beijing Olympics (Genocide Games) coming up next week, the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) is calling on the public to boycott watching the Beijing Olympics in prote...
Bangladesh-Turkey 3rd Military Dialogue: Will It Boost Defense Cooperation? - OpEd
The 3rd Military Dialogue between Bangladesh and Türkiye was convened by Armed Forces Division, Dhaka Cantonment at the Multipurpose Hall, On April 12–14, 2023. Since th...
Iran Diplomat Stands Trial For Terrorism: 240 Lawmakers Demand Protection For Europe Against Iran's State Terrorism - OpEd
On the morning of June 30, 2018, my family and I took an early flight to Charles de Gaulle Airport to attend the annual Free Iran...
Droughts In Sixth Century Paved Way For Islam
Extreme dry conditions contributed to the decline of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar. Researchers from the University of Basel have reported these findings in the journal Science. Combined with ...
Why Pakistan Won't Be A Failed State - OpEd
Pakistan’s economic performance over the past seven decades has been a mixed bag. The country, which started off virtually from scratch and was almost written off by many analysts at the time of its inception...