Beniamin POGHOSYAN The US - Iran relations and, in particular, the Iranian nuclear program, are among the top foreign policy priorities of the Obama administration. The attention paid by the US current administration to Iran is occasioned by the Iranian influence in the Middle East, the Iranian … [Read more...]
The American Neoempire in Time of Postmodern: Genesis and Perspectives of Global Leadership
Vladimir Vasilievici KARYAKIN The modern foreign policy of the United States aimed at preservation of the world leadership under the slogan “partnership for the sake of peace” and realized in the form of expansion of global functions of the North Atlantic alliance completely corresponds to the … [Read more...]
The USA’s 2003 Invasion of Iraq: It’s Effects on the World and Regional Systems and Implications for Turkey
Bilgay DUMAN It is possible to say that, after the collapse of the bipolar world system of the cold war in 1990, the international system started to take on a new shape. It is difficult to state that during the 90’s the developments in international politics had a defined path. But the dramatic … [Read more...]
“No Blood For Oil”: The Unfinished Story of Iraq’s Oil Law
http://www.iraqenergy.org/library/interviews.php?detailof=91&content=The-Unfinished-Story-of-Iraq%27s-Oil-Law In this interview, investigative journalist Greg Muttitt talks about efforts by US occupying forces, multi-national oil giants and Iraq’s newly-minted ‘leaders’ to privatise the … [Read more...]
Nuclear Obstinacy of Iran and Its Motives
Elman NASIROV In relation to the nuclear program of the official Tehran, USA and at the same time European States pursue their same object: under no circumstances not to give Iran any opportunity to own nuclear weapon. The difference is in ways of achievement of this goal. States: Great Britain, … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Nailing the Lie in Washington’s Rhetoric on “The Arab Spring”
Global Research, November 10, 2011 10 November 2011 Region: Middle East & North Africa Theme: Law and Justice, Police State & Civil Rights US ally Bahrain continued its crackdown against popular calls for democratic rights with the illegal arrest and detention this week of … [Read more...]
Azerbaijan – US Military Cooperation in the Framework of International Antiterrorism Coalition
Elman NASIROV Azerbaijan Republic also joined the International anti-terror coalition within the context of the realities mentioned-above immediately after 11 September events. It is not accidental that Heydar Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan Republic, made a statement on the same events on … [Read more...]
American and NATO Strategies on the Black Sea Scene
Robert Radu HERVIAN Various operations of different nature do not take place in any geographical areas, at random. Economical or military strategies largely depend and often are, the results of apparently simple interests in action, always fluctuating with time and often resulting in more or less … [Read more...]
In Yahweh we Trust: a Divine Foreign Policy of The USA
Tomislav SUNIC It was largely the Biblical message that stood at the origin of the American endeavor to "make the world safe for democracy." Contrary to many European observers critical of America, America’s military interventions have never had as their sole objective the goals of economic … [Read more...]
Life is Always Filled with Sticky Windows
Robert Radu HERVIAN “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults” wrote Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville, a 19th Century French historian and politician, famous for his in depth analysis of the American … [Read more...]