Sunday, 5 October 2014

The Kurdish Question and the New Great Game for Oil and Gas in the Near East.

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The siege of the Kurdish city of Kobani in northern Syria demonstrates the futility of thinking air strikes alone could decisively make ...
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Thursday, 2 October 2014

The Third Iraq War: Syria, Turkey and the Kurdish Condundrum.

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Britain's decision to join the US in bombing ISIS would appear belated and token. The US started bombing back in August 2014 yet I SIS i...

Third Iraq War : Framing the Case for Global Wars on "Extremism"

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'...the third Iraq war, endorsed by parliament on the eve of the Tory conference (the deficit again no object) is itself a lurch bac...
Sunday, 28 September 2014

Why Cameron is Prepared to Extend British Air Strikes into Syria.

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“There is nothing token about this, quite the contrary. They need our help, not just with the Tornados flying daily from Cyprus, but also...

Britain and the Third Iraq War: Strategy and Geopolitical Ambitions and Interests.

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Richard Williams, a former commanding officer of the SAS who served in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan, wrote in the Independent on Sunday t...
Wednesday, 24 September 2014

The Third Iraq War: Enter Britain

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Nothing was more predictable than Cameron waiting until after the Scottish referendum to try to reunite Britain behind him and pose as a ...
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

The Third Iraq War 2014: A Brief Consideration of the Strategy and the Stakes

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'The current wave of bombing in Syria appears to be a response, as is often the case with air wars, to US domestic politics. It is to...
Monday, 15 September 2014

The Causes of Third Iraq War and the Global Struggle Against IS

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War against ISIS is becoming more imminent eaders and diplomats from more than 30 countries pledged to use "whatever means necessary...

ISIS and the Ideologies of Military Intervention and Non-Intervention.

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The ideology of non-interventionists in Iraq against ISIS has become increasingly marginal because the so-called 'anti-war left' in...
Sunday, 14 September 2014

Propaganda of the Name: The Meaning of 'Islamic State'.

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' we believe the media, civic society and governments should refuse to legitimise these ludicrous caliphate fantasies by accepting o...
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Saturday, 13 September 2014

The War on the Islamic State and the Struggle for Hegemony and Resources in the Greater Middle East

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President Obama chose the 13th anniversary of 9/11 to make the speech on degrading and destroying ISIL The aim is to exploit the media re...
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Friday, 12 September 2014

Islamic State: Britain and the Call of the New Modern Caliphate

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The savagery of Islamic State is plain for all to see when broadcast across the globe via Youtube, social media sites and reportage such as ...