China weighs ‘right side of history’ in Gulf

Rebuff the United States’ entreaties regarding sanctions against Iran, then nonchalantly cross the Sunni-Shi’ite divide in the Persian Gulf while sidestepping the Arab Spring altogether and vaguely greeting Islamism, and all this as solo acts…

Whatever Happened to Al Jazeera?

In the final days of the Libyan conflict, as NATO conducted a nonstop bombing campaign, an  Al Jazeera Arabic television correspondent’s actions raised more than eyebrows. They also raised serious questions regarding the journalistic responsibility…

VIDEO: France Downgrade Dashes Sarkozy Re-election Hopes

[anyplayer:url=http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20120115/04-52-00-ftp-ramin-paris.flv] The axe has finally fallen on France’s AAA credit rating, and it many believe it will signal the end of the Sarkozy era in France. The president’s approval ratings have hovered around 30 percent…

VIDEO: Anti-Racism Protest Held in Rome

[anyplayer:url=http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20120115/04-21-00-ftp-max-rome.flv] On Saturday, a national demonstration against racism took place in Rome. Nobody is a foreigner and all immigrants are entitled to the admission and residence permit was the message the organizer of the demonstration…

VIDEO: British PM criticised for trip to Saudi Arabia

[anyplayer:url=http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20120115/01-05-00-sng-narges-london.flv] David Cameron has made his first visit to Saudi Arabia since becoming Prime Minister. There was no fanfare to the trip – but there was a lot of controversy. Cameron travelled with no reporters,…

European Court of Human Rights in 2011

The eve of 2012 was marked by simultaneous adoption of two decisions on Russia taken by the European Court of Human Rights. The both of them quite remarkable going far beyond ordinary complaints. The first…

Syria and Iran: The Great Game

Regime change in Syria is a strategic prize that outstrips Libya – which is why Saudi Arabia and the west are playing their part This summer a senior Saudi official told John Hannah, Dick Cheney’s…

The Middle East Agenda: Oil, Dollar Hegemony & Islam

Transcript – Public Lecture – Perdana Global Peace Forum 2006 Kuala Lumpur – Little has changed in the imperialist tendencies of American foreign policy since the founding of the United States of America in seventeen…